Naomi (given name)

Naomi or Noemi is a given name of either biblical Hebrew or Japanese origin, used in various languages and cultures.

Hebrew
Naomi (nah-o-mi) 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.

Japanese
Naomi (なおみ, ナオミ), 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.

Academia

 * 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

 * Marie-Noémi Cadiot, French sculptor of the 19th century
 * Noemi Smilansky (1916–2016), Austro-Hungarian Empire-born Israeli painter

Authors

 * 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

 * Naomi Akimoto (秋本 奈緒美), 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

 * Noemí Rial, Argentinian lawyer and politician
 * Naomi Roht-Arriaza, American lawyer
 * 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
 * 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, singer with the group Galaxie 500
 * Shinta Naomi (born 1994), member of the Indonesian idol group JKT48

Politics

 * 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

 * Naomi Castle, Australian water polo player
 * Naomi Folkard (born 1983), English archer
 * Naomi Hoshikawa (星川 直美), Japanese cross-country skier
 * Naomi Isozaki, Japanese Paralympic archer
 * Naomi James, round-the-world sailor
 * Naomi Lang, American ice dancer
 * Naomi Matsumoto (松本 直美), Japanese softball player
 * Naomi Mugo, Kenyan middle distance runner
 * Naomi Osaka, Haitian-Japanese professional tennis player
 * Naomi Russell, Australian gymnast
 * Naomi Takewaki (竹脇 直巳), Japanese bobsledder
 * Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer, first person to reach the North Pole solo
 * Naomi van As, Dutch field hockey player
 * Naomi Young (born 1976), Australian synchronized swimmer
 * Noémi Boekel, Dutch softball player
 * Noemi Cantele, Italian road bicycle racer
 * Noémi Dakos, Hungarian handballer
 * Naomi Higuchi (樋口 直巳), 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), Japanese swimmer
 * Noemí Simonetto de Portela, Argentine athlete
 * Naomi Taniguchi, Japanese racer
 * Noémi Tóth, Italian water polo defender
 * Noémi Trufán, Hungarian handballer

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 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

 * 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