Entry № 250 · Hebrew origin

Ahinoam Ahinoam — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-hee-NOH-am /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"My brother is pleasant (David's wife)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "my brother is pleasant (david's wife)".

Ahinoam (אֲחִינֹעַם) means "my brother is pleasant" in Hebrew.

Rare but iconic in biblical scholarship.

My brother is pleasant. David's wife, mother of Amnon.

The name in its native script.

אֲחִינֹעַם
Transliteration
ʾĂḥînōʿam
Pronunciation
/ əˈhiː.noʊ.æm /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ahinoam stands.

Ahinoam does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Ahinoams before her.

Real people
Ahinoam
David's wife.
Achinoam Nini
Israeli singer (Noa).
born 1969
In fiction
Ahinoam
1 Samuel 25:43.
Hebrew Bible

Names connected to Ahinoam.

The number behind Ahinoam.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ahinoam reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.