Naomi (given name)
Naomi or Noemi is a given name of separate biblical Hebrew and Japanese origin used in various languages and cultures.
Hebrew
Naomi is a feminine name of Hebrew origin. In Hebrew, it means "pleasantness" and was originally pronounced with the stress on the i. In the Book of Ruth, Naomi was the mother-in-law of Ruth, making the name Naomi a Biblical name.Japanese
Naomi, 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, American curator
- Naomi Chazan, Israeli academic and politician
- Naomi Feil, American gerontologist and author
- Naomi Habib, Israeli neuroscientist
- Naomi Jochnowitz, American mathematician
- Naomi Oreskes, American science historian
- Naomi Weisstein, American cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, author, and professor
Fine arts
- Marie-Noémi Cadiot, French sculptor of the 19th century
- Noemi Smilansky, Austro-Hungarian Empire-born Israeli painter
Authors
- Naomi Alderman, English novelist and game writer
- Naomi Booth, English fiction writer and academic
- Naomi Frankel, German-Israeli novelist
- Naomi Ishiguro, British author
- 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, 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, Japanese actress and singer
- Naomi Battrick, British actress
- Naomi Bentley, British actress
- Naomi Childers, silent film actress
- Naomi Grossman, American actress
- Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, American screenwriter
- Naomie Harris, English actress
- Naomi Kawase, Japanese film director
- Noémie Lvovsky, French film director
- Noémie Merlant, French actress and filmmaker
- Naomi 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, American character actress
- Noomi Rapace, Swedish actress
- Naomi Wakabayashi, Japanese voice actress
- Naomi Watanabe, 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, British supermodel
- Naomi Sims, African American model, businesswoman and author
- Noémie Lenoir, French model
- Noemi Letizia, Italian celebrity
Music
- Nai Palm, Naomi Grace Saalfield, an Australian singer and musician from the band Hiatus Kaiyote
- Noemi (singer), Italian singer and music video director
- Naomi Allen, singer signed to Def Jam
- Noemí Carrión, Spanish singer and actress
- Naomi Chiaki, Japanese singer and actress
- Noémi Győri, 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, Swiss soprano
- Naomi Neville, pseudonym of American composer Allen Toussaint
- Naomi Phoenix, English singer-songwriter
- Naomi Polani, 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
- , member of the Indonesian idol group JKT48
Politics
- Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, Prime Minister of Samoa
- 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, New York politician
- Noemí Rial, Argentine Secretary of Labor
- Noemí Santana Perera, a member of the Podemos party of Spain
- Naomi Seymour, 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, English archer
- Naomi Girma, American soccer player
- Naomi Hoshikawa, Japanese cross-country skier
- Naomi Higuchi, 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 (softball), 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, Japanese swimmer
- Noemí Simonetto de Portela, Argentine athlete
- Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer, first person to reach the North Pole solo
- Naomi Takewaki, 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), English footballer
- Naomi Young, Australian synchronized swimmer
Other notable people
- Naomi Ballantyne, New Zealand insurance executive
- Noémi Ban, Hungarian-born American Jew and Holocaust survivor
- Noemí de Miguel, 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, American murder victim
- Naomi Milgrom, Australian business owner
- Naomi Miller, American murder victim
- Naomi Sewell Richardson, African-American suffragist and educator
- Naomi Smalls, 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 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, 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 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