Naome
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nay-OH-mee
- Origin
- Hebrew
Naome is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “pleasantness”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Naome mean?
Hebrew: variant spelling of Naomi
“pleasantness”
A variant spelling of Naomi, the mother-in-law of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible.
Is Naome a girl's or a boy's name?
Naome is a girls' name.
How popular is Naome in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 9 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Naome in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Naome in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
Names like Naome
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nyomi, Dakota, Nahomi, Isabelle, Kiyomi, Suki, Annalise, Tru, Nayomi, Miyori, Namiko, Kyomi
Names related to Naome
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Naome: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naome, updated 20 October 2026.