Nozomi (のぞみ)

Nozomi is read のぞみ and has 3 beats. Our data lists 2 spellings: 希 and 希海. All two are feminine. Some of them are on our hand-reviewed list of everyday names.

Reading

の·ぞ·み (3 beats)

Kanji spellings

2 in our data

Gender

Feminine

Source

Hand-reviewed list of everyday names and JMnedict, the open name dictionary

Kanji spellings of Nozomi

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

  • 希
    のぞみ
    CommonFeminine

    Hope

  • 希海
    のぞみ
    Feminine

    Hope + sea

    • 希(のぞ)— hope
    • 海(み)— sea

The kanji in Nozomi

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

  • 希hope2 spellings
  • 海sea1 spelling

Nozomi with common surnames

Full names with a different spelling and surname on each card. Tap a card for the kanji breakdown.

Names that sound similar

Names that start or end with the same sounds.

Noriko (のりこ)Nobuya (のぶや)Noboru (のぼる)Nona (のうな)

Nozomi on our lists

Topic pages that include a spelling of this name.

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Questions about Nozomi

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

In our data every spelling of Nozomi is feminine.

What does Nozomi mean?

Nozomi is a sound, so the meaning comes from the kanji: 希 reads as "hope" and 希海 reads as "hope + sea". Those come from what each kanji means by itself, and parents may have had a fuller picture in mind.

How many ways can Nozomi be written in kanji?

Our data lists 2: 希 and 希海. Other spellings exist, so ask how a person writes their own name before you write it for them.

How do you pronounce Nozomi?

のぞみ is 3 beats: の · ぞ · 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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