Mei (given name)

Mei
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; Meizhen

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:

美, "beautiful"
梅, "Chinese plum"

People with the given name Mei

From Japan

May J. (芽生), a Japanese R&B singer.
Mei Ehara (茗一), Japanese interdisciplinary artist.
Mei Fukuda (愛依), Japanese actress
Mei Kodama (芽生), Japanese sprinter.
Mei Kurokawa, (芽以), a Japanese actress and singer
Mei Kotake (芽生), Japanese rock climber.
Mei Matsunami (芽依), Japanese field hockey player.
Mei Matsuoka (芽衣), Japanese-English children's author and illustrator.
Mei Miura (芽依; born 1998), Japanese ice hockey player
May Nakabayashi (芽依), a Japanese J-Pop artist
Mei Nagano (芽郁), a Japanese actress
Mei Ohtani (芽生), Japanese rugby sevens player.
Mei Okada (夢以), Japanese singer and voice actress.
Mei Sato (めい), Japanese ice hockey goaltender
Mei Shigenobu (メイ), the daughter of Japanese Red Army communist Fusako Shigenobu.
Mei Shimada (芽依), Japanese footballer.
Mai Shiraishi (麻衣), Japanese tarento, model and YouTuber.
Mei Suruga (メイ), Japanese wrestler.
Mei Suzuki (芽依), Japanese professional wrestler.
Mei Yamaguchi (芽生), Japanese mixed martial artist.
Mei Yamaguchi (tennis) (芽生), Japanese tennis player.

From China

Mei Fong (方凤美), a Chinese-American journalist.
Guo Mei (郭梅), Chinese haematologist.
Guo Mei (rower) (郭梅), Chinese rower.
Han Mei (韩梅), Chinese guzheng performer and scholar.
Han Mei (speed skater) (韩梅), Chinese speed skater.
Leng Mei (冷枚), Chinese painter.
Lu Mei (陆梅), Chinese professional racing cyclist.
Mei Hong (chemist), a Chinese-American chemist.
Hong Mei (athlete) (洪梅), a female Chinese athlete.
Hu Mei (director) (胡玫), Chinese film director, television director and producer.
Hu Mei (gymnast) (胡美), Chinese rhythmic gymnast.
Huang Mei (黄梅), Chinese sprinter.
Mei Lin (actress) (梅琳), a Chinese actress.
Mei Wang (王媚), Chinese academic.
Yong Mei (咏梅), Chinese actress.

From other countries

Mei Hubnik, Australian acrobatic gymnast
Mei Joni, an Indonesian basketball player
Mei Mac, British stage actress
Meital Slominsky, known by her stage name Mei Finegold

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 Meido (銘戸芽衣), a character in the manga and anime series The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You
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!!
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
Mei, a character from Galactik Football
Mei Lee, a main character in the Disney-Pixar film Turning Red

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.

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[1] "Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Mei". behindthename.com. Retrieved November 14, 2019.

[2] 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.