Mami (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

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

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