Nahome

Nahome is an Amharic boy name used in Ethiopia, meaning "compassionate". Nahome is the name of an Old Testament prophet, spelled Nahum in Hebrew. He wrote about the end of the Assyrian Empire, and its capital city, Nineveh, in a vivid poetic style.

Pronounced nah-HO-me.

As of October 2026, Nahome ranked #11710 in US births in 2019 SSA, peaked at #7083 in 2003.