Nomi is a short form of Naomi, the Hebrew name of Ruth's mother-in-law in the Bible, which means "pleasantness" or "my delight". The same spelling is used in Israel and occurs in Japan as an independent name. In the United States Nomi was rare in 2000 at number 16865, broke into the top 3000 in 2020 and reached its best rank of number 2524 in 2024; in 2025 it stands at number 2883 with 59 births.