Noam

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | 242 words | Copyright

Noam ♂ Modern Jewish name, from a Hebrew vocabulary word meaning ‘delight, joy, pleasantness’ (compare Naomi, which is from the same Hebrew root). Its most famous bearer is the American linguist Noam Chomsky (b. 1928).

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