Nimrod - Meaning of Nimrod

What does Nimrod mean?

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[ 2 syll. ni-mrod, nim-r-od ] The baby boy name Nimrod is pronounced in English as NIHM-RaaD †. Nimrod is largely used in German and its origin is Hebrew. Biblical name: The meaning of Nimrod is hunter. The name is of obscure origin; it could also be of Babylonian origin. It was borne in the Bible by a Mesopotamian king and great-grandson of Noah; he was described as 'a mighty hunter before the Lord'.

Nim, Nimm, and Nymrod are variant transcriptions of Nimrod.

See also the related categories, king, mighty (powerful), biblical, hebrew, obscure, and german.

Nimrod is an uncommon baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Nimrod include Nymrod, Naerit, Naeryt, Nairit, Narad, Nardo, Narit, Naryt, Nayrit, Nirajeat, Nirajeet, Northwood, Norward, Norwarde, Norwerd, Norwood, Norwoode, Norwurd, Norwurde, and Nyrad.

† Pronunciation for Nimrod: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)"