Mami (given name)
# Mami (given name)

Mami (まみ, マミ) is a feminine Japanese given name.

## Possible writings

Mami can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

* 真美, "true, beauty"
* 真実, "truth"
* 茉美, "jasmine, beauty"
* 麻実, "hemp, truth"
* 麻美, "hemp, beauty"
* 茉海, "jasmine, sea"
* 舞美, "dance, beauty"
* 待実, "wait, truth"
* 待満, "wait, satisfy"
* 増実, "increase, truth"
* 麻弥, "hemp, complete"

The name can also be written in hiragana, まみ or katakana, マミ.

## People

* Mami Ayukawa (鮎川 麻弥; born 1961), Japanese singer
* Mami Deguchi (出口 茉美; born 1985), Japanese voice actress
* Mami Higashiyama (東山 麻美; born 1977), Japanese actress and singer
* Mami Horikoshi (堀越 真己; born 1960), Japanese voice actress
* Mami Ishino (石野 真美; born 1983), Japanese hurdler
* Mami Karino (狩野 真美, born 1996), Japanese field hockey player
* Mami Kataoka (片岡 真実 Japanese art curator and writer
* Mami Kawada (川田 まみ; J-pop singer from Sapporo, Japan
* Mami Kingetsu (金月 真美; born 1965), Japanese voice actress
* Mami Kosuge (小菅 真美; born 1974), Japanese voice actress
* Mami Koyama (小山 茉美; born 1955), Japanese voice actress
* Mami Kudo (工藤真実; born 1964), Japanese ultramarathon runner
* Mami Matsuyama (松山 まみ; born 1988), Japanese idol and cosplayer
* Mami Mizutori (水鳥真美; (born 1960), Japanese diplomat
* Mami Naito (内藤 真実; born 1986), Japanese badminton player
* Mami Nakamura (中村 麻美; born 1979), Japanese actress
* Mami Nomura (野村 真美; born 1964), Japanese actress
* Mami Sasazaki (笹崎まみ), Japanese lead guitarist of SCANDAL
* Mami Sato, Japanese bassist of the American rock band, The Warlocks
* Mami Shimamoto (嶋本 麻美; born 1987), Japanese weightlifter
* Mami Shindo-Honma (進藤-本間 真美, born 1975), Japanese biathlete
* Mami Uchiseto (内瀬戸 真実, born 1992), Japanese volleyball player
* Mami Yamaguchi (山口 麻美; born 1986), Japanese soccer player
* Mami Yamasaki (山崎 真実; born 1985), Japanese gravure idol
* Mami Yoshida (吉田 真未; born 1986), Japanese volleyball player

## Fictional characters

* Mami Inagaki, a character from Strike Witches
* Mami Kuroi, a character in the manga and anime series Hell Teacher Nūbē
* Mami Teramoto, a character from the English-language webcomic series Megatokyo
* Mami Tomoe (巴 マミ), a character from Puella Magi Madoka Magica
* Mami Honda (本多マミ), a character from the manga Gals! and its anime adaption, Super GALS! Kotobuki Ran
* Mami Kosaka (高坂 マミ), a character in the tokusatsu series Guruguru Medaman
* Mami Nanami (七海 麻美), a character from the manga and anime Rent-A-Girlfriend
