Naomi pronunciation

[sleepykittycats]

If you are a Naomi or have a Naomi in your life, do people often pronounce it wrong and does it annoy you?

I know someone who spells it Ny rather than Na. Still has issues.

My sister is Naomi. We say it nay-o-me. Anything else just gets under my skin. I have to correct people who get it wrong.

I have a Naomi relative where 1 parent says nay-omi, and the other parent says Nigh-omi.

We don't actually know which one is right, so everyone just says it in their local accent 🤣 she answers to both!

Nay-oh-mee

NAY-o-me but you'll get NIGH-uh-mi, Nigh-O-mi, Nay-O-mi etc

I have a friend but she goes by a 'nn' (Nimmy)

Childhood friend NAY oh mee, emphasis on the first syllable so it almost sounds like Nair me, but later met several Nay OH mee.

You can't really enforce one pronunciation, but you can try.
Some will insist on saying Eleanor as Ellen-OR and Catherine as Cath-er-EEN.

(and yes, it's annoying)

There are two in my family (one by marriage) and they both pronounce it differently. One says NAY oh me and the other says NIGH oh me so I don't think there's a correct way.

We have a Naomi in our family, pronounced NAY- OH- ME. (but I much prefer NIGH - OH - ME )

Nigh-Oh-Mi, and I have known three

I say Nay-OH-mi if I don’t know how someone likes it pronounced but will copy whatever they introduce themselves as.

Nay OH me is how I say it in my head. Probably just as well I don’t know any Naomi’s as it sounds like I’ve been saying it wrong.

I know a Nay OH mee. And a NAY oh mee
no Nigh oh mee at all

Nay oh me , really dislike Nay OH me.

I don't like Nigh-o-mi. it doesn't make sense. It's Naomi.

My daughter is Naomi and she gets called Nigh-oh-mee relatively regularly. It’s mildly annoying. A lot of older people pronounce it Nehr-mee.

I know three:
Nay oh me
Nigh oh me
and
No me!

Left to my own devices I would go with the nigh oh me version, but I think that is because I have known the Nigh version person the longest 🙃

I'm sure I've also heard the odd NO-me. Just me? Maybe a regional thing.

I pronounce it this way too

one in my family says:
Nigh oh me in north of england
nami by small people
nay - oh - me of preference
nay -uh- me is least favourite

I think the no-mi pronunciation is German?

The Hebrew pronunciation is Nah-oh-mee or even Noh-oh-mee according to DH who is a native speaker and has studied the text. He calls our Naomi something closer to “Neh-oh-MEE.”

I think the pronunciation has changed in my lifetime.

Everyone I've met with that name who would now be under about 55 has pronounced it Nay-OH-mi.

Older, it tended to be NAY-uh-mi. And my mum, who would have been 90 this year, said that although it was not a very common name when she was younger it was always said as NAY-uh-mi, including when talking about the Biblical character.

I've never met anyone who says Nye-OH-mi and I can't see how you get that out of the spelling.

That´s how we prounceit in Spanish too, nah-oh-me.