Mei (given name)

Mei (めい, メイ) is a feminine Japanese given name.

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.

People

with the given name Mei

• May J. (芽生), a Japanese R&B singer
• 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

Fictional characters

with the given name Mei

• Mei (Overwatch), a character in the video game Overwatch
• 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 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 Mio, a character in the video game Yandere Simulator
• 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
• Li Mei, a character in the Mortal Kombat series