MEANING & HISTORY
What does Nimrod mean?
Nimrod is the biblical personal name of the renowned hunter in Genesis. University of Iowa scholars discuss a likely connection with the Semitic rebellion root while also noting an alternative ancient-name comparison.
Encyclopaedia Judaica leaves the etymology unsettled. These accounts distinguish the historical name, a proposed root and the later English hunter word. Calling the biblical figure a hunter is not the same as proving that hunter was the name’s original literal meaning.
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Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
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Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
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Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
NIMRODCSV record 8,622 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Nimrod in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Nimrod
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Nico♂♀Short form of Nicholas or Nicodemus
- Nicol·Anglicized Neacal, in the Nicholas name family
- Nicon·Latin Nicon, from Greek Nikon and the verb win or conquer
- Nicoy♂Familiar form of Nico
- Niko♂Form or short form of Nicholas
- Nikoy♂Nico familiar form with a k spelling
- Nilo♂Nile-name form; independently also a Danilo shortening
- Nimfa♀Form of Nympha, from the nymph-name tradition
What rhymes with Nimrod?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
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- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- University of Iowa — Hello, My Name Is: Nimrod (opens in a new tab)
Biblical name; qualified mered/rebellion and alternative Ninurta comparison. Adjacent disputed cartoon-history claim not used.
- Encyclopaedia Judaica — Nimrod (opens in a new tab)
Explicitly unsettled etymology and distinct biblical hunter description.