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i · the name
a Japanese calligrapher traveling the world
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Naomi

ナオミ
from Hebrew Noomi — "pleasantness, sweetness"
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ii · three scripts

Three Japanese scripts. Two of them are fixed. The third one is not.

That is where a person has to choose, not a translator: a Japanese calligrapher who has already written the names of more than 500 people by hand, on the street, one by one.

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He chose 7 versions for this name. The one he recommends most is in the second half.
iii · kanji i
奈央美
na-o-mi
the fruit that ripens, the center, and beauty
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iv · about kanji i

奈央美

  • 奈nathe fruit that ripens on the tree
  • 央othe center, the point that does not move
  • 美mibeauty, what is well made
a ripe, steady name — for someone who holds the center of what is theirs.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of ripening like fruit on the tree, being the center that does not move, and keeping a beauty that is well made.

v · kanji ii
菜緒道
na-o-mi
the yellow spring field, the end of the thread, and your own path
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vi · about kanji ii

菜緒道

  • 菜nathe yellow flower that covers the field in spring
  • 緒othe end of the thread, where everything starts
  • 道miyour own path, the one you walk on foot
a bright name with a direction — for someone who starts on their own and keeps walking.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of covering the field in yellow like the spring blossom, finding the end of the thread where everything starts, and walking your own path on foot.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 渚音魅— the shore and its music, with the pull that needs no explaining
  • 夏央瑞— the thick green of summer, with the sign of what is coming
  • 波織水— the energy of the wave, woven into clear water
  • 撫音弥— a gentle hand and music, spreading with no end
  • 那緒宮— what is beautiful and plentiful, with the presence of a palace
Chosen by the calligrapher for this name — pay what you feel it is worth, from two dollars.
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iii 渚音魅
na-o-mithe shore, the music that stays, and what draws people
  • 渚nathe shore, where the wave reaches the sand
  • 音osound, the music that stays
  • 魅miwhat draws people in without anyone knowing why
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of standing where the wave reaches the sand, leaving music that stays, and drawing people in without anyone knowing why.

choose this one
iv 夏央瑞
na-o-mithe summer sun, the center, and the good sign
  • 夏nathe summer sun, the thick green
  • 央othe center, the point that does not move
  • 瑞mithe sign that something good is coming
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of bringing the summer sun and the thick green, holding the center that does not move, and announcing that something good is coming.

choose this one
v 波織水
na-o-mithe wave, weaving, and clear water
  • 波nathe wave, the energy that pushes
  • 織oweaving, crossing the threads until there is cloth
  • 水mithe clear water that runs
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of pushing with the energy of the wave, crossing the threads until there is cloth, and running clean like clear water.

choose this one
vi 撫音弥
na-o-mithe caress, the music that stays, and what spreads
  • 撫nathe caress, touching gently
  • 音osound, the music that stays
  • 弥mispreading further and further, with no end in sight
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of touching gently, leaving music that stays, and spreading further and further with no end in sight.

choose this one
vii 那緒宮
na-o-miwhat is beautiful and plentiful, the end of the thread, and the palace
  • 那nawhat is beautiful and plentiful
  • 緒othe end of the thread, where everything starts
  • 宮mithe palace, the place that commands respect
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of gathering what is beautiful and plentiful, finding the end of the thread where everything starts, and having the presence of a palace.

choose this one

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viii · wallpaper
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奈央美
Naomi
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奈央美
Naomi
Ripening like fruit on the tree, being the center that does not move, and keeping a beauty that is well made.
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It is not just a wallpaper — take the meaning with you too.

Choose the background, the lettering, whether to show your name or the meaning of your kanji — and download it ready for your lock screen or to share.

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ix · from his own hand

This is how the calligrapher writes — three pieces, one hand.

Everything above is drawn by a typeface: a thousand Naomis, the same stroke. Not this one. The calligrapher dips the brush and writes yours a single time — the ink opens where it opens, the stroke breaks where it breaks.

風露依 — written with a brush by the calligrapher
夢玖 — written with a brush by the calligrapher
慈英夢寿 — written with a brush by the calligrapher
three pieces by the calligrapher · brush and ink on paper · none of them says your name yet
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30 USD — and there is no second copy.
x · for you, not for the name

Shall we choose your kanji together?

Everything above was chosen for the name Naomi — the same for any Naomi. A commission is different: you tell the calligrapher what matters to you, what you want to protect and who you want to become — and together you pick the best kanji.

If you are getting it tattooed, or you seriously want a kanji that is only yours — start here.

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xi · wear it

The same kanji, on something you can touch.

Your name printed on what you use every day. We do not sell the shirt: we give you the file and you take it to your printer.

奈央美
Naomi
T-shirt
奈央美
Mug
奈央美
Tote bag
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no background, at print size — there you choose the kanji, the lettering style and the orientation

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千 · Japanese calligrapher · traveling the world · 2026