Noem

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Nom in DE Germany, NG Nigeria, ZA South Africa and 2 more and Ноем in RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Noem is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name481 records spelled Noem4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Italy

  Also written Noém, Noèm, Noëm

• Thai given name124 records spelled Noem32 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, United States, India, Philippines

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written Name, เนม, เนมิ, Nem, เนิม

• Hungarian given name120 records spelled Noem2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary, United States

  Also written Noém

25 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Noem is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Catalan, first-person plural present indicative of noure

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Afrikaans, to call, to name

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●

• Kristi Noemb. 1971USAmerican politician (born 1971)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 28 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Noem?

We estimate roughly 152 people bear Noem (counting its spellings and scripts) across 2 countries in our records.

In which country does Noem have the most bearers?

Noem is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled noem.

How common is Noem compared with other names?

In Puerto Rico, Noem is the 56th most common given name of 2,536 given names recorded there.

Is Noem a male or female name?

Noem is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.