Manami
| Gender | Unisex | 
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese | 
| Meaning | Different meanings depending on the kanji used | 
| Region of origin | Japan | 
| Other names | |
| Related names | Mami, Mana, Manaka | 
Manami (まなみ, マナミ) is a common primarily feminine Japanese given name.
Written forms
Manami can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 愛美, "love, beauty"
 - 愛海, "love, sea"
 - 愛未, "love, not yet"
 - 愛実, "love, fruit"
 - 真名美, "truth, name, beauty"
 - 真奈美, "truth, Nara, beauty"
 - 麻奈美, "hemp, Nara, beauty"
 - 真奈海, "truth, Nara, sea"
 
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People
- Manami Doi (土居 愛実; born 1993), Japanese sports sailor
 - Manami Fujioka (藤岡 麻菜美; born 1994), Japanese women's basketball player
 - Manami Hashimoto (橋本 マナミ; born 1984), Japanese gravure idol and actress
 - Manami Higa (愛未, born 1986), Japanese actress
 - Manami Hino (真奈美, born 1980), Japanese bobsledder
 - Manami Ishizaka (石坂 真奈美; born 1986), Japanese female artistic gymnast
 - Manami Kamitanida (born 1989), Japanese long-distance runner
 - Manami Katsu (愛実, born 1994), Japanese professional wrestler
 - Manami Kira (吉良 愛美; born 1991), Japanese sprinter and hurdler
 - Manami Konishi (真奈美, born 1978), Japanese actress
 - Manami Kurose (真奈美, born 1991), Japanese actress and singer
 - Manami Marutaka (丸高 愛実; born 1990), Japanese tarento, actress, and former gravure idol
 - Manami Matsumae (真奈美), Japanese game music composer
 - Manami Mitsuboshi (三星 マナミ; born 1984), Japanese freestyle skier
 - Manami Nakano (中野 真奈美; born 1986), Japanese footballer playing as a midfielder
 - Manami Numakura (愛美), Japanese voice actress
 - Manami Oku (真奈美, born 1995), Japanese idol singer
 - Manami Takada (高田 麻菜美; born 1988), Japanese woman cricketer
 - Manami Tanaka (田中 真奈美; born 1989), Japanese voice actress
 - Manami Tanaka (tennis) (田中 愛美; born 1996), Japanese wheelchair tennis player
 - Manami Toyota (真奈美, born 1971), Japanese professional wrestler
 - Manami Ui (宇井 愛美; born 1986), Japanese model
 - Manami Wakayama (愛美, born 1986), Japanese idol
 - Manami Watanabe (愛未, born 1986), female lead singer of Jyukai, a Japanese pop/soft rock group
 - Manami (wrestler) (born 2004), Japanese wrestler
 
Fictional Characters
- Manami Amamiya (学美), the main character in the manga and anime series Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!
 - Manami Aoki (真奈美), the character in the manga series Haikyū!!, the position is Setter and the number is 3
 - Manami Hyuga (真奈美), a character in the 1998 Japanese film Bayside Shakedown: The Movie
 - Manami Kasuga (まなみ), a character in the manga and anime series Kimagure Orange Road
 - Manami Kusunoki (真奈美), a character from the 2D fighting game Variable Geo series
 - Manami Tamura (麻奈実), a character in the manga and anime series Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai
 - Manami Okuda (愛美), a character in the manga and anime series Assassination Classroom