Bible Name

Biblical Name	Meaning or History	Gender
Naamah (Naama, Na’ama) נַעֲמָה	Pleasantness, graciousness, loveliness.
Nadab (Nadav) נָדָב	There are several people by this name in the Bible. One of them is the son of Aaron, the high priest. Another is the king of Israel, Nadab son of Jeroboam.
Nahshon (Nachshon) נַחְשׁוֹן	Darter ("snake-bird"). A bird who has a long and flexible snake-like neck.
Nahum (Nachum) נַחוּם	The root of the name נחום (Nahum), נחמ, signifies "consoling", "comforting".
Naomi (No'omi) נָעֳמִי	The mother in law of Ruth the Moabitess. After Ruth's husband's death, she stayed with her mother in law. "And Ruth said: Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go and where thou lodgest, I will lodge, thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me." Ruth 1, 16-17
Naphtali (Naftali) נַפְתָּלִי	According to the Biblical explanation, the name נפתלי (Naphtali) is related to the word נַפְתּוּל (naftul, "twist" or "struggle").
Nathan (Natan) נָתָן	There are several people called Nathan in the Bible. One of them is a prophet of the time of King David and King Solomon.
Nehemiah (Nehemia, Nehemya, Nechemya) נְחֶמְיָה	The first part of the name "Nehemiah" is derived of the root נח"מ, which denotes comforting, consoling. The other part of the name - the letters יה - is the name of God.
Neriah (Neriahu, Neria, Neriya) נֵרִיָּה (נֵרִיָּהוּ)	The meaning of the name "Neriah" is: "God (יהו/יה) is my candle/lamp (נֵרִי, neri)".
Nethaneel (Netanel, Netan'el) נְתַנְאֵל	The meaning of the name "Nethaneel" is "God (אֵל, el) has bestowed (נָתַן, natan)".
Nevo (Nebo) נְבוֹ	"Nevo" is the name of a mountain east of the Jordan river. From the top of that mountain, Moses saw Canaan, and there he died without ever crossing the Jordan river into Cannan.
Nimrod נִמְרוֹד	Ths son of Cush, son of Ham, son of Noah.
Noah (1) (Noach, No'ach) נֹחַ (נוח)	According to the Biblical explanation, the name נֹחַ (Noah) is related to the verb לנחם (lenaxem, "comfort", "console"). In Modern Hebrew the name sounds like the adjective נוֹחַ (no'ax, "comfortable").
Noah (2) (Noa, No’a) נֹעָה (נועה)	Noa was one of the daughters of Zelophehad, a descendent of Menasseh.
Nogah (Noga) נֹגַהּ, נוגה	A girl’s name (in the Bible: a boy’s name). Light, brilliance, glow; the planet Venus.

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