Mei (given name)
Mei (Japanese: 芽衣, Mandarin: 美) is a feminine given name used in various cultures, particularly Japan and China.
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese, Chinese |
| Meaning | It can have many different meanings depending on the character used |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Meiko Meina Meika Meihui |
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"
- 鳴, "ring or echo"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
Mei can also be written using different Chinese characters:[1]
- 美, "beautiful"
- 梅, "Chinese plum"
People with the given name Mei
From Japan
- Mei (singer) (目井 or 姪), a 12th-century Japanese female puppeteer, prostitute, and imayō-style singer. She taught imayō to Otomae, who in turn taught Emperor Goshirakawa.
- May J. (芽生), a Japanese R&B singer
- Mei Miura (三浦 芽依, born 1998), Japanese ice hockey player
- May Nakabayashi (芽依), a Japanese J-Pop artist
- Mei Kurokawa, (芽以), a Japanese actress and singer
- Mei Nagano (芽郁), a Japanese actress
- Mei Shigenobu (メイ), the daughter of Japanese Red Army communist Fusako Shigenobu
- Mei Yamazaki (山崎愛生, born 2005) a Japanese singer who is a member of the J-pop girl group Morning Musume
From China
- Mei Fong (方凤美), a Chinese-American journalist.
- Mei Lin (actress) (梅琳), a Chinese actress.
- Mei Hong (chemist), a Chinese-American chemist.
- Hong Mei (athlete) (洪梅), a female Chinese athlete.
Fictional characters with the given name Mei
Japanese characters
- Mey-Rin (メイリン), a character in the manga series Black Butler
- 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 tokusatsu television series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger
- Mei Aihara (藍原 芽衣), a character in the manga Citrus
- Mei Etoh (衛藤 芽生), a character in the manga series Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!
- Mei Hatsume, a character in My Hero Academia
- Mei Irizaki (西崎 芽依), a character in the anime series High School Fleet
- Mei Kusakabe (草壁 メイ), a character in the anime film My Neighbor Totoro
- Mei Misaki (見崎 鳴), a character in the novel Another
- Mei Narumiya (成宮 鳴), a character in the manga series Ace of Diamond
- Mei Narusegawa (成瀬川 メイ), a character in the manga series Love Hina
- Mei Sunohara (春原 芽衣), a character in the visual novel Clannad
- Mei Tachibana (橘 めい), protagonist of the manga series Say "I love you"
- Mei Terumi (照美 メイ), a character in the manga and anime series Naruto
- Mei Yasumura (安村 メイ), a character in the manga and anime series Ouran High School Host Club
- May Chang (メイ・チャン), a main character in the manga series Fullmetal Alchemist
- Mei Hayakawa (早川 芽衣), a character in the manga series Scum's Wish
- Mei Hatsume (発目明) a character in the manga series "My Hero Academia"
Other characters
- Mei Chang, a Chinese woman who runs the prison commissary in the series Orange Is the New Black
- Li Mei, a character in the Mortal Kombat series
- Mei (Overwatch), a playable character in Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm
- Mei Lee, a fictional character from Turning Red
- Mei, a character in the anime series Endro!
- Mei, a character in ER
- Mei Fong (born 1972), female character who passes as a boy in Hell on Wheels
- Mey-Rin, a character in the manga series Black Butler
- Mei Meido from the manga Kimi no koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo
- Liu Mei Fan, a character in the Revue Starlight franchise
See also
References
- "Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Mei". behindthename.com. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
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