 Statue of the biblical figure of Naomi, mother-in-law of Ruth, Sanctuary of Notre-Dame de Garaison [fr], Monléon-Magnoac | |
| Pronunciation | /naɪˈəʊmi/ or /ˈneɪəmi/ (uk) /neɪˈoʊmi/ (US) |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female (as a biblical name) Unisex (as a Japanese name) |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew (as a biblical name) Japanese (as a Japanese name) |
Naomi or Noemi is a given name of separate biblical Hebrew and Japanese origin used in various languages and cultures.
Hebrew
Naomi (nah-o-mi) (נָעֳמִי) is a feminine name of Hebrew origin. In Hebrew, it means "pleasantness" and was originally pronounced with the stress on the i (the o is a hataf qamatz, marked with a shva to indicate that it is very short). In the Book of Ruth, Naomi is Ruth's mother-in-law, making the name Naomi a Biblical name.
| Variant forms of Naomi | |
|---|---|
| Arabic | نعيمة |
| Armenian | Նոյեմի |
| Czech | Noemi |
| Dutch | Naomi |
| English | Naomi, Naomie |
| Finnish | Noomi |
| French | Naomé (Belgian), Noemy, Noémi, Noémie, Noëmie |
| German | Noemi, Noomi |
| Greek | Ναούμα, Ναόμι |
| Haitian Creole | Nahomie |
| Hebrew | נָעֳמִי |
| Hungarian | Naómi, Noémi |
| Indonesian | Naomi |
| Irish | Náoimí |
| Italian | Noemi |
| Persian | نائومی |
| Polish | Noemi |
| Portuguese | Noemi, Noémia, Noêmia (Brazilian) |
| Russian | Наоми, Ноэми; Ноеминь (for the biblical character) |
| Serbian | Naomi/Наоми |
| Spanish | Noemi, Noemí, Nohemí (Mexican) |
| Tagalog | Noemí, Naomi |
| Thai | นาโอมิ, เนโยมิ |
Japanese
Naomi (なおみ, ナオミ), pronounced is a Japanese name. Though it is a unisex name, it is primarily used by women. Naomi can be spelled using hiragana, katakana, kanji, or a combination of kana and kanji.
For example:
- なお美
- 直美
- 尚美
- 直己
- 尚己
- 直実
- 尚実
- 奈緒美
Popularity
Naomi was among the five most popular names for Black newborn girls in the American state of Virginia in 2022 and again in 2023.
People named Naomi or Noemi
Academia
- Naomi Beckwith (born 1976), American curator
- Naomi Chazan (born 1946), Israeli academic and politician
- Naomi Feil (1932–2023), American gerontologist and author
- Naomi Habib, Israeli neuroscientist
- Naomi Jochnowitz, American mathematician
- Naomi Oreskes (born 1958), American science historian
Fine arts
- Marie-Noémi Cadiot, French sculptor of the 19th century
- Noemi Smilansky (1916–2016), Austro-Hungarian Empire-born Israeli painter
Authors
- Naomi Alderman (born 1974), English novelist and game writer
- Naomi Frankel, German-Israeli novelist
- Naomi Jacob, English author, actress and broadcaster
- Naomi Klein, Canadian journalist, author, and social activist
- Naomi Lindstrom, Latin Americanist literary critic
- Naomi Mitchison, Scottish novelist and poet
- Naomi Novik, American novelist
- Naomi Shihab Nye, American poet and author
- Naomi Replansky (1918–2023), American poet
- Naomi Royde-Smith, British novelist
- Naomi Schor, American literary critic and theorist
- Naomi Wolf, American feminist author
- Noémi Kiss, Hungarian writer
- Denise Naomi Klein, British romantic novelist
Film
- Naomi Akimoto (秋本 奈緒美, born 1963), Japanese actress and singer
- Naomi Battrick, British actress
- Naomi Bentley, British actress
- Naomi Childers, silent film actress
- Naomie Harris, English actress
- Naomi Grossman (born 1975), American actress
- Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, American screenwriter
- Naomi Kawase, Japanese film director
- Noémie Lvovsky, French film director
- Noémie Merlant, French actress and filmmaker
- Naomi Nagasawa (Nao Nagasawa), Japanese voice actress
- Naomi Nishida, Japanese actress
- Naomi Scott, English actress, singer and musician
- Naomi Sequeira, Australian actress and singer
- Naomi Shindō, Japanese voice actress
- Noemi Steuer, Swiss actress
- Naomi Stevens (1925-2018), American character actress
- Noomi Rapace, Swedish actress
- Naomi Wakabayashi, Japanese voice actress
- Naomi Watanabe (渡辺直美), Japanese actress
- Naomi Watts, British actress
Law
- Noemí Rial, Argentinian lawyer and politician
- Naomi Roht-Arriaza, American lawyer
- Noemí Sanín, Colombian lawyer and politician
Modelling
- Naomi Campbell (born 1970), British supermodel
- Naomi Sims, African American model, businesswoman and author
- Noémie Lenoir, French model
- Noemi Letizia, Italian celebrity
Music
- Noemi (singer), Italian singer (born Veronica Scopelliti) and music video director
- Naomi Allen, singer signed to Def Jam
- Noemí Carrión, Spanish singer and actress
- Naomi Chiaki (born 1947), Japanese singer and actress
- Noémi Győri (born 1963), Hungarian classical flautist
- Naomi Hall, American musician
- Naomi Higginson, British singer best known as Caleidra
- Naomi Judd, American country music singer, songwriter, and activist
- Noëmi Nadelmann (born 1962), Swiss soprano
- Naomi Neville, pseudonym of American composer Allen Toussaint (1938–2015)
- Naomi Phoenix, English singer-songwriter
- Naomi Polani (1927–2024), Israeli musical director, theater director, singer, producer, actress, and dancer
- Noémi Rime, French soprano
- Naomi Shemer, Israeli songwriter, the "first lady of Israeli song and poetry"
- Naomi Yang (musician), singer with the group Galaxie 500
- Shinta Naomi [id] (born 1994), member of the Indonesian idol group JKT48
Politics
- Naomi Biden, American lawyer and granddaughter of U.S. President Joe Biden
- Naomi Gonzalez, Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives
- Naomi Jakobsson, Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives
- Naomi Long, Leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
- Naomi C. Matusow (born 1938), New York politician
- Naomi Mata'afa, Prime Minister of Samoa
- Noemí Rial, Argentine Secretary of Labor
- Noemí Santana Perera, a member of the Podemos party of Spain
- Naomi Seymour (born 1938), Bahamian politician
- Naomi Tokashiki, Japanese politician
- Naomi Wyatt, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Office of Administration
- Naomi Yamamoto, Canadian politician
- Ruth Noemí Colón, Secretary of State of New York
Sport
- Noémi Boekel, Dutch softball player
- Noemi Cantele, Italian road bicycle racer
- Naomi Castle, Australian water polo player
- Noémi Dakos, Hungarian handballer
- Naomi Folkard (born 1983), English archer
- Naomi Hoshikawa (星川 直美, born 1969), Japanese cross-country skier
- Naomi Higuchi (樋口 直巳, born 1961), Japanese sport wrestler
- Naomi Isozaki, Japanese Paralympic archer
- Naomi James, round-the-world sailor
- Naomi Knight, ring name for American professional wrestler and dancer Trinity McCray
- Naomi Lang, American ice dancer
- Noemi Lung, former Romanian butterfly and medley swimmer
- Naomi Matsumoto (松本 直美, born 1968), Japanese softball player
- Naomi Mugo, Kenyan middle distance runner
- Noémi Németh, Hungarian hammer thrower
- Naomi Osaka, Haitian-Japanese professional tennis player
- Naomi Russell, Australian gymnast
- Naomi Sekido (関戸 直美, born 1969), Japanese swimmer
- Noemí Simonetto de Portela, Argentine athlete
- Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer, first person to reach the North Pole solo
- Naomi Takewaki (竹脇 直巳, born 1964), Japanese bobsledder
- Naomi Taniguchi, Japanese racer
- Naomi Too, Kenyan volleyball player
- Noémi Tóth, Italian water polo defender
- Noémi Trufán, Hungarian handballer
- Naomi van As, Dutch field hockey player
- Naomi Williams (footballer) (born 2004), English footballer
- Naomi Young (born 1976), Australian synchronized swimmer
Other notable people
- Naomi Ballantyne, New Zealand insurance executive
- Noémi Ban, Hungarian-born American Jew and Holocaust survivor
- Noemí de Miguel (born 1980), Spanish sports journalist and television presenter
- Naomi Ferguson, commissioner of the New Zealand Inland Revenue Department
- Naomi Gray, American, first female Vice President of Planned Parenthood
- Naomi Irion (died 2022), American murder victim
- Naomi Milgrom, Australian business owner
- Naomi Miller, American murder victim
- Naomi Sewell Richardson, African-American suffragist and educator
- Naomi Smalls (born 1993), the stage name of American drag queen Davis Heppenstall
- Naomi Wu, also known as SexyCyborg, Chinese DIY maker and internet personality
Fictional characters
- Naomi, a cow villager from the video game series Animal Crossing
- Naomi, a Parasaurolophus from the video game Goodbye Volcano High
- Naomi, in Kamen Rider
- Naomi, in the Tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Den-O
- Naomi, in MicroVolts
- Naomi, Phantom Society Devil Summoner in the video game Soul Hackers
- Naomi, in the US TV Series Supernatural
- Naomi Armitage, protagonist of the anime Armitage III
- Naomi Bennett, in the Grey's Anatomy spin-off Private Practice
- Naomi Campbell, in the television series Skins
- Naomi Clark, a socialite in the CW primetime drama show 90210
- Naomi Collins, in Dark Shadows
- Naomi Dorrit, in the American drama/adventure television series Lost
- Naomi Harper, in the American sitcom Mama's Family
- Naomi Hunter, in the Metal Gear series
- Naomi Inoue, in Code Geass
- Naomi Julien, in the soap opera EastEnders
- Naomi Katagaki, in the anime film Hello World
- Naomi Lapaglia, in movie The Wolf of Wall Street
- Naomi McDuffie, title character in the TV series Naomi
- Naomi Misora, ex-FBI agent in the anime and manga series Death Note
- Naomi Nagata, in the book series The Expanse by James S. A. Corey, and its television adaptation
- Naomi Nakashima, in the survival horror video game Corpse Party
- Naomi Putnam, in The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)
- Naomi Randall, a character in the 2021 action-adventure RPG Scarlet Nexus
- Naomi Rodriguez, in the musical 21 Chump Street
- Naomi Turner, in Elena of Avalor
- Naomi Umegae, a government agent with psychokinetic powers in Zettai Karen Children
- Naomi Walters, in Emmerdale
- Naomi Wildman, in the television series Star Trek: Voyager
- Naomi Zeigler, in the book series Pretty Little Liars by Sarah Shepard
See also
References
- Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia; Mils, A. D.; Room, Adrian, eds. (2002). The Oxford names companion. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. p. 831. ISBN 0198605617.
- "Virginia Department of Health's Office of Vital Records Announces Top Fifteen Baby Names of 2022, Other Interesting Virginia Birth Data". 23 January 2023.
- "Virginia Department of Health's Office of Vital Records Announces Top Baby Names of 2023, Other Interesting Virginia Birth Data". 6 February 2024.
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