Given name & surname
Omi
“a homebody”
Omi is a variant of Omie. One Italian interpretation is “a homebody.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Omi is a variant of Omie. One Italian interpretation is “a homebody.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Omi is a variant of Omie. An origin associated with Omie is Italian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Omi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 165
- 75 boys · 90 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,734 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +39%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,734 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 260 as a first name in 2020; 140 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Omi’s family of names
Omi has a related form in Omie. In Japanese usage, Omi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 央美.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Omi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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