Mami (given name)

Mami (まみ, マミ) is a feminine Japanese given name.

Mami

Pronunciation	Má-mí
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

Possible writings

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

• 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

• 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 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 Kosaka (高坂 マミ), a character in the tokusatsu series Guruguru Medaman
• Mami Nanami (七海 麻美), a character from the manga and anime Rent-A-Girlfriend

See also

• 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