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’m a Naomi and it drives me mad when people pronounce it “ny or ni” - there’s no I in it!! I pronounce it nay-o-mi.

And actually as a Naomi I wouldn’t call my child it because so many people pronounce it a different way to how you do.

NYE. I’ve never heard it pronounced another way.

NAY-uh-mi. I would be ok with NA-o-mi, Na-O-mi and nay-O-mi

NIGH-o-mi, NIGH-uh-mi, nigh-O-mi are enough to make me dislike the name.

(Uppercase used to show the stressed syllable, as in soff-EE-a not SOFE-ya)

This!

You might want to re-read your pist😅

There is an i in Naomi but it's at the end.

There is nothing there to make the Na sound like Nigh.

Nathan is not NIGH-than It's NAYTH-un. It could be NATH-an, NAT-an etc depending on the language.

I wouldn't have rendered it as nair-me but have always wondered why a lot of people pronounce it Nye-oh-me (particularly here in the West Midlands, where the nye pronunciation both makes no sense based on the spelling and sounds bloody awful in the local accent 😂)

The joys of the English language!

I think the Japanese name has a different meaning,

As should I...

Leoni could be LEY-uh-ni, Lay-O-ni, LEE-uh-ni, Lee-O-ni...
and is usually spelt Leonie. It might have an accent on the first e.

Naomi: Japanese Girl Name Meaning & Kanji
(can't guarantee it's reliable as my Japanese is limited to a few words only)

isn't that standard southern English ? (SSE).

I would say Nigh-oh-me

Do know one person who is more like know-me

Possibly a Scottish accent thing.

From Birmingham and I’ve heard both, though the “ay” sound in brummie is sort of halfway between the vowel sound in “eight” and “eye”, so maybe that’s why.

Theres a Naomi in the Disney cartoon “Elena of Avalor” which is pronounced nye-oh-me (US accents).

Na-omi (sounds very similar to nye-omi but without the emphasis on the ‘I’ sound…as there isn’t an I in the name)

I love it and would say Nay oh me.

I grew up believing the only/correct pronunciation to be NYE-omi but eventually realised it’s regional and down south it’s more commonly Nay-omi. I grew up East Midlands/North. I do think the difference in pronunciation is just a regional variation of the same name though and wouldn’t expect one to correct me any more than I would expect to be told it’s Barth not Bath and grarse not grass though.

I fully realise I may be totally wrong in this though!

NYE o me but mainly I think it’s ‘I moan’ backwards as that’s how i remember how to spell it

I’ve only ever heard it pronounced Nay-oh-me (in England).

I’ve heard it pronounced both ways but prefer nay oh me . At least it’s a name that isn’t usually shortened

I'm in London and I've only known one Naomi said Nye omi.
Its a lovely name !

I've known two Naomis. Both nay oh mi and both repeatedly had people pronounce it the other way (which they didn't like)

Really? One of the ones I knew was always Nay

I think both pronounciations work. I love Stella and Naomi.