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Meaning of the nameNoêmia

Noêmia is a female name, the Brazilian form of the biblical name Naomi, which Behind the Name explains as 'my pleasantness', from the Hebrew verb naʿam, 'to be pleasant'.

Meaning

“form of Naomi, from Hebrew, 'my pleasantness'”

Source: Behind the Name: Noêmia · Behind the Name: Naomi

People (2022)
36,584
Rank in Brazil
#714
Median age
62 years
2010 Census
48,510
people

Noêmia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Noêmia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (8,417 people).

36,422 women 162 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 Noêmia is most common

States with the highest share of people named Noêmia in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Bahia 0.031%
  2. Pernambuco 0.024%
  3. Rio Grande do Sul 0.023%
  4. Rondônia 0.022%
  5. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.021%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo8,0030.018%
Bahia4,4150.031%
Rio de Janeiro2,9680.019%
Minas Gerais2,6240.013%
Rio Grande do Sul2,5200.023%
Paraná2,1730.019%
Pernambuco2,1550.024%
Pará1,4030.017%
Goiás1,3120.019%
Santa Catarina1,1100.015%
Maranhão8240.012%
Paraíba7500.019%
Espírito Santo7400.019%
Ceará6300.007%
Amazonas6300.016%
Mato Grosso6120.017%
Mato Grosso do Sul5770.021%
Rio Grande do Norte5370.016%
Alagoas4810.015%
Distrito Federal4600.016%
Piauí3920.012%
Sergipe3650.017%
Rondônia3470.022%
Tocantins2180.014%
Amapá1200.016%
Acre1170.014%
Roraima1010.016%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Noêmia

Wiktionary records Noêmia as a female name of Hebrew origin, equivalent to the English Naomi, and as the name, in the Bible, of Ruth's mother-in-law. Behind the Name gives Noêmia as the Brazilian Portuguese form of Naomi, from the Hebrew Naʿomi, 'my pleasantness', derived from the verb naʿam, 'to be pleasant'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 36,584 people named Noêmia, with a median age of 62. The name is almost always female, most of the people recorded were born in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s and, proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Noêmia · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Noêmia · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Naomi · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Noêmia

What does the name Noêmia mean?

Noêmia means “form of Naomi, from Hebrew, 'my pleasantness'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Noêmia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 36,584 people with the first name Noêmia, which ranks it number 714 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Noêmia a boy's or a girl's name?

Noêmia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 36,422 women and 162 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Noêmia?

Noêmia is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Noêmia most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.031% of the state's population is named Noêmia (4,415 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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