Naomi
August 25, 2014 § 2 Comments
ORIGIN:
From Hebrew, meaning “pleasant”
VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Na’omi, Noemi, Noemia, Noémie, Noemin, Nohemi, Nomi, etc.
REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Naomi Brocklehurst, the lady who built the new part of Lowood Institute, and whose son overlooks and directs the school, in Jane Eyre, 1847, by Charlotte Bronte.
WRITERS:
– Naomi Alderman (b. 1974), English author.
– Naomi Jacob (1884-1964), English actress, author, and broadcaster.
– Naomi Klein (b. 1970), Canadian activist and author.
– Naomi Lewis (1911-2009), English anthologist, author, critic, essayist, and poet.
– Naomi Mitchison (1897-1999), Scottish novelist and poet.
– Naomi Shihab Nye (b. 1952), Palestinian-American novelist, poet, and songwriter.
– Naomi Ragen (b. 1949), American-Israeli activist, author, and playwright.
– Naomi Wolf (b. 1962), American activist and author.
The Art of Literary Nomenclature 
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[…] Alma, Amelia, Blanche, Clara, Cora, Edith, Effie, Florence, Hattie, Hazel, Lillian, Maggie, Naomi, Nora, Olive, Ruth, Sadie, and Stella For boys: Alfred, Bernard, Charlie, Eli, Everett, Henry, […]
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