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I very strongly prefer Noemi! It is a very graceful, feminine and warm name and I just like the sound. Naomi is bland, doesn't look quite as good and sounds much worse, and I feel neutral about it at best.
My default pronunciation of Naomi is nah-AW-mee, and I've only learnt quite recently that it's nay-O-mee in English and was very surprised at that. While I've always preferred Noemi to Naomi, Naomi with the nay-O-mee pronunciation sounds much worse. Noemi flows nicer.

Naomi, prn. Nay-OH-mee... although the Nie-OH-mee prn. is also pretty.

Naomi (nay-O-mee) is one of my favorite names, so that is my answer for the post. Noemi is not a bad name, either, and works well in other languages (e.g. French & Spanish), but I'm not as crazy about it in English.

I prefer Naomi. It’s just what I’m more familiar with. I pronounce it “nay-oh-mee”.

Naomi, because it's the more traditional spelling. Any o me

I like Noemi better, possibly because that’s the form of the name I’m used to.

Naomi, probably because it's more familiar to me. I'm not crazy about either of them, but they're okay. Naomi is nay-OH-mee to me, nie-OH-mee sounds nasal and unpleasant.

This message was edited 8/20/2020, 12:14 PM

I prefer Naomi, probably just because I’m more used to it. Both are cool.

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I probably pronounce it differently every time I say it, but I’m inclined to think I say “nay-O-mee” most commonly. Or somewhere between that and nye-O-mee.

I prefer Naomi. I don’t like Noemi very much whereas I do like Naomi a lot.

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I pronounce it nah-O-mi because I’m Danish

Naomi. My half sister's name, and she pronounces it like Ni-omi, all vowels long. Noemi just looks weird to me, and like No-me, all vowels long again

Noemi

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It's softer and more elegant than the strident Naomi, which I pronounce "nay-OH-mee."

I prefer Naomi, because I don’t like the pronunciation of Noemi. I pronounce Naomi ny-oh-me, though sometimes I say nay-oh-me.

I have no prefercene. I prounounce Naomi ny-oh-mee.

Naomi. I pronounce it "nay-oh-mee". Noemi bugs me a bit since it sounds like "No Emmy".

Naomi is my preference, though they are both pretty.
Naomi is pronounced Nay-OH-mee. Noemi is No-EMM-ee. At least, the one Noemi that I know says it that way.

Noemi.

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In English? nay-O-mee. In German nah-O-mee.

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Noemi just seems friendlier, and prettier. More elegant and timeless. In the UK Naomi is a bit dated, I believe. Also it only makes me think of Naomi Campbell.