>>>>>BTW, who is Nadya? <g>
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>>>>Nadya is to Naomi what Renoir is to Jay.
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>>>Isn't it the other way around: Nadya is to Naomi what Jay is to Renoir <g>
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>>Depends how do you look at it <g> In my case both names are real, though I choose Naomi as my name myself <g>
>
>Does Naomi also mean "hope", like Nadezhda does?

No, the hope in Hebrew is "hatikva" (Israel anthem). Naomi would mean something like "nice, good, perfect", etc. , e.g. you can ask:

Mah shlomha? (How are you?)

And you can answer:

Noam meod (very good)