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Naomi

Naomi

English

Proper noun

Naomi

The mother-in-law of the Biblical figure Ruth.
- 1611, Bible (KJV):: Ruth 1:20:
  And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
A female given name of Biblical origin.

Translations

Biblical character

Armenian: Նոյեմի ‎(Noyemi)
Danish: No'omi
Finnish: Noomi
French: Noémi (fr) f
German: Noemi (de) f, Noomi f
Hawaiian: Naomi
Hebrew: נָעֳמִי f ‎(no'omí)
Italian: Noemi (it) f, Naomi f

Japanese: ナオミ ‎(Naomi)
Latin: Noemi f
Norwegian: No'omi
Portuguese: Noemi (pt) f
Russian: Ноеми́нь f ‎(Nojemínʹ), Нао́ми (ru) f ‎(Naómi)
Spanish: Noemí (es) f
Swedish: Noomi

female given name

Armenian: Նոյեմի ‎(Noyemi)
Dutch: Naomi (nl), Noemi
French: Noémie (fr) f
Hawaiian: Naomi
Hebrew: נָעֳמִי f ‎(no'omí)
Italian: Noemi (it) f, Naomi f

Japanese: 真実 (ja) ‎(Naomi), 直美 ‎(Naomi), ナオミ ‎(Naomi)
Portuguese: Noemi (pt) f, Noémia (pt) f (Portugal), Noêmia (pt) f (Brazil)
Russian: Нао́ми (ru) f ‎(Naómi)
Spanish: Noemí (es) f

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Naomi

A Japanese female given name

Anagrams

amino
Omani

Faroese

Proper noun

Naomi f

A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

son of Naomi: Naomiarson
daughter of Naomi: Naomiardóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Naomi
Accusative	Naomi
Dative	Naomi
Genitive	Naomiar

Hawaiian

Proper noun

Naomi

Naomi
A female given name of biblical origin.

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

Naomi

rōmaji reading of なおみ