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Nemi
OriginHindi, Hebrew
Meaning"rim of a wheel; comforted by God"
About Nemi
Nemi is a short, sweet unisex name, with a whole range of origins, though for boys, it is most notably used as either a short form of Biblical Nehemiah, or as the birth name of King Dasharatha who appears in the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. Other possibilities are that it comes from the Latin Nemesis ("enemy"), nemus ("holy wood"), or Nemo ("nobody") or a shortened form of Neminatha, the name of a surpreme preacher of Jainism.
Pronounced NEM-ee.
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Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
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