Given name · Japanese
希
“hope, wish, desire, expectation”
希 (Nozomi) is a unisex given name. It is used in Japanese.
JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Nozomi.
Meaning & origin
What it means
希 goes back to a word meaning “hope, wish, desire, expectation.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
希’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 希 can be written in the Roman alphabet as Nozomi.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named 希
- Nozomi SasakiJapanese fashion model, singer and actressborn 1988
- Nozomi OsakoJapanese association football playerborn 1990
- Li XiSecretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Partyborn 1956
- Nozomi MaruyamaJapanese ski jumperborn 1998
- Nozomi BandoJapanese dancerborn 1997
- Nozomi KomuroJapanese skeleton racerborn 1985
- Nozomi AsōJapanese AV idolborn 1988
- Kong HeeChurch pastorborn 1964
- Nozomi Kawasakimodel and designer. former member of AKB48born 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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Gechina is a variant of Grace. As a name, Grace carries the word’s association with divine favour. Grace’s meaning comes from a vocabulary word rather than a compound of older personal names.
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