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

Other languages
Chinese	納奧米
French	Noémie
German	Naomi
Hebrew	נָעֳמִי
Portuguese	Noemi - Noêmia
Spanish	Noemí - Noemi

People with the given name Naomi

Academia

• Naomi Chazan, an Israeli academic and politician
• Naomi Oreskes, an American science historian

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

• Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, an American screenwriter
• Naomi Kawase, a Japanese film director
• Noémie Lvovsky, a French film director

Law

• Noemí Rial, an Argentinian lawyer and politician
• Noemí Sanín, a Colombian lawyer and politician

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

• Naomi Campbell (born 1970), a British supermodel
• Naomi Sims, an African American model, businesswoman and author
• Noémie Lenoir, a French model

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

• Naomi Neville, pseudonym of American composer Allen Toussaint

Politics

• Naomi Jakobsson, a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives
• Naomi Tokashiki, a Japanese politician
• Naomi Wyatt, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Office of Administration
• Ruth Noemí Colón, former 66th Secretary of State of New York

Science

• Naomi Feil, a pioner of Validation therapy

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

• Naomi (disambiguation)

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