Entry № 8911 · Hebrew origin

Ruchama Ruchama — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ roo-KHAH-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Compassion (Hosea prophetic)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "compassion (hosea prophetic)".

Ruchama is from the Hebrew רֻחָמָה (Ruḥāmāh — compassionated, mercifully loved) — from Hebrew racham (womb/mercy). Ruchama is one of the Hebrew feminine names — central to traditional Jewish heritage.

Compassion (Hosea prophetic) — a Hebrew name.

The name in its native script.

רֻחָמָה
Transliteration
Ruḥāmāh
Pronunciation
/ ruːˈxɑː.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ruchama stands.

Ruchama 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.

Ruchamas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Lo-Ruhamah / Ruhamah
Daughter of Prophet Hosea + Gomer + Hosea 1:6 + 2:1, 2:23 + originally Not Pitied + renamed Mercifully Loved + Romans 9:25 + 1 Peter 2:10 Christian Gentile inclusion + Thirteen Attributes of Mercy.
Hosea + Romans

Names connected to Ruchama.

The number behind Ruchama.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ruchama reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.