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Naomi

UK/naɪˈəʊmi/ US/ˈneɪəmi/ fairly common

noun

1.

the mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament

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Origin

From Hebrew נָעֳמִי (no'omí, literally “my pleasantness”), from נועם / נֹעַם (nó'am, “pleasantness”) + ־ִי (-í, “my, of me”).

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