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

Mei (Japanese: 芽衣, 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"
• 明, "light" “bright”

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
• Mei Yamazaki (山崎愛生, born 2005) a Japanese singer who is a member of the J-pop girl group Morning Musume

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

• Mei Joni, an Indonesian basketball player.
• Mei Mac (born 1992), British stage actress

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 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
• 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

• Mei (surname)
• Mai (name)

References

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