THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Naomi
Naomi is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Naomi.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /naˈjowmi/Standard-Tagalog
- [n̪ɐˈjoʊ̯.mɪ]Standard-Tagalog
Na · o · mi3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Tagalog
- /ˈnawmi/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈn̪aʊ̯.mɪ]Standard-Tagalog
Nao · mi2 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Naomi.
a female given name from English
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Japanese なおみ (Naomi).
a female given name from Japanese
EnglishEtymology & source
From Hebrew נָעֳמִי (no'omí, literally “my pleasantness”), from נועם / נֹעַם (nó'am, “pleasantness”) + ־ִי (-í, “my, of me”).
A female given name from Hebrew.
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Japanese なおみ (Naomi).
A female given name from Japanese.
SpanishEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Naomi.
a female given name from English
SpanishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Japanese なおみ (Naomi).
a female given name from Japanese
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Naomi
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Naomi Flores
courier in Filipino resistance movement
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Naomi Panganiban
Filipino basketball player (born 2006)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Naomi Flores, Naomi Panganiban
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Naomi in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Naomi
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Naome·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Neomi♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Naim·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Naima♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Namli·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Naoko♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Satomi♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Kiyomi♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Naomi?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Naomi further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q18508449 — Naomi (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Naomi Flores (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18508449 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Naomi Panganiban (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18508449 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Naomi (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Naomi (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Naomi (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.