Naomi (given name)

Naomi or Noemi is a given name in various languages and cultures.

Hebrew

Naomi (Template:Hebrew) 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
• Naomi Russell, American pornographic 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, in Kamen Rider
• Naomi, in MicroVolts
• Naomi, a cow villager from the video game series Animal Crossing
• Naomi, in the Tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Den-O
• 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 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
• Naomi Rodriguez, in the musical 21 Chump Street

See also

• Naomi (disambiguation)