Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
In Italian use, Noemi is used as a form of Naomi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Noemi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23,249
- 69 boys · 23,180 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 519 babies
- 2025
- 509
- #583 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +30%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 509 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 583 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 30.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (148). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 29,741 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Noemi’s family of names
Noemi developed from Naomi. In Polish usage, Noemi has a conventional equivalent in the Hungarian form Noémi. In German usage, Noemi has a related form in Naomi.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Noemi has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Noemi comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- נעמיHebrew
- Nohemiequivalent
- Neomiequivalent
- Noomiequivalent
- Naemiderivative · Finnish
- Naomíequivalent
- Noémiaequivalent
- Noémiecognate · French
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People named Noemi
- Noemi CanteleItalian cyclistborn 1981
- Noemi RüeggSwiss cyclistborn 2001
- Noemi ZbärenSwiss hurdlerborn 1994
- Noemi SignorileItalian volleyball playerborn 1990
- Noemi IveljSwiss association football playerborn 2006
- Noemi GonzalezMexican actressborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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