Entry № 7619 · Japanese origin

Nozomi Nozomi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ noh-ZOH-mee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
"Hope, wish"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Japanese)

A name that means "hope, wish".

Nozomi (希望 or のぞみ) is the Japanese word for "hope" or "wish." The Shinkansen bullet train's fastest service is also called Nozomi.

Used widely in modern Japan.

Hope. The Japanese Shinkansen.

The name in its native script.

希望
Transliteration
Nozomi
Pronunciation
/ noʊˈzoʊ.mi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nozomi stands.

Nozomi does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Nozomis before her.

Real people
Nozomi Sasaki
Japanese actress and model.
born 1988
In fiction
Nozomi Toujou
Character in Love Live!.
2010 franchise

Names connected to Nozomi.

The number behind Nozomi.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nozomi reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.