First names in Hebrew

First name Naamah: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

נעמה

Gematria value: 165

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Naamah is written נעמה

Naamah is the English form of Naama, נעמה in Hebrew.

Meaning and origin

What does Naamah mean?

Meaning: "the sweet, the pleasant one"
Origin: Hebrew

Your name is Hebrew: it comes from noam, “sweetness, pleasantness”, like Naomi. Naama means “the sweet, the pleasant one”. Proverbs says of wisdom: “Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace” (Proverbs 3:17).

Gematria

Naamah = 165

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. נעמה has 4 letters:

• נthe letter Nun50
• עthe letter Ayin70
• מthe letter Mem40
• הthe letter He5
• Total165

The verse of the name

From the letter Nun to the letter He

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Naamah, from נ to ה:

נְקִי כַפַּיִם וּבַר־לֵבָב אֲשֶׁר לֹא־נָשָׂא לַשָּׁוְא נַפְשִׁי וְלֹא נִשְׁבַּע לְמִרְמָה׃

“One who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.”

Psalms 24:4

The book of your first name

Naamah, in nine pages

• Naamah, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Naamah
• Naamah, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Naamah in three answers

How do you write Naamah in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Naamah is written נעמה. Naamah is the English form of Naama, נעמה in Hebrew.

What is the gematria value of Naamah?
Written נעמה, Naamah is worth 165: the letter Nun (50) + the letter Ayin (70) + the letter Mem (40) + the letter He (5).

What does Naamah mean?
The sweet, the pleasant one (origin: Hebrew). Your name is Hebrew: it comes from noam, “sweetness, pleasantness”, like Naomi. Naama means “the sweet, the pleasant one”. Proverbs says of wisdom: “Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace” (Proverbs 3:17).