Nemi

Literature, Latin, Japanese, Hebrew

"holy wood; sound + reality, waves, truth; pleasant"

Nemi Origin and Meaning

The name Nemi is a girl's name of Latin, Japanese, Norwegian origin meaning "holy wood; sound + reality, waves, truth; pleasant".

Light, sweet, and multicultural, Nemi is a simple name with a complex etymology. It notably appears as the title character of a 90s comic strip, drawn by Lisa Myhre, who likely took the name from an Italian lake. The lake in question, Lake Nemi, likely takes its name from the Latin nemus "holy wood", and was the site of a Roman temple to the goddess Diana.

Alternatively, Nemi can be a Japanese name, meaning "sound of the waves" or "sound of the truth", or a variation of the Biblical Naomi, via alternative form, Noemi, meaning "pleasant". Others attribute it to the Nahuatl element, nemi meaning "to live, to dwell", to the Sanskrit nemí meaning "rim of a wheel", or the Latin Nemo meaning "nobody",.