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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (Sephardic; Nahmías) : from the Hebrew name Nechemia ‘the Lord consoles’, ‘the Lord will console’ (English Nehemiah). According to Tibón this surname originated in Toledo. The distinctively French forenames are borne by Jewish migrants from former French colonies in North Africa.

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