"Variant of Nehemiah"
The name Nehemias is commonly a male name from the "Hebrew" origin.
Nehemias is the Latin and Spanish form of the biblical name Nehemiah. The Hebrew name נְחֶמְיָה (Nehemyah) is built from the root נחם, meaning "to comfort", together with the shortened divine name Yah, and it is the name of the prophet and of the biblical book that carries his name.
Nehemiah means "With the compassion of God, Consolation of God.".
The pronunciation of Nehemias is nee-huh-MY-us.