Naomi Forename
1,335th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 720,262 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Samoa
Naomi Forename Definition:
A female name. Hebrew ‘pleasant', the name of the mother-in-law of Ruth. It came into use as a christian name in the 17th C.
Naomi Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 100% | 116,619 | 1:397 | 66 |
| United States | 100% | 99,606 | 1:3,640 | 590 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 93,483 | 1:565 | 109 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 79,439 | 1:2,235 | 422 |
| Ghana | 100% | 45,173 | 1:597 | 142 |
| Japan | 66% | 44,696 | 1:2,863 | 511 |
| Malawi | 99% | 32,151 | 1:532 | 115 |
| Zambia | - | 28,653 | 1:553 | 120 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 26,923 | 1:9,582 | 1,315 |
| England | 100% | 25,294 | 1:2,198 | 352 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 13,565 | 1:5,443 | 671 |
| South Africa | 100% | 12,435 | 1:4,385 | 830 |
| Australia | - | 10,970 | 1:1,245 | 264 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 9,043 | 1:902 | 101 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 8,824 | 1:1,915 | 396 |
| Liberia | 100% | 6,659 | 1:663 | 134 |
| Canada | 100% | 6,553 | 1:5,056 | 783 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 4,351 | 1:2,614 | 548 |
| Philippines | 99% | 4,238 | 1:25,014 | 2,388 |
| Congo | 100% | 3,499 | 1:1,432 | 239 |
| Romania | 100% | 3,207 | 1:6,253 | 550 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,695 | 1:17,265 | 1,070 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,997 | 1:107,279 | 5,817 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 1,974 | 1:7,813 | 1,113 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,833 | 1:1,573 | 379 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,824 | 1:2,487 | 442 |
| Fiji | - | 1,611 | 1:554 | 72 |
| India | 100% | 1,524 | 1:797,164 | 55,940 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,366 | 1:51,293 | 5,446 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,364 | 1:15,843 | 1,567 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1,342 | 1:30,519 | 2,147 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,288 | 1:16,148 | 2,229 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1,156 | 1:84,395 | 6,393 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,134 | 1:512 | 101 |
| Mali | 100% | 1,105 | 1:15,364 | 1,182 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,093 | 1:2,831 | 440 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,053 | 1:5,081 | 491 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,045 | 1:2,090 | 370 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,003 | 1:551 | 75 |
| Ireland | 100% | 982 | 1:4,729 | 473 |
| Gabon | - | 922 | 1:2,043 | 490 |
| Belgium | 100% | 881 | 1:13,042 | 1,222 |
| Bahamas | - | 852 | 1:469 | 102 |
| Bangladesh | - | 825 | 1:193,287 | 10,074 |
| Namibia | - | 775 | 1:3,102 | 537 |
| Egypt | 79% | 737 | 1:124,696 | 5,337 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 699 | 1:44,081 | 5,366 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 622 | 1:48,955 | 4,060 |
| France | 100% | 555 | 1:119,766 | 2,441 |
| Samoa | - | 502 | 1:389 | 110 |
| Mexico | 100% | 486 | 1:255,441 | 4,061 |
| Germany | 100% | 478 | 1:202,255 | 3,121 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 459 | 1:2,966 | 570 |
| Guyana | 100% | 378 | 1:2,019 | 388 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 329 | 1:5,602 | 599 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 309 | 1:504 | 148 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 297 | 1:35,122 | 2,691 |
| Vanuatu | - | 292 | 1:897 | 247 |
| Sweden | 100% | 236 | 1:41,771 | 2,319 |
| China | - | 233 | 1:5,862,900 | 55,950 |
| Swaziland | - | 231 | 1:5,628 | 945 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 230 | 1:100,330 | 6,144 |
| Italy | 100% | 221 | 1:276,299 | 3,552 |
| Russia | 91% | 221 | 1:652,641 | 6,512 |
| Benin | 100% | 220 | 1:48,072 | 3,831 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 204 | 1:40,262 | 1,976 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 192 | 1:95,726 | 5,280 |
| Morocco | - | 191 | 1:179,836 | 4,854 |
| Poland | 100% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Chile | 99% | 179 | 1:98,364 | 2,527 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 150 | 1:23,669 | 985 |
| Malta | - | 148 | 1:2,901 | 485 |
| Czechia | 99% | 138 | 1:77,219 | 1,030 |
| Ecuador | - | 135 | 1:131,311 | 2,799 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 134 | 1:225,387 | 7,897 |
| Denmark | - | 126 | 1:44,837 | 1,797 |
| Hong Kong | - | 113 | 1:68,608 | 2,630 |
| Singapore | 100% | 111 | 1:56,640 | 6,792 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 108 | 1:920 | 161 |
| Peru | 100% | 107 | 1:297,116 | 6,549 |
| Kuwait | - | 104 | 1:36,397 | 3,425 |
| Belize | 100% | 103 | 1:3,440 | 764 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 102 | 1:70,118 | 5,912 |
| Portugal | - | 101 | 1:103,078 | 2,758 |
| Panama | 100% | 97 | 1:40,274 | 2,978 |
| Qatar | 100% | 97 | 1:24,429 | 3,465 |
| French Polynesia | - | 76 | 1:3,657 | 697 |
| Norway | 100% | 76 | 1:67,531 | 2,531 |
| Guam | - | 73 | 1:2,201 | 474 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 73 | 1:1,503 | 306 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 70 | 1:35,125 | 1,725 |
| Haiti | 100% | 68 | 1:157,749 | 7,631 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 67 | 1:819 | 157 |
| Barbados | - | 65 | 1:4,458 | 718 |
| Niger | 93% | 65 | 1:295,138 | 7,237 |
| Israel | 99% | 64 | 1:131,296 | 4,994 |
| American Samoa | - | 63 | 1:886 | 84 |
| Austria | 100% | 59 | 1:144,308 | 2,550 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 57 | 1:3,120 | 565 |
| Guatemala | - | 55 | 1:292,881 | 3,532 |
| Georgia | 84% | 52 | 1:71,894 | 3,023 |
| Grenada | 100% | 52 | 1:2,079 | 436 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 52 | 1:1,218 | 241 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 52 | 1:1,051 | 217 |
| Burundi | 50% | 49 | 1:202,175 | 572 |
| South Sudan | 90% | 49 | 1:235,735 | 640 |
| Bermuda | - | 45 | 1:1,441 | 332 |
| Cambodia | 80% | 43 | 1:378,450 | 9,175 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 43 | 1:110,883 | 3,392 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 43 | 1:2,595 | 502 |
| South Korea | - | 41 | 1:135,230 | 6,077 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 36 | 1:196,907 | 408 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 36 | 1:660,269 | 31,946 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 35 | 1:5,553,077 | 51,090 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 34 | 1:212,847 | 3,351 |
| Jersey | 100% | 33 | 1:3,030 | 450 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 33 | 1:1,052 | 243 |
| Mongolia | - | 31 | 1:94,671 | 6,256 |
| Finland | 95% | 30 | 1:182,773 | 3,259 |
| Aruba | - | 29 | 1:3,579 | 715 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 29 | 1:1,767 | 266 |
| Gibraltar | - | 23 | 1:1,484 | 297 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 23 | 1:771,602 | 9,319 |
| Argentina | 100% | 21 | 1:2,036,821 | 7,601 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 21 | 1:2,339 | 473 |
| Belarus | 78% | 20 | 1:474,119 | 3,101 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 20 | 1:908 | 143 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 20 | 1:300,917 | 6,429 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 19 | 1:3,226 | 656 |
| Iraq | - | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 18 | 1:1,736 | 389 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| Honduras | 100% | 16 | 1:551,092 | 8,007 |
| Hungary | 100% | 16 | 1:611,986 | 2,162 |
| Sudan | - | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 14 | 1:2,330,251 | 19,281 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 13 | 1:263,664 | 4,255 |
| Albania | 100% | 12 | 1:253,881 | 12,076 |
| Greece | 100% | 11 | 1:994,050 | 9,495 |
| Iceland | 50% | 11 | 1:33,274 | 2,039 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 9 | 1:590,007 | 2,547 |
| Colombia | 100% | 8 | 1:5,972,366 | 31,268 |
| Nepal | 100% | 8 | 1:3,560,919 | 43,416 |
| Vietnam | - | 8 | 1:11,577,889 | 4,258 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Lebanon | - | 6 | 1:937,928 | 8,462 |
| Algeria | - | 5 | 1:7,635,344 | 12,071 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 5 | 1:407,999 | 22,262 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Croatia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,054,269 | 9,352 |
| Cyprus | - | 4 | 1:217,769 | 3,299 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 2 | 1:121,711 | 2,524 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Naömi (49), Naómi (19), Naomí (9), Náomi (1), Naõmi (1) & Naômi (1) are calculated separately.
Naomi (7,959) may also be a surname.
Naomi Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Hebrew ‘pleasant', the name of the mother-in-law of Ruth. It came into use as a christian name in the 17th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Hebrew, ‘my pleasant one’; cf., therefore, Myfanwy. The Biblical Naomi was the mother-in-law of Ruth: and with her she went from the Moabites on her return to Bethlehem.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in Hebrew נָעֳמִי, Naomí, signifying my pleasantness.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Hebrew (feminine) - Beautiful.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Nay'-o-my, beautiful, agreeable. The wife of Elimelech. See the book of Ruth.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: my pleasantness.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Pleasantness.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Naomi Forename Popularity
Naomi Demographics
Average Naomi Salary in
United States
$38,809 USD
Per year
Rank:
270,645 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0261888
Rank: 579 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
89.16%
Sample size: 55,629 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Naomi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Naomi in the Russian language | ||
| Наоми | naomi | - |
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