Naomi (given name)
Naomi (pronounced nay-oh-mee) is a female given name from Hebrew נָעֳמִי, with an original meaning of "enjoyment, pleasure, or gratification". Alternate spellings may include Noémie (a version used in French-speaking countries), 'Noemi', or 'Naomie'.
A similar given name is Japanese 奈緒美 naomi (pronounced nah-oh-mee), and can also be written as 直美, 尚美, 直見, 直実, 直海, なおみ, or ナオミ.
Spellings
People with the given name Naomi
Academia
Drama
Actresses
- Naomi is the stage name of American pornographic actress Naomi Russell
- Naomi Bentley, a British actress
- Naomi Childers, a silent film actress whose career lasted until the mid-20th century
- Naomi Judd, an actress in the film A Holiday Romance
- Naomi Nagasawa, a Japanese voice actress from Toyonaka
- Naomi Nishida, a Japanese actress
- Naomi Scott an English actress, singer and musician
- Naomi Shindō, a Japanese voice actress
- Naomi Stevens, a character actress of film and television
- Naomi Watts, a British-Australian actress
- Naomie Harris, an English screen actress
- Sonia Noemí, a Puerto Rican actress and singer
Fictional characters
- Naomi, a character in Kamen Rider
- Naomi, a character from MicroVolts
- Naomi, a James Bond henchwoman in the film The Spy Who Loved Me
- Naomi, a minor character from the Tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Den-O
- Naomi Armitage, the main protagonist of the anime Armitage III
- Naomi Bennett, a fictional character on the Grey's Anatomy spin-off Private Practice
- Naomi Campbell, a fictional character in the television series Skins
- Naomi Clark, a fictional character from the CW primetime drama show 90210
- Naomi Collins, a character in Coronation Street
- Naomi Dorrit, a character in the American drama/adventure television series Lost
- Naomi Hunter, a character in the Metal Gear series
- Naomi Wildman, a character in the Star Trek universe who appeared on the television series Star Trek: Voyager
- Naomi Misora, a fictional ex-FBI agent character from the anime and manga series Death Note
Film
Law
Authors
- Naomi Griffiths, a Canadian historian and author of books about the Acadians
- Naomi Jacob, an English author, actress and broadcaster
- Naomi Klein, a Canadian author and social activist
- Naomi Mitchison, a Scottish novelist and poet
- Naomi Novik, an American novelist
- Naomi Schor, a noted literary critic and theorist
- Naomi Wolf, an American author and political consultant
- Noémi Kiss, a Hungarian writer
- Denise Naomi Klein, a British romantic novelist
Modelling
Music
Singers
- Naomi Allen, a singer signed to Def Jam
- Naomi Judd, an American country music singer, songwriter, and activist
- Naomi Phoenix, an English singer-songwriter
- Naomi Polani (born 1927), an Israeli musical director, theater director, singer, producer, actress, and dancer
- Naomi Yang, a singer with the group Galaxie 500
- Noemí Carrión (Naymi), a Spanish singer and actress
- Noemi (singer), an Italian singer (born Veronica Scopelliti) and music video director
- Noemi, a German singer of Cyberpunk music in the group Helalyn Flowers [1]
- Noémi, a Dutch singer of Trance music, formerly signed to Zomba Records
- Noémi Rime, a French soprano
- Natalia Noemi Cappuccini (Natalia Kills), an English singer-songwriter
Other musicians
- Naomi Shemer, an Israeli songwriter hailed as the first lady of Israeli song and poetry
Composers
Politics
Science
Sport
- Naomi Castle, an Australian water polo player
- Naomi James, a round-the-world sailor
- Naomi Lang, an American ice dancer
- Naomi Mugo, a Kenyan middle distance runner
- Naomi Russell (Naomi Rebecca Russell), an Australian gymnast
- Naomi Uemura, a Japanese adventurer
- Naomi van As, a Dutch field hockey player
- Naomichi Marufuji, a Japanese professional wrestler
- Noémi Boekel, a Dutch softball player
- Noemi Cantele, an Italian road bicycle racer
- Noémi Dakos, a Hungarian handballer
- Noemi Lung, a former Romanian butterfly and medley swimmer
- Noémi Németh, a Hungarian hammer thrower
- Noemí Simonetto de Portela, an Argentine athlete
- Noémi Tóth, an Italian water polo defender
- Noémi Trufán, a Hungarian handballer
Other
- Naomi (Bible), mother-in-law of Ruth
- Noemi Anderson, a supercentenarian who died in 2009
- Noemi Letizia, an Italian celebrity
- Noémi Ban, a Hungarian-born American Jew and survivor of the Holocaust
- Noémi Pernessin, wife of Czech architect Antonin Raymond
- Baroness Valentine Noémi von Rothschild, daughter of Albert Salomon von Rothschild
- Marie Noémi Bernier, wife of Canadian physician Charles Jérémie Coulombe
- Marie-Noémi Cadiot, a French sculptor of the 19th century
- Naomi Judd, American country music singer and songwriter
- Naomi King, Unitarian minister and daughter of author Stephen King
- Naomi Klein, Canadian journalist, author and activist
- Naomi Lindstrom, Latin Americanist literary critic
- Noémie Lenoir, French model
- Naomi Mitchison, Scottish novelist and poet
- Naomi Nagasawa, Japanese seiyuu, now known as Nao Nagasawa
- Naomi Novik, American novelist
- Naomi Oreskes, Professor
- Naomi Phoenix, UK pop/rock singer and songwriter; released music branded "Naomi"
- Noemí Rial, Argentine Secretary of Labor
- Naomi Russell, Australian gymnast
- Naomi Shemer, Israeli songwriter
- Naomi Shindou, Japanese seiyuu
- Naomi Sims, African American model, businesswoman and author
- Naomi Uemura, first person to reach the North Pole solo
- Naomi Watts, English-born Australian actress and producer
See also