Hitomi (given name)

Hitomi (ヒトミ, ひとみ) is a feminine Japanese given name. It is often written with the single kanji 瞳 (Japanese for eye) or the two kanji 仁美. It can also come from 智 (hito) meaning "wisdom, intellect" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Individuals may alternatively write the name using the hiragana as ひとみ. The singer hitomi writes her stage name using the Latin alphabet.

Hitomi
Pronunciation(HEE-toh-mee)
GenderFeminine
Language(s)Japanese
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
Meaningpupil of the eyewisdom, intellectbeautiful although it can have different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of originJapan

Possible writings

  • 仁美, "benevolent, humane, noble, beauty"
  • 人美, "someone, person, beauty"
  • 一美, "one, beauty"
  • 均美, "level beauty"
  • 等美, "class, equal, beauty"
  • 傭美, "employ, hire, beauty"

People

Singers

Voice actresses/actresses

Other

  • Hitomi Jinno (神野 眸, born 1937), Japanese swimmer
  • Hitomi Kamanaka (鎌仲ひとみ, born 1958), Japanese documentary filmmaker
  • Hitomi Kanehara (金原 ひとみ, born 1983), writer who wrote Hebi ni Piasu (Snakes and Earrings)
  • Hitomi Kashima (鹿島 瞳, born 1980), former Japanese butterfly swimmer
  • Hitomi Matsushita (松下 仁美, born 1954), Japanese handball player
  • Hitomi Sato (table tennis) (佐藤 瞳, born 1997), Japanese table tennis player
  • Hitomi Shimizu (冷水 ひとみ), Japanese musician and composer
  • Hitomi Shimura (紫村 仁美, born 1990), Japanese hurdler
  • Hitomi Soga (曽我ひとみ, born 1959), Japanese woman who was abducted to North Korea to train agents in Japanese customs and language
  • Hitomi Takagaki (高垣 眸, 1898–1983), Japanese writer
  • Hitomi Watanabe (渡辺 眸, born 1939), Japanese photographer
  • Hitomi Yamaguchi, author and contributor to Nakayoshi
  • Kinue Hitomi (人見 絹枝, 1907–1931), Japanese athlete and the first Japanese woman to receive an Olympic medal

Characters

See also

References

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