Meaning of the nameNoemi
- Female
- Hebrew origin
- No-e-mi
- Biblical name
Noemi is a feminine name of Hebrew origin, the form of the biblical name Naomi, which Behind the Name explains as "my pleasantness".
- People (2022)
- 31,506
- Rank in Brazil
- #788
- Median age
- 37 years
- 2010 Census
- 26,815
- people
Noemi in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Noemi, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (4,696 people).
31,200 women 306 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Noemi is most common
States with the highest share of people named Noemi in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.031%
- Paraná 0.023%
- Santa Catarina 0.020%
- Bahia 0.020%
- São Paulo 0.019%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 8,218 | 0.019% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 3,360 | 0.031% |
| Bahia | 2,823 | 0.020% |
| Paraná | 2,602 | 0.023% |
| Minas Gerais | 2,232 | 0.011% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,895 | 0.012% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,556 | 0.020% |
| Pará | 1,019 | 0.013% |
| Pernambuco | 1,005 | 0.011% |
| Goiás | 841 | 0.012% |
| Mato Grosso | 656 | 0.018% |
| Ceará | 618 | 0.007% |
| Maranhão | 614 | 0.009% |
| Alagoas | 497 | 0.016% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 491 | 0.018% |
| Amazonas | 452 | 0.012% |
| Paraíba | 380 | 0.010% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 335 | 0.010% |
| Espírito Santo | 327 | 0.009% |
| Piauí | 321 | 0.010% |
| Distrito Federal | 287 | 0.010% |
| Rondônia | 260 | 0.016% |
| Sergipe | 241 | 0.011% |
| Tocantins | 190 | 0.013% |
| Acre | 104 | 0.013% |
| Amapá | 91 | 0.012% |
| Roraima | 91 | 0.014% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Noemi
According to Wiktionary, Noemi is a learned borrowing from Latin Noemī and equals the English Naomi, the name of Ruth's mother-in-law in the Book of Ruth. Behind the Name gives the Hebrew Naomi the sense of "my pleasantness", from the root na'am, "to be pleasant". In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 31,506 people named Noemi, with a median age of 37. The name appears in all generations and has grown again among those born from the 2000s on; proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul, and it is almost always female. Noemy is the spelling variant recorded by the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.
Spelling with a final I, the most common in the group and the one that appears in Wiktionary.
Other spellings of Noemi
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Noemi | 31,506 |
| Noemy | 3,171 |
Sources
- Wiktionary: Noemi · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Naomi · behindthename.com · meaning
- Behind the Name: Noemi · behindthename.com · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Noemi · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Noemi
What does the name Noemi mean?
Noemi means “my pleasantness”, according to Behind the Name.
How many people are named Noemi in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 31,506 people with the first name Noemi, which ranks it number 788 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.
Is Noemi a boy's or a girl's name?
Noemi is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 31,200 women and 306 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Noemi?
Noemi is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Noemi most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.031% of the state's population is named Noemi (3,360 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Noemi?
Noemy. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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