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