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My First Name
It is not misspelled!
There really is an e in there!
There really aren't any a's in there!
And that is an accent on the e!
I'm not crazy!
I'm not making this up!
Noémi is the French, Spanish, Italian, and no doubt others, version of Naomi. Naomi is a Biblical name from (I hope I'm saying this right) the Old Testament, The Book of Ruth, Chapter 1 (or is it Volume III Chapter 21?). Naomi was Ruth's mother-in-law, and the story is about Ruth's loyalty after Naomi lost her husband and two sons. The name Naomi means "pleasant", and Naomi said she should be called Mara (bitter) since she had suffered so much loss.
This page has the passage referring to Naomi's story. Choose "See this passage in" Italiano, Latin, or Espanol and you'll see the name spelled as Noemi (inexplicably Francais shows Naomi):
My name was given as the French version of Naomi, and is spelled with an accent on the e. It is pronounced no-eh-mi, though many variations exist. If you speak French, it should be easy to pronounce from the spelling. In Spanish and Italian it is pronounced no-ey-mi. English speakers usually say no-emmy or no-amy, though my family and childhood friends say something more like noy-mi. Save the no-amy yes-amy maybe-amy jokes, and anything else that pops to mind, I guarantee you're not the first.
Almost no one gets it right at first, so please feel free to ask. Many people don't want to admit they can't remember it, so pretend they do, or avoid saying my name at all. Don't try to fool me -- I've been doing this a long time. If you can't say my name, I'll know! It's OK, ask! Aren't you always relieved when someone asks you your name? Ask!
My Last Name
It stuns me when I see references from the 1950's during which women were identified by their husbands' names, including his first! (e.g. "Mrs. Samuel Jones."). Yikes!
Regardless, my domain name (nebcom.com) has been the same since 1996. And my first name is always mine!
My Domain Name