Naomi (given name)
 Statue of the biblical figure of Naomi, mother-in-law of Ruth, Sanctuary of Notre-Dame de Garaison, 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 (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 was the mother-in-law of Ruth, making the name Naomi a Biblical name.[1]
| 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 |
| Guarani | Noemi |
| Haitian Creole | Nahomie |
| Hebrew | נָעֳמִי |
| Malay | Naomi/ناومي/ Nokmi/نوكمي/ Mekmi/ميكمي |
| 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 [naomi] 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
- 奈緒己
- 奈緒実
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.[2][3]
People named Naomi or Noemi
Academia
- Naomi Kennedy (born 2004), Irish environmental scientist
- Naomi Beckwith (born 1976), American curator
- Naomi Chazan (born 1946), Israeli academic and politician
- Naomi Feil (1932–2023), American gerontologist and author
- Naomi E. Goldstein, clinical psychologist
- Naomi Habib, Israeli neuroscientist
- Naomi Jochnowitz, American mathematician
- Naomi Oreskes (born 1958), American science historian
- Naomi Scheman, American philosopher
- Naomi Weisstein (1939–2015), American cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, author, and professor
Fine arts
- Marie-Noémi Cadiot (1828–1888), 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 Booth (born 1980), English fiction writer and academic
- Naomi Frankel (1918–2009), German-Israeli novelist
- Naomi Ishiguro (born 1992), British author
- Naomi Jacob (1884–1964), English author, actress and broadcaster
- Naomi Klein (born 1970), Canadian journalist, author, and social activist
- Naomi Lindstrom (born 1950), Latin Americanist literary critic
- Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999), Scottish novelist and poet
- Naomi Novik (born 1973), American novelist
- Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952), American poet and author
- Naomi Replansky (1918–2023), American poet
- Naomi Royde-Smith (1875–1964), British novelist
- Naomi Schor (1943–2001), American literary critic and theorist
- Naomi Wolf (born 1962), American feminist author
- Noémi Kiss (born 1974), Hungarian writer
- Denise Naomi Klein (1897–1985), British romantic novelist
Film
- Naomi Akimoto (秋本 奈緒美; born 1963), Japanese actress and singer
- Naomi Battrick (born 1991), British actress
- Naomi Bentley, British actress
- Naomi Childers (1892–1964), silent film actress
- Naomi Grossman (born 1975), American actress
- Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal (born 1946), American screenwriter
- Naomie Harris (born 1976), English actress
- Naomi Kawase (born 1969), Japanese film director
- Noémie Lvovsky (born 1964), French film director
- Noémie Merlant (born 1988), French actress and filmmaker
- Naomi Nagasawa (born 1971, Nao Nagasawa), Japanese voice actress
- Naomi Nishida (born 1972), Japanese actress
- Naomi Scott (born 1993), English actress, singer and musician
- Naomi Sequeira (born 1994), Australian actress and singer
- Naomi Shindō (born 1972), Japanese voice actress
- Noemi Steuer (1957–2020), Swiss actress
- Naomi Stevens (1925–2018), American character actress
- Noomi Rapace (born 1979), Swedish actress
- Naomi Wakabayashi (born 1975), Japanese voice actress
- Naomi Watanabe (渡辺直美) (born 1987), Japanese actress
- Naomi Watts (born 1968), British actress
Law
- Noemí Rial (1947–2019), Argentinian lawyer and politician
- Naomi Roht-Arriaza, American lawyer
- Noemí Sanín (born 1949), Colombian lawyer and politician
Modelling
- Naomi Campbell (born 1970), British supermodel
- Naomi Sims (1948–2009), African American model, businesswoman and author
- Noémie Lenoir (born 1979), French model
- Noemi Letizia (born 1991), Italian celebrity
Music
- Nai Palm (born 1989), Naomi Grace Saalfield, an Australian singer and musician from the band Hiatus Kaiyote
- Noemi (singer) (born 1982), 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 (1946–2022), 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 (1930–2004), Israeli songwriter, the "first lady of Israeli song and poetry"
- Naomi Yang (musician) (born 1964), singer with the group Galaxie 500
- Shinta Naomi (born 1994), member of the Indonesian idol group JKT48
Politics
- Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa (born 1957), Prime Minister of Samoa
- Naomi Gonzalez (born 1978), Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives
- Naomi Jakobsson (born 1941), Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives
- Naomi Long (born 1971), Leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
- Naomi C. Matusow (born 1938), New York politician
- Noemí Rial (1947–2019), Argentine Secretary of Labor
- Noemí Santana Perera (born 1984), a member of the Podemos party of Spain
- Naomi Seymour (1938–2024), Bahamian politician
- Naomi Tokashiki (born 1962), Japanese politician
- Naomi Waqo, Kenyan politician
- Naomi Wyatt, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Office of Administration
- Naomi Yamamoto (born 1960), Canadian politician
- Ruth Noemí Colón (born 1958), Secretary of State of New York
Sport
- Noemi Basiletti (born 2006), Italian tennis player
- Noémi Boekel (born 1984), Dutch softball player
- Noemi Cantele (born 1981), Italian road bicycle racer
- Naomi Castle (born 1974), Australian water polo player
- Noémi Dakos (born 1991), Hungarian handballer
- Naomi Folkard (born 1983), English archer
- Naomi Girma (born 2000), American soccer player
- 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 (born 1949), round-the-world sailor
- Naomi Knight (born 1987), ring name for American professional wrestler and dancer Trinity McCray
- Naomi Lang (born 1978), American ice dancer
- Noemi Lung (born 1968), former Romanian butterfly and medley swimmer
- Naomi Matsumoto (softball) (松本 直美; born 1968), Japanese softball player
- Naomi Mégroz (born 1998), Swiss footballer
- Naomi Mugo (born 1977), Kenyan middle distance runner
- Noémi Németh (born 1986), Hungarian hammer thrower
- Naomi Osaka (born 1997), Haitian-Japanese professional tennis player
- Naomi Russell (born 1990), Australian gymnast
- Naomi Sekido (関戸 直美; born 1969), Japanese swimmer
- Noemí Simonetto de Portela (1926–2011), Argentine athlete
- Naomi Uemura (1941–1984), Japanese adventurer, first person to reach the North Pole solo
- Naomi Takewaki (竹脇 直巳; born 1964), Japanese bobsledder
- Naomi Taniguchi (born 1936), Japanese racer
- Naomi Too, Kenyan volleyball player
- Noémi Tóth (born 1976), Italian water polo defender
- Noémi Trufán (born 1985), Hungarian handballer
- Naomi van As (born 1983), Dutch field hockey player
- Naomi Young (born 1976), Australian synchronized swimmer
Other notable people
- Naomi Ballantyne, New Zealand insurance executive
- Noémi Ban (1922–2019), Hungarian-born American Jew and Holocaust survivor
- Naomi Ceder, American software developer
- Noemí de Miguel (born 1980), Spanish sports journalist and television presenter
- Naomi Ferguson, commissioner of the New Zealand Inland Revenue Department
- Naomi Gray (1922–2006), American, first female Vice President of Planned Parenthood
- Naomi Irion (died 2022), American murder victim
- Naomi Milgrom (born 1952), Australian business owner
- Naomi Miller, American murder victim
- Naomi Sewell Richardson (1892–1993), African-American suffragist and educator
- Naomi Smalls (born 1993), the stage name of American drag queen Davis Heppenstall
- Naomi Wu (born 1994), also known as SexyCyborg, Chinese DIY maker and internet personality
Fictional characters
- Naomi, in the Tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Den-O
- Naomi, in the US TV Series Supernatural
- 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 Julien, in the soap opera EastEnders
- Naomi McDuffie, title character in the TV series Naomi
- Naomi Misora, ex-FBI agent in the anime and manga series Death Note
- 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
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Naomi
- All pages with titles containing Naomi
- Naomi (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Noemi
- All pages with titles containing Noemi
References
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia; Mils, A. D.; Room, Adrian, eds. (2002). The Oxford names companion. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. p. 831. ISBN 0-19-860561-7.
- ↑ "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.