Entry № 6133 · Hebrew origin

Maacah Maacah — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAY-ah-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Oppression, pressure"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "oppression, pressure".

Maacah (מַעֲכָה) is a Hebrew biblical name.

Maacah is widely used in religious Jewish and Christian families.

David's wife. Mother of Absalom.

The name in its native script.

מַעֲכָה
Transliteration
Maʿaḵāh
Pronunciation
/ ˈmeɪ.ə.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Maacah stands.

Maacah 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.

Maacahs before her.

Real people
Maacah
Common in religious families.
In fiction
Maacah
David's wife in 2 Samuel.
Hebrew Bible

Names connected to Maacah.

The number behind Maacah.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Maacah reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.