Naomi

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Female Female Name

Usage

Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Faroe Islands Faroese
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Hebrew נָעֳמִי (na'omiy) = 'my pleasure, my delight' [1]

2) Hebrew no'am = 'pleasure, delight' [2]

3) Hebrew no'am = 'my delight, loveliness' [3]

4) Hebrew noomi = 'comfort, grace' [4]

Related Names

     
Naeema Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Naema Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Naemi Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Swedish
Naima Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Naimi Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Naomi Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Noemi Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Nomi Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Noomi Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Noomie Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Naomi
Accusative: Naomi
Dative: Naomi
Genitive: Naomiar

Further Information

Bible

In the Old Testament, Naomi was the mother-in-law of Rut. After the dead of her husband she changed her name to Mara.

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[5] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m1.png 473 770 0 1
Denmark Denmark[6] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 261 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[7] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 152 257 0 0
Finland Finland[8] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 240 n.a 4
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[5][6][7][8]:Name statistics for Naomi(f)


Sources: [5] [6] [7] [8]

References

  1. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
  3. Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  4. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  5. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi