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Gender Feminine
Usage Biblical
Scripts נַעֲמָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced Pron. NAY-ə-mə(English)

Meaning & History

Means "pleasant" in Hebrew. This name is borne in the Old Testament by both a daughter of Lamech and a wife of Solomon. Some later Jewish texts give Naamah as the name of Noah's wife, even though she is not named in the Old Testament.