Yumi (name)

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Yumi
GenderFemale
Origin
MeaningDifferent meanings depending on the kanji or hanja used
Region of originJapan and Korea

Yumi is a feminine Japanese and Korean given name.

Japanese name[edit]

Yumi (ゆみ, ユミ) is a common feminine Japanese given name which is occasionally used as a surname.

Orthography[edit]

Yumi can be written using different kanji characters and as a given name can mean:

  • 由美ゆみ, "origin/history, beauty"
  • 裕美ひろみ, "abundance, beauty"
  • 夕ゆう実み, "evening, fruition"
  • 優美ゆうび, "tenderness, beauty"'
  • 裕ひろし未み, "abundance, less than"
  • 悠ゆう美び, "permanence, beauty"
  • 祐美ひろみ, "savior, beauty"
  • 由実ゆみ, "origin/history, fruition"
  • 有美ゆみ, "exist, beauty"
  • 夕美ゆみ, "evening, beauty"
  • 友美ゆみ, "friend, beauty"

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Given name[edit]

  • Yumi Adachi (安達あだち 祐実ゆみ, born 1981), Japanese actress and singer
  • Yumi Adachi (synchronised swimmer) (足立あだち 夢ゆめ実み, born 1989), Japanese synchronized swimmer
  • Yumi Asō (奥村おくむら 由美ゆみ), Japanese actress
  • Yumi Hara (原はら 由実ゆみ, born 1985), Japanese voice actress
  • Yumi Hotta (堀田ほった 由美ゆみ), Japanese manga artist
  • Yumi Inomata (猪又いのまた 由美ゆみ, born 1968), Japanese cross-country skier
  • Yumi Iwabuchi (岩渕いわぶち 有美ゆみ), Japanese Olympic softball player
  • Yumi Kaeriyama (帰山かえりやま 由美ゆみ, born 1967), Japanese speed skater
  • Yumi Kakazu (嘉数かかず 由美ゆみ, born 1973), Japanese voice actress
  • Yumi Kida (貴田きだ 裕美ひろみ), Japanese long-distance swimmer
  • Yumi Kobayashi (小林こばやし優美ゆみ), Japanese fashion model
  • Yumi Kokamo (小鴨こかも 由水ゆみ), retired female long-distance runner from Japan
  • Yumi Kumakura (熊倉くまくら 由美ゆみ), Japanese volleyball player
  • Yumi Maruyama (丸山まるやま 由美ゆみ), Japanese former Olympic volleyball player
  • Yumi Matsutoya (松任谷まつとうや 由実ゆみ), Japanese singer
  • Yumi Matsuzawa (松澤まつざわ 由美ゆみ), Japanese singer
  • Yumi Morio (河合かわい 由美ゆみ), Japanese voice actress
  • Yumi Nakashima (中島なかじま 優美ゆみ), Japanese singer
  • Yumi Ohka (阿部あべ 由美子ゆみこ), Japanese professional wrestler
  • Yumi Shimura (志村しむら 由美ゆみ, born 1982), Japanese voice actress
  • Yumi Shirakawa (白川しらかわ 由美ゆみ), former Japanese actress
  • Yumi Stynes, Australian disc jockey for the Australian Channel V
  • Yumi Sugimoto (杉本すぎもと 有美ゆみ), Japanese actress
  • Yumi Suzuki (鈴木すずき 夕ゆう湖みずうみ, born 1991), Japanese curler
  • Yumi Takada (高田たかだ 由美ゆみ), Japanese voice actress
  • Yumi Tōma (冬ふゆ馬うま 由美ゆみ (吉田よしだ 由美ゆみ), Japanese voice actress and singer
  • Yumi Watanabe (渡邊わたなべ 由美ゆみ, born 1970), Japanese women's footballer
  • Yumi Yoshimura (吉村よしむら 由美ゆみ), the second half of the singing duo Puffy AmiYumi
  • Yumi Yoshiyuki (吉行よしゆき由美ゆみ), Japanese film director, actress, and screenwriter

Surname[edit]

  • Kaoru Yumi (由美ゆみかおる), Japanese actress as a stage name

Fictional characters[edit]

Korean name[edit]

Yumi
Pronunciation/yumi/
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameKorean
MeaningDifferent meanings depending on the hanja used
Region of originKorea

Yumi (유미), also spelled Yoomi, is a common feminine Korean given name.

Orthography[edit]

The meaning of the name differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable. There are 62 hanja with the reading "yu" and 33 hanja with the reading "mi" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1] Some examples include:

People[edit]

Fictional characters[edit]

  • Kim Yumi, the titular protagonist of South Korean webtoon and drama Yumi's Cells

References[edit]

  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2014-04-15.

See also[edit]

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