Nahum \na-hum\ as a boy's name is a variant of Menachem (Hebrew), Nachman (Hebrew) and Nachum (Hebrew), and the meaning of Nahum is "comforter".

The baby name Nahum sounds like Nehum and Nehemiah. Other similar baby names are Nacham, Nechum, Nadim, Nahir, Naim, Naeem, Rahim and Raham.