Naomi
Naomi is a female given name meaning "enjoyment, pleasure, or gratification" in Hebrew and Arabic. Noémie is a version used in French-speaking countries.
The Japanese given name 直美 naomi is composed of two Kanji characters: 直 (nao) honest, straight and 美 (mi) beautiful.
Alternate spelling may include 'Noemi'.
People
Naomi (Bible)
Naomi (porn star), American pornographic actress
Naomi Klein, Canadian journalist, author and activist
Naomi Mitchison, Scottish novelist and poet
Naomi Novik, American novelist
Naomi Wolf, bestselling American writer
Naomi Campbell, well-known British fashion model
Naomi Chazan, Israeli politician
Naomi Lindstrom, Latinamericanist literary critic
Naomi Oreskes, professor
Naomi King, Unitarian minister and daughter of author Stephen King
Naomi Shindou, Japanese seiyuu
Naomi Nagasawa, Japanese seiyuu, now known as Nao Nagasawa
Naomi Uemura, first person to reach the North Pole solo
Naomi Watts, English-born Australian actress and producer
Naomi Russell, Australian gymnast
Naomi Judd, American country music singer and songwriter
Naomi Shemer, Israeli songwriter
Naomi Phoenix, UK pop/rock singer and songwriter. Released music branded "Naomi"
Noemí Rial, Argentine Secretary of Labor
Naomi Sims, African American model, businesswoman and author.
Music
"Naomi", a song by Neutral Milk Hotel from their 1995 album On Avery Island
Naomi (band), a German electronic duo
Naomi Awards, ironic and humorous awards
Fiction
Naomi (novel), by Japanese author Junichiro Tanizaki
"Naomi" (Skins episode), an episode of the teen drama Skins
Naomi Misora, a fictional ex-FBI agent character from the anime and manga series Death Note
Naomi Hunter, character in Metal Gear Solid
Naomi Wildman, fictional character in the Star Trek universe who appeared on the television series Star Trek: Voyager
Naomi, a James Bond henchwoman in the film The Spy Who Loved Me
Naomi Dorrit, a character from the TV series Lost
Naomi, a minor character from the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Den-O
Naomi Clark, a fictional character from the CW TV show 90210.
Technology
Naomi Internet Filter, free advanced Internet filtering program
Sega NAOMI, an arcade hardware system that spawned the Dreamcast game console
Places
Mount Naomi Wilderness in northern Utah
Naomi Peak in the Mount Naomi Wilderness
Na'omi, a moshav in Israel
Translation
The word "Naomi" occurs as such in the following languages: English, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Simple English.
Translation(s) in other languages: Czech: Noemi, German: Noemi, Italian: Noemi (nome), Hebrew: נעמי (דמות מקראית), Hungarian: Noémi, Japanese: ナオミ, Polish: Noemi, Russian: Наоми, Finnish: Noomi.
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