I find this name very pretty! Would personally pronounce it Nah-ee-mah. Its meaning of consolation / comfort is common in some form across Aramaic, Hebrew, and Arabic.It is quite possible that the original form of the male name Barnabas was in fact Bar-Na'ama or "Son of Comfort" in Aramaic.
Its meaning of consolation / comfort is common in some form across Aramaic, Hebrew, and Arabic.
It is quite possible that the original form of the male name Barnabas was in fact Bar-Na'ama or "Son of Comfort" in Aramaic.