Nahomi (なほみ)

Nahomi is read なほみ and has 3 beats. Our data lists 3 spellings: 菜保美, 菜穂美 and 尚美. All three are feminine.

Reading

な·ほ·み (3 beats)

Kanji spellings

3 in our data

Gender

Feminine

Source

JMnedict, the open name dictionary

Kanji spellings of Nahomi

One sound can be written with different kanji. Each spelling below is a different name on paper.

  • 菜保美
    なほみ
    Feminine

    Greens + protect + beauty

    • 菜(な)— greens
    • 保(ほ)— protect
    • 美(み)— beauty
  • 菜穂美
    なほみ
    Feminine

    Greens + ear of grain + beauty

    • 菜(な)— greens
    • 穂(ほ)— ear of grain
    • 美(み)— beauty
  • 尚美
    なほみ
    Feminine

    Esteem + beauty

    • 尚— esteem
    • 美— beauty

The kanji in Nahomi

What each kanji means on its own, and in how many of the spellings above it appears.

  • 美beauty3 spellings
  • 菜greens2 spellings
  • 保protect1 spelling
  • 穂ear of grain1 spelling
  • 尚esteem1 spelling

Nahomi with common surnames

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Names that sound similar

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Questions about Nahomi

Is Nahomi a boy's or a girl's name?

In our data every spelling of Nahomi is feminine.

What does Nahomi mean?

Nahomi is a sound, so the meaning comes from the kanji: 菜保美 reads as "greens + protect + beauty", 菜穂美 reads as "greens + ear of grain + beauty" and 尚美 reads as "esteem + beauty". Those come from what each kanji means by itself, and parents may have had a fuller picture in mind.

How many ways can Nahomi be written in kanji?

Our data lists 3: 菜保美, 菜穂美 and 尚美. Other spellings exist, so ask how a person writes their own name before you write it for them.

How do you pronounce Nahomi?

なほみ is 3 beats: な · ほ · み. Give every beat the same length and keep vowels short and clear; Japanese has no stressed syllable the way English does.

Where this comes from

The spellings are from our hand-reviewed list of everyday names and from JMnedict, the open Japanese name dictionary. Meanings are built from what each kanji means on its own, so they describe the characters, not what a particular family had in mind.

How we check names · Content last reviewed: 2026-11-08.

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