Message: "Naomie" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Naomie

by guasguendi

9/29/2020, 8:29 AM

I really like Naomie, it looks more complete than Naomi.

What do you think of this name? Should this name be more popular in the English-speaking world? Do you prefer Naomi?

#Naomie

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- number1212

9/29/2020, 5:20 PM

I love Naomi, but Naomie looks like a typo. I guess it could be worse.

- Kerilyntaryn21

9/29/2020, 4:55 PM

Hate it with the e, Naomi is lovely

- a masked man (blaaarg)

9/29/2020, 3:33 PM

Eek, I hate it. It makes it go from streamlined and rather pleasant to squishy and playskooled. May as well go for Nayomie, right? I actually think I like that better than Naomie.

- Amphelise (Chrisell)

9/29/2020, 2:08 PM

Naomi is one of my favourite names, but I can’t stand it with the superfluous e at the end sorry!

- Fiammetta (lady murasaki)

9/29/2020, 11:12 AM

In English at least, the final e feels random and pointless.

- coldplayer9

9/29/2020, 9:16 AM

I like Naomi much better.

- Anneza +4

9/29/2020, 8:44 AM

I think it looks awful with the -e! Messing with the spelling in that way suggests that you intend a different pronunciation, not just a decorated form of the standard spelling. I far prefer Naomi, but I'd never use it: unlike Ruth, it has never been widely used in English, and that OH in the middle sounds depressing.

- Amphelise (Chrisell)

9/29/2020, 2:24 PM

That must be regional - Naomi has been consistently in use in the US and is currently more popular there than Ruth. I know quite a few Australian women a around my age named Naomi too.

- Janan (jeziana) +1

9/29/2020, 12:10 PM

Maybe it's a generational thing, but I went to school with three girls called Naomi and met a handful at university.

I have never met anyone under the age of 60 named Ruth.

- Anneza

9/29/2020, 1:10 PM

The only Ruth I know must be 40 I suppose; she's got a 5-year-old. But this is South Africa, so maybe regional rather than generational? I've never met a Naomi at all.

- a.red.red.rose

9/29/2020, 9:26 AM

Naomi is jumping in popularity, it's at number 59. I actually know two young sisters named Miriam & Naomi.

I wanted to use Naomi, my husband wouldn't consider. But then I'm used to the Hebrew pronunciation and nay-oh-me would have annoyed me to no end.

- RoxStar

9/29/2020, 8:36 AM

The e is totally unnecessary; it doesn't add anything to the name, and Naomi itself is the default spelling.
I really do like Naomi, though not really enough to want to use it.

- noisynora

9/29/2020, 8:31 AM

It's cool looking, but I like Naomi more because its more familiar to me :)

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