Neoma

A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning new moon or new arrival.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Neoma by the numbers

Neoma was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 110 babies in 1924, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Neoma. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Neemablessing30 in the US (2017)
  • Neomia variant spelling of naomi; pleasantness13 in the US (2017)
  • Nneomagood mother6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nema7 in the US (2017)
  • Neima5 in the US (2017)
  • Nesma4 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean the moon

Like Neoma, each of these has the moon in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Lunamoon5,327 in the US (2017)
  • Aylahalo of moonlight; oak tree980 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Selenamoon goddess; a form of Selene1,296 in the US (2017)
  • Kamarithe moon; Arabic origin674 in the US (2017)
  • Selenemoon goddess289 in the US (2017)
  • Cindymoon; a diminutive of Cynthia230 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Neoma

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