Naomi or Noemi is a given name 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 ''a'' (the ''o'' is a '' hataf qamatz'', marked with a '' shva'' to indicate that it is very short). In the Book of Ruth,

Naomi Naomi or Naomie may refer to: People and biblical figures * Naomi (given name), a female given name and a list of people with the name * Naomi (biblical figure), Ruth's mother-in-law in the Old Testament Book of Ruth * Naomi (Romanian singer) (bor ...

Ruth Ruth (or its variants) may refer to: Places France * Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France Switzerland * Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny United States * Ruth, Alabama * Ruth, Ar ...

's mother-in-law, making the name Naomi a Biblical name.

Japanese

, pronounced is a Japanese name. Though it is a unisex name, it is primarily used by women. Naomi can be spelled using

hiragana is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived f ...

kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...

, or a combination of

kana The term may refer to a number of syllabaries used to write Japanese phonological units, morae. Such syllabaries include (1) the original kana, or , which were Chinese characters (kanji) used phonetically to transcribe Japanese, the most p ...

and kanji. For example; * * * * * * * *

People named Naomi or Noemi

Academia

* Naomi Chazan (born 1946), Israeli academic and politician *

Naomi Jochnowitz Naomi G. Jochnowitz is an American mathematician interested in algebraic number theory. She is an associate professor of mathematics at the University of Rochester. Jochnowitz earned her Ph.D. in 1976 from Harvard University. Her dissertation, ''C ...

, American mathematician *

Naomi Oreskes Naomi Oreskes (; born November 25, 1958) is an American historian of science. She became Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University in 2013, after 15 years as Professor of H ...

(born 1958), American science historian

Fine arts

Marie-Noémi Cadiot Marie-Noémi Cadiot (; 12 December 1828, Paris – 10 April 1888, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat), also known as Noémi (or Noémie) Constant and her literary pseudonyms Claude Vignon and H. Morel, was a French sculptor, journalist and writer of the 19t ...

, French sculptor of the 19th century

Authors

Naomi Alderman Naomi Alderman (born 1974) is an English novelist and game writer. She is best known for her speculative science fiction novel '' The Power'', which won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2017. Biography Alderman was born in London, the daught ...

(born 1974), English novelist and game writer * Naomi Frankel, German-Israeli novelist * Naomi Jacob, English author, actress and broadcaster *

Naomi Klein Naomi A. Klein (born May 8, 1970) is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses, support of ecofeminism, organized labour, left-wing politics and criticism of corporate globalization, fascism, ecofascism ...

, 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, American literary critic and theorist *

Naomi Wolf Naomi Rebekah Wolf (born November 12, 1962) is an American feminist author, journalist and conspiracy theorist. Following her first book ''The Beauty Myth'' (1991), she became a leading spokeswoman of what has been described as the third wave ...

, American feminist author * Noémi Kiss, Hungarian writer * Denise Naomi Klein, British romantic novelist * Naomi Shihab Nye, American poet and author.

Film

*, Japanese actress and singer * Naomi Battrick, British actress * Naomi Bentley, British actress * Naomi Childers, silent film actress *

Naomie Harris Naomie Melanie Harris (born 6 September 1976) is a British actress. She started her career when she was a child, appearing in the television series ''Simon and the Witch'' in 1987. She portrayed Selena in the zombie film ''28 Days Later'' (2002 ...

, English actress *

Naomi Grossman Naomi Grossman (born February 6, 1975) is an American actress, writer, and producer best known for her role as Pepper in the second and fourth season of the FX horror television series ''American Horror Story''. Early life Grossman was born in ...

(born 1975), American actress * Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, American screenwriter *

Naomi Kawase is a Japanese film director. She was also known as , with her former husband's surname. Many of her works have been documentaries, including ''Embracing'', about her search for the father who abandoned her as a child, and ''Katatsumori'', about ...

, Japanese film director * Naomi Kajitani, japanese actress * Noémie Lvovsky, French film director * Naomi Nagasawa (Nao Nagasawa), Japanese voice actress *

Naomi Nishida is an actress. She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2001 Yokohama Film Festival and at the 25th Hochi Film Award for her performance in ''Nabbie's Love''. Personal life She married a Japanese shoe designer in 2005, and gave birth to ...

, Japanese actress * Naomi Scott, English actress, singer and musician *

Naomi Sequeira Naomi Sequeira (born 29 December 1994) is an Australian actress, singer and songwriter of Portuguese descent. She was the co-host of Disney Channel Australia's '' Hanging with Adam & Naomi'' with Adam Roberts and was nominated for a 2015 Astra ...

, Australian actress and singer *

Naomi Shindō is a Japanese voice actress who works for Aoni Production. She is best known for her voice roles as Shizuru Fujino ('' Mai-hime'') (as well as her alternate universe counterpart, Shizuru Viola in ''Mai-Otome''), Jane Diethel in Shaman King, ...

, Japanese voice actress * Noemi Steuer, Swiss actress *

Naomi Stevens Naomi Ruth Stevens (November 29, 1925 – January 13, 2018) was an American character actress of film and television from the 1950s through the 1980s. She appeared in almost 100 roles over the years, usually depicting mothers, landladies, gossi ...

, character actress of film and television * Noomi Rapace, Swedish actress * Naomi Wakabayashi, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese actress *

Naomi Watts Naomi Ellen Watts (born 28 September 1968) is a British actress. After her family moved to Australia, she made her film debut there in the drama '' For Love Alone'' (1986) and then appeared in three television series, '' Hey Dad..!'' (1990), '' ...

, British actress

Law

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

Modelling

Naomi Campbell Naomi Elaine Campbell (born 22 May 1970) is an English model, actress, singer, and businesswoman. She began her career at the age of 15, and established herself amongst the most recognisable and in-demand models of the past four decades. Cam ...

(born 1970), British supermodel *

Naomi Sims Naomi Ruth Sims (March 30, 1948 – August 1, 2009) was an American model, businesswoman, and author, She was the first African-American model to appear on the cover of '' Ladies' Home Journal'', which occurred in November 1968, and is widely c ...

, African American model, businesswoman and author *

Noémie Lenoir Noémie Lenoir (born 19 September 1979) is a French model and actress. She is known for her work with Gucci, L'Oréal, Next (clothing), Next, Gap (clothing retailer), Gap, Tommy Hilfiger, Victoria's Secret, Balmain (fashion house)#Recent history, ...

, French model * Noemi Letizia, Italian celebrity

Music

* Noemi (singer), Italian singer (born Veronica Scopelliti) and music video director *

Naomi Allen Electrik Red is an American Electro- R&B/pop girl group, comprising Kyndra "Binkie" Reevey, Lesley Lewis, Naomi Allen and Sarah Rosete. The members began their individual careers as back-up dancers in New York City and Toronto. The group forme ...

, singer signed to Def Jam * Noemí Carrión, Spanish singer and actress *

Naomi Chiaki is a Japanese singer and actress who worked from the late 1960s to the early 1990s. Chiaki made her debut as a singer in 1969, and released her breakthrough single "Yottsu no Onegai" in the following year. "Kassai", a song which has been common ...

(born 1947), Japanese singer and actress * Noémi Győri (born 1963), Hungarian classical flautist * Naomi Hall, American musician *

Naomi Higginson Naomi Rhianna Higginson (born 29 June 1996), formerly known as Caleidra, is an English singer-songwriter born and raised in Manchester, England. She first came to prominence after a song she wrote at school in her music class, led to her being s ...

, 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 Naomi Phoenix is an English singer-songwriter from Warwick, who had several releases between 1997 and 1999 on Gut under the alias Naomi. Naomi's name at the time of the releases was Naomi Freeth, but since leaving Gut has since changed her name ...

, English singer-songwriter * Naomi Polani (born 1927), Israeli musical director, theater director, singer, producer, actress, and dancer *

Noémi Rime Noémi Rime is a French soprano. She regularly appears in opera productions by William Christie's Les Arts Florissants ensemble. Her roles have included Cleone in ''Médée'', Dido in ''Dido and Aeneas'', and Fatime in '' Les Indes galantes''. Sh ...

, French soprano *

Naomi Shemer Naomi Shemer ( he, נעמי שמר; July 13, 1930 – June 26, 2004) was a leading Israeli musician and songwriter, hailed as the "first lady of Israeli song and poetry." Her song " Yerushalayim Shel Zahav" ("Jerusalem of Gold"), written in 1967, ...

, Israeli songwriter, the "first lady of Israeli song and poetry" * Naomi Yang, singer with the group Galaxie 500 * (born 1994), member of the Indonesian idol group JKT48

Politics

Naomi Biden Naomi King Biden Neal (born December 23, 1993) is an American lawyer and a granddaughter of U.S. President Joe Biden. The eldest daughter of Hunter Biden and Kathleen Buhle, she grew up in Washington, D.C. and attended the University of Penns ...

, American lawyer and granddaughter of U.S. President Joe Biden * Naomi Gonzalez, Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives *

Naomi Jakobsson Naomi D. Jakobsson (born September 28, 1941) was a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, who represented the 103rd District from 2003 to 2015. The 103rd District encompasses Urbana, and Champaign. Early life, education a ...

, Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives *

Naomi Long Naomi Rachel Long MLA (née Johnston; born 13 December 1971) is a Northern Irish politician who served as Minister of Justice in the Northern Ireland Executive from January 2020 to October 2022. She has served as leader of the Alliance Party ...

, 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 Noemí Santana Perera (born 1984) is a member of the Podemos party and its spokesperson in the Parliament of the Canary Islands. Early life Born in Las Palmas on 31 January 1984, Perera attended the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULP ...

, a member of the Podemos party of Spain * Naomi Tokashiki, Japanese politician *

Naomi Wyatt Naomi Wyatt is a former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Office of Administration who served from 2007 to 2010. She is the chief of staff for the School District of Philadelphia The School District of Philadelphia (SDP) is the school district th ...

, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Office of Administration * Naomi Yamamoto, Canadian politician * Ruth Noemí Colón, Secretary of State of New York

Sport

Naomi Broady Naomi Broady (; born 28 February 1990) is a British tennis player. She has won one WTA doubles title, as well as nine singles titles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 7 March 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of w ...

(born 1990), British tennis player *

Naomi Castle Naomi Sandra Castle (born 29 May 1974 in Sydney) is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Castle was the captain of the Australian team at the 2004 Summer Olympics where they placed 4th. In 200 ...

, Australian water polo player *

Naomi Folkard Naomi Anne Folkard (born 18 September 1983) is a British archer who has represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games five times between 2004 and 2020. She has also represented Great Britain at the World Archery Championships and the Archery Wo ...

(born 1983), English archer *, Japanese cross-country skier *

Naomi Isozaki Naomi Isozaki (礒崎直美, ''Isozaki Naomi'') is a Japanese Paralympic archer. Isozaki competed at the Paralympic Games in 2000, where she won a bronze medal in the women's teams open event alongside Hifumi Suzuki and Masako Yonezawa, and in ...

, Japanese Paralympic archer * Naomi James, round-the-world sailor *

Naomi Lang Naomi Lang (born December 18, 1978) is an American former competitive ice dancer. With skating partner Peter Tchernyshev, she is a two-time Four Continents champion (2000 and 2002), a five-time U.S. national champion (1999–2003), and compete ...

, American ice dancer *, Japanese softball player *

Naomi Mugo Naomi Mugo (born 2 January 1977, in Nyahururu) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres and cross-country running. She was the 1999 winner of the Cross Internacional de Soria competition. International competitions ...

, Kenyan middle distance runner *

Naomi Osaka is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and is the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles. Osaka is a four-time Grand Slam singles champio ...

, Haitian-American-Japanese professional tennis player * Naomi Russell, Australian gymnast *, Japanese bobsledder * Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer, first person to reach the North Pole solo * Naomi van As, Dutch field hockey player *

Naomi Young Naomi Young (born 25 March 1976) is an Australian synchronized swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. She competed at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, winning a silver medal in the duet event, and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games ...

(born 1976), Australian synchronized swimmer * Noémi Boekel, Dutch softball player * Noemi Cantele, Italian road bicycle racer * Noémi Dakos, Hungarian handballer *, 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 *, 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 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 McDuffie, title character in

Naomi (TV series) ''Naomi'' is an American superhero drama television series created by Ava DuVernay and Jill Blankenship which is based on the comic book series of the same name co-written by Brian Michael Bendis and David F. Walker and illustrated by Jamal C ...

*Naomi, a cow villager from the video game series ''

Animal Crossing is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo. The series was conceptualized and created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. In ''Animal Crossing'', the player character is a human who lives in a village inhab ...

'' *Naomi, in '' Kamen Rider'' *

, in the Tokusatsu series ''Kamen Rider Den-O'' *Naomi, in ''

MicroVolts ''MicroVolts'' ( H.A.V.E Online) is an online multiplayer shooter developed by Korean developer SK iMedia and published by Toronto-based publisher Rock Hippo Productions for Windows ( PC). ''MicroVolts'' released its first closed beta phase on ...

'' *Naomi, Phantom Society Devil Summoner in the video game '' Soul Hackers'' *

, in the US TV Series ''Supernatural'' *Naomi Armitage, protagonist of the anime ''

Armitage III is a 1995 cyberpunk original video animation series. It centers on Naomi Armitage, a highly advanced "Type-III" android. In 1996, the series was edited into a film called . The series was followed up in 2002 with a sequel, set some years ...

'' * Naomi Bennett, in the ''Grey's Anatomy'' spin-off ''Private Practice'' *

, in the television series ''Skins'' * Naomi Clark, a socialite in the CW primetime drama show ''90210'' * Naomi Collins, in ''Dark Shadows'' *

Naomi Dorrit The characters from the American Drama (film and television), drama Television show, television series ''Lost (TV series), Lost'' were created by Damon Lindelof and J. J. Abrams. The series follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysteriou ...

, 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 , often referred to simply as ''Code Geass'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise. It was directed by Gorō Taniguchi and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, with original character designs by Clamp. Set ...

'' *

Naomi Julien Naomi Julien is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', portrayed by Petra Letang. She first appeared in the show in the episode broadcast on 15 August 2005. Her storylines include a relationship with established character ...

, in the soap opera ''EastEnders'' *Naomi Katagaki, in the anime film ''

Hello World ''Hello'' is a salutation or greeting in the English language. It is first attested in writing from 1826. Early uses ''Hello'', with that spelling, was used in publications in the U.S. as early as the 18 October 1826 edition of the '' Norwich ...

'' *Naomi Lapaglia, in movie '' The Wolf of Wall Street'' * 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 is an adventure, and dōjin soft video game series originally created by Makoto Kedōin and developed by Team GrisGris. The first game in the series was developed using the RPG Maker software version RPG Tsukūru Dante 98 and released on April 2 ...

'' *Naomi Rodriguez, in the musical '' 21 Chump Street'' *Naomi Turner, in ''

Elena of Avalor ''Elena of Avalor'' is an American computer-animated adventure television series that premiered on Disney Channel on July 22, 2016, and moved to Disney Junior on July 14, 2018. The series features Aimee Carrero as the voice of Elena, a Latina pri ...

'' * Naomi Umegae, a government agent with psychokinetic powers in ''Zettai Karen Children''. *

Naomi Wildman Naomi or Naomie may refer to: People and biblical figures * Naomi (given name), a female given name and a list of people with the name * Naomi (biblical figure), Ruth's mother-in-law in the Old Testament Book of Ruth * Naomi (Romanian singer) (bo ...

, in the television series ''Star Trek: Voyager'' *Naomi Zeigler, in the book series ''

Pretty Little Liars ''Pretty Little Liars'' is an American mystery teen drama television series based on the novel series of the same name written by Sara Shepard. Developed by I. Marlene King, the series was broadcast on Freeform between June 8, 2010, and June ...

'' by Sarah Shepard