Mami (given name)
Appearance
Pronunciation | Má-mí |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Meaning | It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. |
Region of origin | Japan |
Other names | |
Related names | Mamiko |
Mami (まみ, マミ) is a feminine Japanese given name.
Written forms
[edit]Mami can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 真美, "true, beauty"
- 真実, "truth"
- 茉美, "jasmine, beauty"
- 麻実, "hemp, truth"
- 麻美, "hemp, beauty"
- 茉海, "jasmine, sea"
- 舞美, "dance, beauty"
- 待実, "wait, truth"
- 待満, "wait, satisfy"
- 増実, "increase, truth"
- 麻弥, "hemp, complete"
The name can also be written in hiragana, まみ or katakana, マミ.
People
[edit]- Mami Ayukawa (鮎川 麻弥; born 1961), Japanese singer
- Mami Deguchi (出口 茉美; born 1985), Japanese voice actress
- Mami Higashiyama (東山 麻美; born 1977), Japanese actress and singer
- Mami Horikoshi (堀越 真己; born 1960), Japanese voice actress
- Mami Ishino (石野 真美; born 1983), Japanese hurdler
- Mami Karino (狩野 真美, born 1996), Japanese field hockey player
- Mami Kataoka (片岡 真実 Japanese art curator and writer
- Mami Kawada (川田 まみ; J-pop singer from Sapporo, Japan
- Mami Kingetsu (金月 真美; born 1965), Japanese voice actress
- Mami Kosuge (小菅 真美; born 1974), Japanese voice actress
- Mami Koyama (小山 茉美; born 1955), Japanese voice actress
- Mami Kudo (工藤真実; born 1964), Japanese ultramarathon runner
- Mami Matsuyama (松山 まみ; born 1988), Japanese idol and cosplayer
- Mami Mizutori (水鳥真美; (born 1960), Japanese diplomat
- Mami Naito (内藤 真実; born 1986), Japanese badminton player
- Mami Nakamura (中村 麻美; born 1979), Japanese actress
- Mami Nomura (野村 真美; born 1964), Japanese actress
- Mami Sasazaki (笹崎まみ), Japanese lead guitarist of SCANDAL
- Mami Sato, Japanese bassist of the American rock band, The Warlocks
- Mami Shimamoto (嶋本 麻美; born 1987), Japanese weightlifter
- Mami Shindo-Honma (進藤-本間 真美, born 1975), Japanese biathlete
- Mami Uchiseto (内瀬戸 真実, born 1992), Japanese volleyball player
- Mami Yamaguchi (山口 麻美; born 1986), Japanese soccer player
- Mami Yamasaki (山崎 真実; born 1985), Japanese gravure idol
- Mami Yoshida (吉田 真未; born 1986), Japanese volleyball player
Fictional characters
[edit]- Mami Inagaki, a character from Strike Witches
- Mami Kuroi, a character in the manga and anime series Hell Teacher Nūbē
- Mami Teramoto, a character from the English-language webcomic series Megatokyo
- Mami Hiyama, a character from the game and anime Little Battlers Experience W
- Mami Tomoe (巴 マミ), a character from Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- Mami Honda (本多マミ), a character from the manga Gals! and its anime adaption, Super GALS! Kotobuki Ran
- Mami Nanami (七海 麻美), a character from the manga and anime Rent-A-Girlfriend
See also
[edit]- Esper Mami, a manga created by Fujiko F. Fujio in 1977
- Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel, a magical girl anime series
- Mami Wata, type of African spirit