Mei (given name)
| 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 |
Mei (Japanese: メイ, Mandarin: 美) is a feminine given name used in various cultures, particularly Japan and China.
Written forms
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
- May J. (芽生), a Japanese R&B singer
- Mei Miura (三浦 芽依; born 1998), Japanese ice hockey player
- Mei Fukuda (愛依), Japanese actress
- 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
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.
From other countries
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 manga series O-Parts Hunter
- Mei (メイ), a character in the tokusatsu television series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger
- Mei Hatsume, a character in the manga and anime series My Hero Academia
- Mei Kusakabe, (草壁メイ), a character in the movie 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 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
- Mei Yoneme (米女 メイ), a character in the media franchise Love Live! Superstar!![2]
- May Chang (メイ・チャン), a main character in the manga series Fullmetal Alchemist
Other characters
- Li Mei, a character in the Mortal Kombat series
- Mei (Overwatch), a playable character in Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm
See also
References
- ^ "Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Mei". behindthename.com. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (May 29, 2022). "Love Live! Superstar!! Season 2 Anime Premieres on July 17". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 2025-01-01. Retrieved 2025-02-07.