Ayumi

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Ayumi
PronunciationÁ-yú-mí
GenderFemale
Language(s)Japanese
Origin
Meaningmany different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
See alsoAyumu
Yumi

Ayumi (あゆみ, アユミ) is a feminine Japanese given name. It is rarely used as a surname.

Possible writings[]

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

  • 歩み, "course" "walking" "progress"
as a given name
  • 歩, "progress", "walking", "a step"
  • 歩美, "walking, beauty"
  • 歩実, "walking, truth"
  • 鮎己, "sweetfish, oneself"
  • 亜由美, "Asia, reason, beauty"
  • 安愉海, "peaceful, pleasure, sea"
  • 明征魅, "bright, conquer, fascination"
  • 充裕実, "provide, abundant, truth"
  • 歩未, "walking", "not yet"

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

  • あゆみ, in hiragana
  • アユミ, in katakana
  • あゆ美, mixture of hiragana and kanji
as a surname
  • 漢人
  • 阿弓

People with the name[]

  • Ayumi Beppu (別府 あゆみ, born 1983), Japanese actress, tarento, and model
  • Ayumi Endō (遠藤 あゆみ), Japanese artist
  • Ayumi Fujimura (藤村 歩, born 1982), Japanese voice actress
  • Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎 あゆみ, born 1978), Japanese singer
  • Iconiq (real name Ayumi Itō 伊藤 亜由美, born 1984), Zainichi Korean singer who was a member of the Korean girl group Sugar
  • Ayumi Ishida (actress) (いしだ あゆみ, born 1948), Japanese actress and singer
  • Ayumi Ishida (Morning Musume member) (石田 亜佑美, born 1997), Japanese singer who is a member of the J-pop girl group (Morning Musume)
  • Ayumi Ito (伊藤 歩, born 1980), Japanese actress
  • Ayumi Kaihori (海堀あゆみ, born 1986) Japanese association footballer
  • Ayumi Karino (狩野 亜由美, born 1984), Japanese softball player
  • Ayumi Kida (喜田あゆ美, born 1966), Japanese actress
  • Ayumi Kinoshita (木下 あゆ美, born 1982), Japanese actress and model
  • Ayumi Komura (小村 あゆみ), Japanese manga artist
  • Ayumi Kurashima (倉島亜由美, born 1977), Japanese freelance animator
  • Ayumi Kurihara (栗原 亜弓, born 1984), joshi puroresu wrestler
  • Ayumi Miyazaki (宮崎歩, born 1971), Japanese singer
  • Ayumi Morita (森田 あゆみ, born 1990), Japanese tennis professional
  • Ayumi Murata (村田あゆみ, born 1982), Japanese singer
  • Ayumi Nagashii (永椎 あゆみ, born 1974), alias for the Japanese voice actress Ryoka Yuzuki
  • Ayumi Nakamura (中村 亜友美, born 1990), Japanese volleyball player
  • Ayumi Oka (岡あゆみ, born 1983), Japanese actress
  • Ayumi Oka (岡あゆみ, born 1986), Japanese tennis player
  • Okinoumi Ayumi (born 1985), sumo wrestler
  • Ayumi Onodera (born 1978), Japanese curler
  • Ayumi Sato (佐藤 あゆみ, born 1977), Japanese ice hockey player
  • Ayumi Shibata (柴田 あゆみ, born 1984), Japanese singer
  • Ayumi Shigemori (茂森 あゆみ, born 1971), Japanese actress and pop star
  • Ayumi Shiina (椎名 あゆみ, born 1969), Japanese shōjo manga artist
  • Ayumi Tanimoto (谷本 歩実, born 1981), Japanese female judoka
  • Ayumi Tsuji ( あゆみ 辻, born 1984), Japanese voice actress
  • Ayumi Tsunematsu (恒松 あゆみ, born 1981), Japanese actress
  • Ayumi Yasutomi, (安冨 歩, born 1963), Japanese economist and politician

Fictional characters[]

  • Ayumi Shinozaki, main character in video game Corpse Party.
  • Ayumi Yoshida, a secondary character from Detective Conan.
  • The Groovy Girls doll line, by Manhattan Toy, features a doll named Ayumi.
  • Ayumi Takahara (高原 歩美), supporting character in the anime Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai.
  • Ayumi Otosaka (乙坂 歩未), main character in the anime Charlotte.
  • Ayumi the cat
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