Meaning and background
The story behind Nomi
Nomi is the romanized reading of 蚤, a Japanese noun meaning flea, in JapanDict. The entry also records the katakana form ノミ. This is one specific lexical association, useful to know even if someone chooses the short spelling simply for its sound. It is not evidence that all personal names written Nomi share that meaning, and a different language or Japanese written form requires its own source.
- Association
- Nomi is the romanized reading of 蚤, a Japanese noun meaning flea, in JapanDict. Source
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About Nomi
Recorded as a dog’s name
Nomi appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/noʊmi/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/noʊmi/ · primary stress on syllable 1N OW1 M IY0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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