Nozomi

A girls’ name of Japanese origin, meaning hope or wish.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nozomi by the numbers

Nozomi was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 1989, making it a 1980s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Naomipleasantness3,828 in the US (2017)
  • Noemipleasantness; a form of Naomi369 in the US (2017)
  • Nyomipleasantness; a modern respelling of Naomi194 in the US (2017)
  • Nahomipleasantness; variant spelling of naomi80 in the US (2017)
  • Nayomipleasantness; a respelling of Naomi64 in the US (2017)
  • Naiomipleasantness; a form of Naomi44 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean hope

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

  • Hopeexpectation; desire for good things276 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nadiahope; from nadezhda777 in the US (2017)
  • Amalhope or aspiration278 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Esperanzahope270 in the US (2017)
  • Ashahope, desire, wish212 in the US (2017)
  • Nadinehope; from the Russian Nadezhda177 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Nozomi

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