A biblical Hebrew name meaning pleasant, lovely, or sweet.
Naamah is a Hebrew name of considerable antiquity, deriving from the root n-'-m, which denotes pleasantness, beauty, and delight — the same root that gives us the name Naomi. In the Hebrew Bible, Naamah appears twice in distinct genealogical contexts. In Genesis 4:22 she is the daughter of Lamech and Zillah and the sister of Tubal-cain, placing her in the line of Cain; in 1 Kings 14:21 and 14:31 she is identified as an Ammonite princess, the wife of Solomon and the mother of Rehoboam, who became king of Judah after the kingdom's division.
This second Naamah is thus the ancestor of the Davidic royal line through the southern kingdom. Beyond scripture, Naamah took on a second, more ambiguous life in Jewish mystical and folkloric tradition. In certain strands of Kabbalistic and midrashic literature she is counted among the lilim — supernatural female beings — sometimes depicted as a sister to Lilith, sometimes as an independent figure associated with music, seduction, or the night.
This dual identity, at once a royal ancestress and a liminal spirit, gives Naamah an unusual depth: she inhabits both the daylight world of genealogy and the moonlit world of mystical imagination. As a given name, Naamah has remained rare but persistent in Jewish communities across centuries, prized for its deep biblical roots and its soft, musical sound. Contemporary interest in ancient and biblical names has given it modest renewed visibility, particularly among parents seeking names that are both genuinely old and genuinely uncommon.