girl's name
Noémie
no-ay-MEE
- Origin French
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (France)
- Births on record 86,829
France
#164
2025 births
Noémie is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "pleasantness," borne by a woman in the Book of Ruth who asks to be called the opposite. It ranks 164th in France and is stable in our data.
- Noémie is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in France in 1996, when 2,465 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 1,786 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1900.
Noémie over time
Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 2,155 |
| 1910s | 1,235 |
| 1920s | 915 |
| 1930s | 350 |
| 1940s | 120 |
| 1950s | 75 |
| 1960s | 140 |
| 1970s | 1,120 |
| 1980s | 12,140 |
| 1990s | 19,665 |
| 2000s | 22,020 |
| 2010s | 13,470 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 2,915 |
What Noémie means
Noémie means pleasantness or sweetness, from the Hebrew no'am. The Book of Ruth makes the meaning load-bearing: Naomi asks to be renamed Mara, bitter, because her life has turned, and the contrast only works if the reader knows what Naomi means.
Where Noémie comes from
Noémie is the French form of Naomi, from the Hebrew No'omi, from no'am, pleasantness. She is the mother-in-law in the Book of Ruth, who loses her husband and both sons in Moab and returns to Bethlehem telling the women not to call her Naomi but Mara, bitter, for the Almighty has dealt bitterly with her. Ruth's decision to go with her — whither thou goest, I will go — is the passage most often read at weddings, though it is spoken between two women and concerns loyalty rather than marriage. The name was taken up by English Puritans and by French Protestants in the same period. Naomi is separately a Japanese name, written with different characters and meaning what those characters mean, entirely unrelated.
Noémie in use
Noémie ranks 164th in France with about 345 births in 2025 and is stable in our data with a peak in 1996. Our records carry it from 1900. It is rare in the English-speaking markets at 2,481st in England and Wales and 3,307th in the United States, where Naomi itself is far more common and is counted separately.
How popular is Noémie?
In 2025, Noémie was given to 330 babies in France, ranking #164 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Noémie is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Noémie is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Noemie | Noemie is a spelling of Noémie, used in Canada, where it ranks #565. | 65,889 |
| Noëmie | Noëmie is a rare spelling of Noémie, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 920 times, mostly in France. | 920 |
| Noèmie | Noèmie is a rare spelling of Noémie, written with a grave accent and recorded about 25 times, mostly in France. | 25 |
Names that peaked alongside Noémie
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Noémie also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Noémie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Noémie in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Noémie
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Noémie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Noémie
What does the name Noémie mean?
Noémie means "pleasantness," from the Hebrew no'am.
Why does Naomi ask to be called Mara?
Mara means bitter. Having lost her husband and sons, she rejects a name meaning pleasantness — the contrast is the point.
Is Noémie the French for Naomi?
Yes. Naomi is counted separately in every register we hold.
Is the Japanese Naomi related?
No. That is written with different characters and is a separate name entirely.
Is Noémie a girl's or a boy's name?
Noémie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Noémie most popular?
Noémie peaked in 1996, when 2,465 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
Is Noémie a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Noémie currently ranks #164 in France. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.