Mei (given name)
| Mei | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | Similar to the English word "May" |
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese |
| Meaning | It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. |
| Other names | |
| Related names |
Meiko Meina Meika |
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Mei (めい, メイ) is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Mei can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 芽衣, "sprout, garment"
- 芽依, "sprout, reliant"
- 明依, "bright, reliant"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People
- with the given name Mei
- May J. (芽生), a Japanese R&B singer
- May Nakabayashi (芽依), a Japanese J-Pop artist
- Mei Shigenobu (メイ), the daughter of Japanese Red Army communist Fusako Shigenobu
Fictional characters
- with the given name Mei
- Mei (メイ), a character in the picture book and animated movie Arashi no Yoru Ni
- Mei (メイ), a character in the manga series O-Parts Hunter
- Mei (メイ), a character in the role-playing game Legend of Legaia
- Mei Kusakabe (メイ), a character in the 1988 anime film My Neighbor Totoro
- Mei Narusegawa (メイ), a character in the manga and anime series Love Hina
- Mei Sunohara (芽衣), a character in the anime and visual novel series Clannad
- Mei Yasumura (メイ), a character in the manga and anime series Ouran High School Host Club
- Mei Kishimoto, the main character of Survival
- May Chang, a main character in the manga and anime series Fullmetal Alchemist
- Mei Misaki, the main character in Another, which is both an Anime a Manga as well as a novel
- Mei Etoh, a character in the Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! Anime series
- Mei Terumī (メイ), a character in the manga and anime series Naruto
- Mei Aihara (芽衣), a character in the manga Citrus by Saburo Uta