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Pronunciation
  
Na-na-mí

Word/name
  
Japanese

Related names
  
Nana Nanako

Gender
  
Female

Region of origin
  
Japanese

Meaning
  
different meanings depending on the kanji used

Nanami (ななみ, ナナミ) is a popular feminine Japanese given name which is also used as a surname.

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Possible writings

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

as a given name
  • 七海, "seven, sea"
  • 七美, "seven, beauty"
  • 七実, "seven, fruit"
  • 七生, "seven, life"
  • 奈波
  • 奈々美
  • 奈々実
  • 奈々生
  • 菜々美
  • 菜々実
  • The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

    as a surname
  • 名波
  • People

  • Nanami Fujimoto (ななみ), a Japanese actress
  • Nanami Hinata (ななみ), a Japanese actress
  • Nanami Inoue (奈々朱, born 1989), Japanese volleyball player
  • Nanami Ohta (ななみ, born 1993), a Japanese actress
  • Nanami Sakuraba (ななみ, born 1992), Japanese actress
  • Nanami Shiono (七生, born 1937), Japanese author and novelist
  • Hiroshi Nanami (名波, born 1972), former Japanese professional football player
  • Shingo Nanami, Japanese manga artist
  • Nanami Tsukamoto Lazaro, Sporter-Woman Automobile in Japan
  • Characters

  • Nanami, a character in the 1968 film Hatsukoi Jigokuhen
  • Nanami, a character in the role-playing game Suikoden II
  • Nanami-chan, the title character in the NHK anime series Nanami-chan
  • Nanami Aoyama, a character in Sakurasou No Pet Na Kanojo
  • Nanami Agawa (七生), a character in the Kerberos saga franchise
  • Nanami Ishikawa (七波), the central character in the manga Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
  • Nanami Jinnai (菜々美), a character in the anime series El-Hazard
  • Nanami Kiryuu (七実), a character from the anime and manga series Revolutionary Girl Utena
  • Nanami Konoe (七海), the main heroine of the anime series Lamune
  • Nanami Madobe (ななみ), the mascot character of the Japanese version of Windows 7
  • Nanami Nono (七海), main character from the 2002 tokusastu series Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger
  • Nanami Nishijō (七海), a character from the anime, game and manga series Chaos;Head
  • Nanami Simpson, the main heroine of the anime series Tico of the Seven Seas
  • Nanami Takahashi (七美), the central character of the manga series Bokura ga Ita
  • Nanami Kai, a character from the anime and game series Sukisyo
  • Jun Nanami (名波), a student in the 2003 film Battle Royale II: Requiem
  • Lucia Nanami (七海), the main protagonist of the anime and manga series Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
  • Nanami Yasuri (鑢 七実), sister of the main character and an antagonist from Katanagatari.
  • Chiaki Nanami (七海千秋), one of the 16 students in the video game Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.
  • Nanami Haruka (七海), the main heroine of the game, manga and anime series Uta no Prince-sama
  • Nanami Momozono (奈々生桃園), main character from the manga and anime series Kamisama Kiss
  • Nanami (ナナミ), a character from the video game Okamiden
  • Nanami Kanata (七海 哉太), one of the main guys of the game, manga, graphic novel, and anime series Starry Sky
  • Other uses

  • Nanami-chan, the mascot character of the satellite television service NHK-BS
  • References

    Nanami Wikipedia