Naomi (nah-o-mi) (נָעֳמִי‎) 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.^[1]

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.

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Naomi was among the five most popular names for Black newborn girls in the American state of Virginia in 2022 and again in 2023.^[2][3]

Academia edit

• 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 edit

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

Authors edit

• 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 edit

• 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 (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 edit

• Noemí Rial, Argentinian lawyer and politician
• Naomi Roht-Arriaza, American lawyer
• Noemí Sanín, Colombian lawyer and politician

Modelling edit

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

Music edit

• 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 (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 [id] (born 1994), member of the Indonesian idol group JKT48

Politics edit

• 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 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 edit

• 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 Isozaki, Japanese Paralympic archer
• Naomi James, round-the-world sailor
• Naomi Lang, American ice dancer
• Naomi Matsumoto (松本 直美, born 1968), 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, born 1964), 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, 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

Other notable people edit

• 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 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 edit

• 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

• Naomi (disambiguation)