Naomi (given name)
Naomi or Noemi is a given name in various languages and cultures.
Hebrew
Naomi (nah-o-mi) (נָעֳמִי) is a feminine Jewish name of Hebrew origin. In Hebrew, it means "pleasantness" and was originally pronounced with the stress on the a (the o is a hataf qamatz, marked with a shva to indicate that it is very short). In Judaism and Christianity, Naomi is Ruth's mother-in-law. Because Naomi appears in the Old Testament, this makes 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 | Νωεμιν |
| Haitian Creole | Nahomie |
| Hebrew | נָעֳמִי |
| Hungarian | Naómi, Noémi |
| Irish | Náoimí |
| Italian | Noemi |
| Persian | نائومی |
| Polish | Noemi |
| Portuguese | Noemi, Noémia, Noêmia (Brazilian) |
| Russian | Наоми, Ноэми; Ноеминь (for the biblical character) |
| South African | Naomi |
| Spanish | Noemi, Noemí, Nohemi (Mexican) |
| Tagalog | Noemí, Naomi |
| Tamil | Navōmi நவோமி |
| 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
- ナオ美
- 直美
- 尚美
- 直己
- 尚己
- 直実
- 尚実
- 奈緒美
- 奈於美
People named Naomi or Noemi
Academia
- Naomi Chazan (born 1946), Israeli academic and politician
- Naomi Jochnowitz, American mathematician
- Naomi Oreskes (born 1958), American science historian
Fine arts
- Marie-Noémi Cadiot, French sculptor of the 19th century
Authors
- 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 Royde-Smith, British novelist
- Naomi Schor, noted literary critic and theorist
- Naomi Wolf, American feminist author
- Noémi Kiss, Hungarian writer
- Denise Naomi Klein, British romantic novelist
- Naomi Shihab Nye, American poet and author.
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
- 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, character actress of film and television
- 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
- 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
- Noémi Győri (born 1963), Hungarian classical flautist
- Naomi Hall, American musician
- 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 (born 1927), 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, singer with the group Galaxie 500
- Shinta Naomi (born 1994), member of the Indonesian idol group JKT48
Politics
- Naomi Gonzalez, Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives
- Naomi Jakobsson, Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives
- Naomi C. Matusow (born 1938), New York politician
- Noemí Santana Perera, a member of the Podemos party of Spain
- Naomi Tokashiki, Japanese politician
- Naomi Wyatt, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Office of Administration
- Naomi Yamamoto, Canadian politician
- Noemí Rial, Argentine Secretary of Labor
- Ruth Noemí Colón, Secretary of State of New York
- Naomi Long, Leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Sport
- Naomi Castle, Australian water polo player
- Naomi Folkard (born 1983), English archer
- Naomi Hoshikawa (星川 直美, born 1969), Japanese cross-country skier
- Naomi James, round-the-world sailor
- Naomi Isozaki, Japanese Paralympic archer
- Naomi Lang, American ice dancer
- Naomi Matsumoto (松本 直美, born 1968), Japanese softball player
- Naomi Mugo, Kenyan middle distance runner
- Naomi Russell, Australian gymnast
- Naomi Takewaki (竹脇 直巳, born 1964), Japanese bobsledder
- Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer, first person to reach the North Pole solo
- Naomi van As, Dutch field hockey player
- Noémi Boekel, Dutch softball player
- Noemi Cantele, Italian road bicycle racer
- Noémi Dakos, Hungarian handballer
- Naomi Higuchi (樋口 直巳, born 1961), Japanese sport wrestler
- Naomi Knight, ring name for American professional wrestler and dancer Trinity McCray
- Noemi Lung, former Romanian butterfly and medley swimmer
- Noémi Németh, Hungarian hammer thrower
- Naomi Sekido (関戸 直美, born 1969), Japanese swimmer
- Noemí Simonetto de Portela, Argentine athlete
- Naomi Taniguchi, Japanese racer
- Noémi Tóth, Italian water polo defender
- Noémi Trufán, Hungarian handballer
- Naomi Osaka, Haitian-American-Japanese professional tennis player
- Naomi Young (born 1976), Australian synchronized swimmer
Other notable people
- 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 Milgrom, Australian business owner
- Naomi Miller, American murder victim
- 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, 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 U.S. 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 Misora, ex-FBI agent in the anime and manga series Death Note
- Naomi Nakashima, in the survival horror video game Corpse Party
- Naomi Nagata, in the book series The Expanse by James S. A. Corey, and its television adaptation
- 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 Wildman, in the television series Star Trek: Voyager
- Naomi Zeigler, in the book series Pretty Little Liars by Sarah Shepard
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