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Naomi

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HavingALittleFaithBaby · 27/02/2013 11:39

How would you pronounce Naomi? Nay-oh-mee? Or Ny-oh-mee? Or even Nayo-mee? I really like it but am worried it'll never get pronounced how I hear it!

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seeker · 28/02/2013 16:18

Go for Ruth instead!

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HavingALittleFaithBaby · 28/02/2013 16:14

I go round in circles about it! I would really like a Biblical name for (we think, scan wasn't 100% clear!) DD and Naomi wasn't on the short list but I added it as a late runner. I can't definitely decide until she's born but will make sure it's still on the table as an option :)

Theas you're right, it'd be whatever we chose it to be. It's like Mia/Mya too, isn't it?

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Theas18 · 28/02/2013 15:58

It'll be pronounced however you choose to do so and people will get used to it.You love it, use it :)

Same as Alicia, is it Alice-ea or aleesha...

Sophia is it Sophie-a or Sophia like the city?

squiddle · 28/02/2013 15:52

NAY-uh-me. So much prettier than Nay-OH-me. But the latter seems more common.

timtam23 · 27/02/2013 22:58

Naomi is a lovely name and if I'd had a girl it would have been my number 1 choice

I went to school with a NAY-uh-me but all the younger Naomis I've met have been Nay-OH-mee. I do prefer the first pronounciation as I think it's a softer sound, but the second seems more common. One of the adult Naomis I met also said that people have lots of trouble spelling her name, there are always extra letters being added in eg. Naomie, Naomee, Nayomi, Naome, Naohme, Naeomi...

I still think it's a beautiful name though, but I'm sure I would have had to grin and bear it with the varied pronounciation and spelling.

A common nickname seems to be "Gnome"....Not sure if I like that!

Branleuse · 27/02/2013 20:55

all the Naomis ive ever met have been Nay-oh-mee

SausageSmuggler · 27/02/2013 20:52

My name is Naomi, I'm pronounced Nay-oh-mee. No one person pronounces it the same (or spells it the same for that matter). Tbf though you'd get that with loads of names. Smile

nectarini1983 · 27/02/2013 20:48

I think Naomi is just pronounced as its spelt. ..I had a friend at secondary school called Naomi and never had any problems with people saying bit wrong.

Halle Berry' s daughter is called Nahla. I think that's lovely FYI
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Rhubarbgarden · 27/02/2013 20:28

Nay oh me. I know a three year old one pronounced this way and I don't think she's had any problems.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 27/02/2013 20:15

Nay-oh-me. I love it - but I'm biased. :) DD hasn't really had to correct anybody apart from fil!

WormCanner · 27/02/2013 20:13

The only Nahla I ever knew of was a horse :)

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HavingALittleFaithBaby · 27/02/2013 20:12

We have to spell out our surname (its one of two options and people tend to assume its the other spelling!) so nice as Nahla is, I want something that's fairly straightforward to spell. Makes me think of the Lion King too! :)

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threepiecesuite · 27/02/2013 15:04

Nahla is lovely.

Xiaoxiong · 27/02/2013 14:34

Also another thing. When my DMum has a blocked nose and says her name over the phone she has had it said/spelled back to her as "Dayomee"!

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HavingALittleFaithBaby · 27/02/2013 13:31

That's interesting three, if others kids can't say it, can she?! I like Nadia but don't think DH would go for it!

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threepiecesuite · 27/02/2013 13:19

There is a 2.5yo Naomi in DD's nursery class and none of the kids can say it. DD kept comin home saying she'd played with Yaoni/Ioni/Yaoly and in the end I had to ask who it was!
Lovely name though. I like Nadia too.

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HavingALittleFaithBaby · 27/02/2013 13:16

See I like Nay-OH-mee but just as I'd got my heart set on it I heard someone say Nay-uh-mee and I thought, Is she going to spend the rest of her life correcting people? We have to spell out surname as it is! DH has a different favourite so I would be having to persuade him anyway!

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Xiaoxiong · 27/02/2013 13:08

Nay-OH-mee. But you will get all sorts of pronunciations. Drives my DMum potty!

WormCanner · 27/02/2013 11:57

NAY-uh-me.

Much nicer, softer sound than when people put the stress on the O. Unfortunately that seems to be what the majority do. :(

Bakingtins · 27/02/2013 11:44

Nay-oh-mee. It's a lovely name. I did have one in my class at school and she had to constantly correct the pronunciation of it.