Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Naomi

直美なおみ

A girl name with 2 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 直美, combines straight + beauty.

Hiragana
なおみ
Katakana
ナオミ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Naomi
Morae
3 なおみ
Gender
Girl

Kanji spellings

The same name can be written with different characters. Parents choose the kanji for its meaning.

Nicknames

How friends and family might shorten Naomi. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • なおちゃんnao-chan
  • なおみちゃんnaomi-chan
  • なーちゃんna-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji