Naomi ...

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Hypothetical naming here ... which middle name do you like best?

Naomi Joy
Naomi Vivienne
Naomi Violet
Naomi Tess

I love joy in going to use it I think it's a nice change from the usual. I also love hope as a middle name but I cannot use it as our last name begins with P & it's too difficult to say lol

I have a 12 year old Naomi. She doesn't have a middle name but calls herself Naomi-Jane.

Therefore I think Naomi Joy is best .

I always hope Naomi doesn't become a hugely popular name. It's a name that everyone has heard of and is timeless, but my one has always been the only Naomi in her schools.

Regarding pronounciation, apparently the correct way is "Nay-oh-me" but apparently "Nigh-oh-me" rolls off the tongue more easily hence that pronounciation. We also get "Nigh-oh-me" and many shortenings - Nomi, Nomes, Nammy, Nims, Naynay, Omi. I don't mind how people say it and neither does my daughter - if we did we would be correcting it all the time.

The Imoan thing has been something my daughter points out to people herself - it's never been an issue.

Sorry I meany we also get "Knee-oh-me". MIL says it really weird - "Nayer-Me" .

I prefer Nay-oh-me to Nay-OH-me.

More Nay- uh- me.

"Nayer-Me" is approximately how I say it. Or Nay-uh-me, same thing. I don't spend long on the 'o' sound.

My dd is a Naomi, I love the name, but I never cease to be amazed by the ways people manage to misspell it or mispronounce it ( or both!). Despite that, it's a great name, lovely meaning, and just unusual enough to be different without being too odd. Most people get the right pronunciation if you 'model' the way you want it said often enough!

The 'I moan' thing didn't come up for us until high school age, and never resulted in teasing, just one or two comments which she fortunately laughed off. No name is free from odd rhymes, sounds etc, if someone is determined to find them!

My dd is Naomi Rose. Of your choices, I'd go with Naomi Joy.