How do you pronounce this name?

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I love the name Naomi, but there doesn’t seem to be a standard pronunciation. I had only ever heard NAY-OH-MEE, but I started questioning if that was actually the proper pronunciation after I heard a Jewish (albeit American) person (as it’s a Hebrew name) pronounce it NYE-OH-MEE. Our first child’s name (Stella) is very simple, so we’ve never experienced any pronunciation or spelling issues before. Also, do you like the name itself? What vibes do you get from it?

I am in my sixties and only ever heard it pronounced the way you describe.

Nay-oh-mee (equal stresses) or Nay-OH-mee

I've heard both pronunciations but mainly Nay-o-me.

I know several Naomi's and all of them pronounce it NAY-OH-MEE

It's a beautiful name and I love the bible story of Ruth & Naomi

It's the sort of name that seems to never be in or out of fashion. The Naomi's I know are between the ages of 9 & 57

I have heard both pronunciations and would consider it to be one of those names with a couple of different was of being pronounced.
I don't particularly like it, it's certainly not on the level of Stella which is beautiful.

Nay-oh-me or Nay-O-me are the most common British pronunciations

I'm Scottish and I would say Nye-oh-me.

NAY-OH-MEE if you’re going for secular and/or Japanese vibes

NYE-OH-MEE if you’re going for Biblical/religious vibes

I went to school with a Naomi and one teacher always called her Niomi and another sort of joined the letters together without pronouncing the OH to Nami .
I think most of the older teachers had the problems with pronouncing it compared to the student who just called her her name NaOHmi

My DD is Georgia and she gets people call her different names too , Georgie A is the main one. Sometimes Georgina lol.

It doesn't matter what you call a child someone will pronounce the name wrong.

My parents pronounce it more like Nair-me. The daughter in question has answered to many pronunciations over the years....

I’m in Scotland and say it the second way. I have a friend Naomi and that’s how she pronounces it

I would say it nye omi

I think Stella and Naomi sound lovely together. I like when siblings have vastly different names instead of there being a theme or matchy.

I'm the same.

Oh this is so odd as I’ve never heard it pronounced nay, only nye oh me!

I know three Naomi’s. Two are Nay omi and one is Nye omi.
I would always ask the person how they pronounce their name if I was unsure.

I’m not keen on it though!

Stella is a great name. Nancy or Pearl would be great with it.

Nye-oh-me, I’m Welsh.

I’d say Nye-omi. I’ve always assumed Nay-omi was an Americanism like Craig/Creg and Graham/Gram

Nye.

Never heard anyone say Nay omi

I would say nye-oh-me but have heard the other way too. There’s no right way

Stella and Naomi sounds lovely

I would say nay-oh-me but I have taught both pronunciations so would just go with how the child says it.

Lovely name pronounced either way.

Hear it said both ways here in the North West. Never taught a Naomi in 35 years teaching.
Depends if you can cope with people saying her name in different ways.
No natural shortened version but again could be nay or nye.

I'm intrigued as to Nye when the first two vowels are A and O? It's my most hated version as it makes no sense at all.

I mostly hear it said as Nair-me these days, more or less equal stress on both syllables, with the O being elided.
But if the O is pronounced the stress is on the first syllable.

My great grandmother (hen Nain) was Naomi - pronounced Nye-oh-mi