Nomini is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, in the U. S. state of Virginia.
Nomini is a name derived from a Native American language meaning "deep current".[1]
The name Nomini refers to the Native American village of Onawmanient and its surrounding land which was located along the left bank of current day Nomini Creek. [2] Onawmanient was the center of the Matchotic chiefdom.