Yumi (name)

Yumi
Gender Female
Origin
Meaning Different meanings depending on the kanji or hanja used
Region of origin Japan and Korea

Yumi is a Japanese or Korean name.

Japanese name

Yumi (ゆみ, ユミ,) is a common feminine Japanese given name which is occasionally used as a surname.

Orthography

Yumi can be written using different kanji characters and as a given name can mean:

  • 由美, "reason/cause, beauty"
  • 裕美, "abundant, beauty"
  • 夕実, "evening, fruit"
  • 優美, "tenderness, beauty"'
  • 裕未, "abundant, not yet"
  • 悠美, "permanence, beauty"
  • 祐美, "help, God's blessing, beauty"
  • 由実, "reason/cause, fruit"
  • 有美, "existing/possessing beauty"
  • 夕美, "evening, beauty"
  • 友美, "friend, beauty"

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

with the given name Yumi
with the surname Yumi

Fictional Characters

Yumi
Pronunciation yoomi
Gender Female
Origin
Word/name Korean
Meaning Different meanings depending on the hanja used
Region of origin Korea

Korean name

Yumi (유미), also spelled Yoomi, is a common feminine Korean given name.

Orthography

The meaning of the name differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable. There are 62 hanja with the reading "yu" and 33 hanja with the reading "mi" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1] Some examples include:

People

References

  1. ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2014-04-15.

See also

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