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Naomi
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English
Pronunciation
en /naɪˈəʊmi/ /ˈneɪəmi/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Naomi.wav Southern England
en /neɪˈoʊmi/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-Naomi.wav US
Etymology 1
From en he נָעֳמִי no'omí my pleasantness, from נועם נֹעַם nó'am pleasantness + he ־ִי my, of me -í.
Proper noun
en Q2596433en biblical character The mother-in-law of the Biblical figure Ruth.
Ruth 1 20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
en female Hebrew.
en Helen Lewis (journalist) Helen Lewis From Feminist to Right-Wing Conspiracist w:The Atlantic 2023-09-12 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/10/naomi-wolf-klein-doppelganger-book/675120/ 2151-9463 Until recently, Naomi Wolf was best known for her 1990s feminist blockbuster The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women, which argued that the tyranny of grooming standards—all that plucking and waxing—was a form of backlash against women’s rights. https://web.archive.org/web/20231108160810/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/10/naomi-wolf-klein-doppelganger-book/675120/
en unincorporated community co/Walker County s/Georgia c/USA.
en Napoleonville, Louisiana.
en unincorporated community par/Plaquemines Parish s/Louisiana c/USA.
en unincorporated community co/Marion County s/Missouri c/USA.
en unincorporated community s/Ohio c/USA.
en unincorporated community co/Fayette County s/Pennsylvania c/USA.
en unincorporated community co/Turner County s/South Dakota c/USA.
Derived terms
en Naomily
Translations
Biblical character
Arabic: ar نُعْمِي
Armenian: hy Նոյեմի
Catalan: ca Noemí f, ca Naomi f
Danish: da No'omi
Esperanto: eo Naomi
Finnish: fi Noomi
French: fr Noémi f
Galician: gl Noemí f
German: de Noemi f, de Noomi f
Hawaiian: haw Naomi
Hebrew: he נָעֳמִי f no'omí
Hungarian: hu Naómi
Italian: it Noemi f, it Naomi f
Japanese: ja ナオミ Naomi
Latin: la Noemi f
Navajo: nv Neiyómii
Norwegian: no No'omi
Polish: pl Noemi f
Russian: ru Ноеми́нь f, ru Нао́ми f
Scottish Gaelic: gd Naòmi
Spanish: es Noemí f
Swedish: sv Noomi
female given name
Armenian: hy Նոյեմի
Dutch: nl Naomi, nl Noemi
French: fr Noémie f
Galician: gl Noemí f
Hawaiian: haw Naomi
Hebrew: he נָעֳמִי f no'omí
Hungarian: hu Noémi
Italian: it Noemi f, it Naomi f
Japanese: ja 真実 Naomi, ja 直美 Naomi, ja ナオミ Naomi
Portuguese:
Brazilian Portuguese: pt Noêmia f
European Portuguese: pt Noémia f
Russian: ru Нао́ми f
Spanish: es Noemí f
Etymology 2
en ja なおみ Naomi.
Proper noun
en female Japanese.
en Yoko Wakatsuki; Eric Cheung; Jack Guy Japanese broadcaster takes down controversial Black Lives Matter anime w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/09/asia/japan-anime-black-lives-matter-scli-intl 2020-06-09 Naomi Osaka, a Japanese professional tennis player, also responded to the NHK post with a popular gif of “Family Feud” host Steve Harvey expressing bewilderment. https://web.archive.org/web/20220511133447/https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/09/asia/japan-anime-black-lives-matter-scli-intl/
Anagrams
en aimno amino amnio- amino- Oinam amnio Omani Miano
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from nl hbo נָעֳמִי.
Pronunciation
nl /ˌnaːˈoː.mi/
nl Nl-Naomi.ogg
nl Na omi
Proper noun
f
nl Naomi Biblical figure
nl female
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female
Usage notes
f Naomiarson Naomiardóttir
Declension
Naomi Naomi Naomi Naomiar
Hawaiian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
haw proper noun
Naomi haw biblical character
haw female the Bible
References
Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 186
Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Naomi occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 17 women.
Japanese
Romanization
なおみ
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
es :bor en:Naomi + 1
Proper noun
f
es female English
Etymology 2
es :bor ja:なおみ<tr:Naomi> + 1
Proper noun
f
es female Japanese
Tagalog
Etymology 1
tl :bor en:Naomi + 1
Pronunciation
Nayowmi Na.o.mi
Proper noun
nayowmi
tl female English
Etymology 2
tl :bor ja:なおみ<tr:Naomi> + 1
Pronunciation
nawmi Nao.mi
Proper noun
nawmi
tl female Japanese