The Hebrew name Achinoam combines ach (brother) and noam (pleasantness, delight, grace). It means 'my brother is delight' or 'brother of pleasantness.' Two women in the Old Testament bore this name: Saul's wife and David's wife from Jezreel.
Two women named Achinoam (Ahinoam) appear in the historical books. The first was the wife of King Saul and mother of Jonathan, Ishui, and Malchishua (1 Samuel 14:50). The second was Ahinoam of Jezreel, one of David's wives (1 Samuel 25:43). She was the mother of David's firstborn son Amnon (2 Samuel 3:2). During David's fugitive years, both Ahinoam and Abigail were captured by the Amalekites at Ziklag — a crisis that drove David to 'strengthen himself in the LORD his God' (1 Samuel 30:6). Their rescue became a story of faith-driven action in desperate circumstances.