Given name & surname · also Swedish
Naemi
“my pleasantness”
Naemi is a feminine given name from Swedish, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Swedish and Finnish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Naemi goes back to Biblical Hebrew נׇעֳמִי (no'omí), meaning “my pleasantness.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Naemi comes from Swedish, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Naemi developed from Noemi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2024. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Naemi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Naemi’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Naemi developed from the Latin form Noemi. In German usage, Naemi has a related form in Naomi. In Swedish usage, Naemi has a related form in Naima.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Naemi has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Naemi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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