Naomi (given name)

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

Hebrew

Naomi (Hebrew: 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. The Hebrew name Naomi is not related to the Japanese name Naomi.

Variant Forms of Naomi (Hebrew)
Armenian	Նոյեմի
Chinese	納奧米, 妮奥米
Czech	Noemi
Dutch	Naomi
English	Naomi
Finnish	Noomi
French	Naomé (Belgian), Noemy, Noémi, Noémie, Noëmie
German	Noemi, Noomi
Greek	Νωεμιν
Hebrew	נָעֳמִי
Hungarian	Naómi, Noémi
Irish	Náoimí
Italian	Noemi
Japanese	ナオミ
Korean	나오미
Persian	نایومی
Polish	Noemi
Portuguese	Noemi, Noémia, Noêmia (Brazilian)
Russian	Наоми, Ноэми
Spanish	Noemi, Noemí, Nohemi (Mexican)
Tagalog	Noemí, Naomi

Japanese

Naomi (なおみ, ナオミ), pronounced [naomi] is a unisex Japanese name. The Japanese name Naomi is not directly related to the Hebrew name Naomi. Naomi can be spelled using hiragana, katakana, kanji or a combination of kana and kanji.

• 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

Academia

• Naomi Chazan, Israeli academic and politician
• Naomi Oreskes, American science historian

Fine arts

• Marie-Noémi Cadiot, French sculptor of the 19th century

Authors

• 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 Schor, noted literary critic and theorist
• Naomi Wolf, American author and political consultant
• Noémi Kiss, Hungarian writer
• Denise Naomi Klein, British romantic novelist

Naomi Brown Playwright, American author

Actresses

• Naomi Watts, British actress
• Naomie Harris, English screen actress
• Naomi Bentley, British actress
• Naomi Childers, silent film actress whose career lasted until the mid-20th century
• Naomi Nagasawa, Japanese voice actress from Toyonaka, now known as Nao Nagasawa
• Naomi Nishida, Japanese actress
• Naomi Scott an English actress, singer and musician
• Naomi Shindō, Japanese voice actress
• Naomi Stevens, character actress of film and television
• Sonia Noemí, Puerto Rican actress and singer
• Noomi Rapace, Swedish actress
• Naomi Wakabayashi, Japanese voice actress
• Naomi (actress), American pornographic actress

Film

• Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, American screenwriter
• Naomi Kawase, Japanese film director
• Noémie Lvovsky, French film director

Law

• Noemí Rial, Argentinian lawyer and politician
• Noemí Sanín, Colombian lawyer and politician

Literature

• Naomi (biblical figure), mother-in-law of Ruth
• Naomi, a 1924 novel by Junichiro Tanizaki

Modelling

• Naomi Campbell (born 1970), British supermodel
• Naomi Sims, African American model, businesswoman and author
• Noémie Lenoir, French model
• Noemi Letizia, Italian celebrity

Music

• Naomi Shemer, Israeli songwriter hailed as the first lady of Israeli song and poetry
• Naomi Hall, American musician

Vocalists

• Naomi Allen, singer signed to Def Jam
• Naomi Judd, American country music singer, songwriter, and activist
• Naomi Phoenix, English singer-songwriter
• Naomi Polani (born 1927), Israeli musical director, theater director, singer, producer, actress, and dancer
• Naomi Yang, singer with the group Galaxie 500
• Noemí Carrión (Naymi), Spanish singer and actress
• Noemi (singer), Italian singer (born Veronica Scopelliti) and music video director
• Noémi Rime, French soprano
• Natalia Noemi Cappuccini (Natalia Kills), English singer-songwriter

Composers

• Naomi Neville, pseudonym of American composer Allen Toussaint

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
• Naomi Tokashiki, Japanese politician
• Naomi Wyatt, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Office of Administration
• Noemí Rial, Argentine Secretary of Labor
• Ruth Noemí Colón, Secretary of State of New York

Sport

• Naomi Castle, Australian water polo player
• Naomi James, round-the-world sailor
• Naomi Lang, American ice dancer
• Naomi Mugo, Kenyan middle distance runner
• Naomi Russell, Australian gymnast
• Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer, first person to reach the North Pole solo
• Naomi van As, Dutch field hockey player
• Naomichi Marufuji, Japanese professional wrestler
• Noémi Boekel, Dutch softball player
• Noemi Cantele, Italian road bicycle racer
• Noémi Dakos, Hungarian handballer
• Naomi Knight, Stage name for American professional wrestler, dancer, and WWE Diva Trinity McCray
• Noemi Lung, former Romanian butterfly and medley swimmer
• Noémi Németh, Hungarian hammer thrower
• 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 survivor of the Holocaust

Fictional characters

• Naomi, character in Kamen Rider
• Naomi, character from MicroVolts
• Naomi Inoue, character from Code Geass
• Naomi, James Bond henchwoman in the film The Spy Who Loved Me
• Naomi, minor character from the Tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Den-O
• Naomi Armitage, the main protagonist of the anime Armitage III
• Naomi Bennett, fictional character on the Grey's Anatomy spin-off Private Practice
• Naomi Campbell (Skins), fictional character in the television series Skins
• Naomi Clark, fictional character from the CW primetime drama show 90210
• Naomi Collins, character in Dark Shadows
• Naomi Dorrit, character in the American drama/adventure television series Lost
• Naomi Harper, fictional character from the American sitcom Mama's Family
• Naomi Hunter, character in the Metal Gear series
• Naomi Wildman, character in the Star Trek universe who appeared on the television series Star Trek: Voyager
• Naomi Misora, fictional ex-FBI agent character from the anime and manga series Death Note
• Naomi, fictional Phantom Society Devil Summoner from the video game Soul Hackers
• Naomi Nakashima, a fictional character in the survival horror video game Corpse Party
• Naomi, fictional character in the U.S. TV Series Supernatural

See also

• Naomi (disambiguation)