Neomia

Meaning & origin

Neomia is a rare 20th-century American name, first appearing in U.S. birth records in 1903. Its peak year was 1933, when it reached its highest but still modest usage, reflecting the naming trends of the early 1930s. In the most recent year with data (2025), the name was given to fewer than five babies, and no 1-in-N ratio could be calculated due to its rarity. The name's trajectory has been stable, neither rising nor falling sharply, and it has never been recorded in any top state rankings. Neomia likely originated as a creative respelling of Noemi or a fusion of fashionable name elements like Ne- and -ia, common in the early 1900s. It remains a distinctive choice with a vintage feel, tied to the era of its greatest popularity.

Neomia appears to be a 20th-century American coinage, likely formed by combining the popular prefix Ne- (as in Neoma, Neola) with the common feminine ending -ia, or as a respelling of Noemi or Naomi. Its first recorded use in U.S. data is 1903, and it saw modest use in the 1930s, particularly around its peak in 1933. The name has remained consistently rare but never entirely disappeared.