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) |
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Gender | Female (as a biblical name) Unisex (as a japanese name) |
Origin | |
Word/name | Hebrew |
Naomi or Noemi is a given name of either biblical Hebrew or Japanese origin, used in various languages and cultures.
Hebrew
[edit]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.[1]
Variant forms of Naomi | |
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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 |
Tamil | Navōmi நவோமி |
Thai | นาโอมิ, เนโยมิ |
Japanese
[edit]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
Popularity
[edit]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
[edit]Academia
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Marie-Noémi Cadiot, French sculptor of the 19th century
- Noemi Smilansky (1916–2016), Austro-Hungarian Empire-born Israeli painter
Authors
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Noemí Rial, Argentinian lawyer and politician
- Naomi Roht-Arriaza, American lawyer
- Noemí Sanín, Colombian lawyer and politician
Modelling
[edit]- Naomi Campbell (born 1970), British supermodel
- Naomi Sims, African American model, businesswoman and author
- Noémie Lenoir, French model
- Noemi Letizia, Italian celebrity
Music
[edit]- 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 (born 1994), member of the Indonesian idol group JKT48
Politics
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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 (born 2004), English footballer
- Naomi Young (born 1976), Australian synchronized swimmer
Other notable people
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Naomi, a cow villager from the video game series Animal Crossing
- 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 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.