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.
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
Naomi Uemura:植村直己
Naomi Watanabe:渡辺直美
Naomi Chazan, Israeli academic and politician
Naomi Oreskes, American science historian
Marie-Noémi Cadiot, French sculptor of the 19th century
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 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
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
Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, American screenwriter
Naomi Kawase, Japanese film director
Noémie Lvovsky, French film director
Noemí Rial, Argentinian lawyer and politician
Noemí Sanín, Colombian lawyer and politician
Naomi (biblical figure), mother-in-law of Ruth
Naomi, a 1924 novel by Junichiro Tanizaki
Naomi Campbell (born 1970), British supermodel
Naomi Sims, African American model, businesswoman and author
Noémie Lenoir, French model
Noemi Letizia, Italian celebrity
Naomi Shemer, Israeli songwriter hailed as the first lady of Israeli song and poetry
Naomi Hall, American musician
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
Naomi Neville, pseudonym of American composer Allen Toussaint
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
Naomi Castle, Australian water polo player
Naomi Folkard (born 1983), English archer
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
Noémi Ban, Hungarian-born American Jew and survivor of the Holocaust
Naomi Rodriguez, name given to an undercover cop in Operation D- (shown in 21 Chump Street and This Americans Life radio episode.)
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
Naomi Lapaglia, female character in movie The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)
