naomi

noun

1. the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
2. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “pleasant.”

noun

1. Old Testament the mother-in-law of Ruth (Ruth 1:2)Douay spelling: Noemi

fem. proper name, biblical mother-in-law of Ruth, from Hebrew Na’omi, literally “my delight,” from no’am “pleasantness, delightfulness,” from stem of na’em “was pleasant, was lovely.”