Gomer
Hebrew · Boy · 2 syllables
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About the name Gomer
The name 'Gomer' means "complete" or "to finish" in Hebrew, derived from the root *g-m-r* (גמר).
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Etymology
The name 'Gomer' means "complete" or "to finish" in Hebrew, derived from the root *g-m-r* (גמר). It appears in the Hebrew Bible as the name of Gomer, wife of the prophet Hosea, and is used in Jewish and Christian traditions; in Greek mythology, Gomer is also the eponymous ancestor of the Cimmerians, though this is unrelated to the biblical figure.
Gomer currently ranks #4,351 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 1919.
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