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Mei (given name)

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Gender
  
Female

Related names
  
Meiko Meina Meika

Word/name
  
Japanese

Pronunciation
  
Similar to the English word "May"

Meaning
  
It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.

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

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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 Shigenobu (メイ), the daughter of Japanese Red Army communist Fusako Shigenobu
  • Fictional characters

    with the given name Mei
  • 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 role-playing game Legend of Legaia
  • Mei Kusakabe (メイ), a character in the 1988 anime film My Neighbor Totoro
  • Mei Narusegawa (メイ), a character in the manga and anime series Love Hina
  • Mei Sunohara (芽衣), a character in the anime and visual novel series Clannad
  • Mei Yasumura (メイ), a character in the manga and anime series Ouran High School Host Club
  • Mei Kishimoto, the main character of Survival
  • May Chang, a main character in the manga and anime series Fullmetal Alchemist
  • Mei Mio, a minor character in the anime game Yandere Simulator
  • Mei Misaki, (見崎鳴) the main character in Another, which is both an Anime a Manga as well as a novel
  • Mei Etoh, a character in the Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! Anime series
  • Mei Terumī (メイ), a character in the manga and anime series Naruto
  • Mei Aihara (芽衣), a character in the manga Citrus by Saburo Uta
  • Mei Narumiya (成宮 鳴), a character in the manga Ace of Diamond by Yuji Terajima.
  • Mei Tachibana, a character in the manga and anime series "Say "I love you" "
  • Mei Irizaki (西崎 芽依), a character in the anime High School Fleet as Harekaze's Torpedo Officer
  • References

    Mei (given name) Wikipedia