Yumi (name)

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Yumi
GenderFemale
Origin
MeaningDifferent meanings depending on the kanji or hanja used
Region of originJapan and Korea

Yumi is a feminine Japanese and Korean given 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/blessing, beauty"
  • 由実, "reason/cause, fruit"
  • 有美, "possessing beauty"
  • 夕美, "evening, beauty"
  • 友美, "friend, beauty"

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

Given name[]

Surname[]

Fictional characters[]

  • Yumi, Otakuthon mascot
  • Yumi (Ape Escape), a character in the video game Ape Escape
  • Yumi Yoshimura, a character in the Japanese-American animated television series Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
  • Yumi Fukuzawa (福沢 祐巳), the main character from the novel, manga, and anime series Maria-sama ga Miteru
  • Yumi Ishiyama, a main character in the French animated television series Code Lyoko and Code Lyoko: Evolution
  • Yumi Tsoi, an inconsistently-minded, non-carbon alien character. Lives entirely in Artem Syrmolotov's imagination
  • Farmer Yumi, on the animated television show PAW Patrol
  • Azusa Yumi (弓 梓), a character from the anime and manga series Soul Eater
  • Yumi Omura (大村裕美) and yumi the persocom, two characters in the manga and anime series Chobits
  • Yumi Ozawa, a character from Persona 4
  • Yumi Sakata, a character in shōjo manga series Doubt!!
  • Yumi Sawamura (澤村 由美), a character in the action-adventure video game Yakuza
  • Sayaka Yumi (弓さやか), a character from the Mazinger manga and anime series
  • Yumi Miyamoto, a character from the Detective Conan manga and anime series
  • Corporal Yumi Nagumo (南雲弓), the main character of Marine Corps Yumi manga series. Uses the kanji 弓 "bow".
  • Yumi Komagata, a character from anime and manga series Rurouni Kenshin
  • Yumi from the Senran Kagura fighting video game franchise
  • Aiko Yumi, a Japanese college professor and a dateable character in the dating simulation videogame HuniePop
  • Yumi, a recruitable crew member in Need for Speed: Carbon.

Korean name[]

Yumi
Pronunciation/yumi/
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameKorean
MeaningDifferent meanings depending on the hanja used
Region of originKorea

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[]

  • Ha Yoo-mi (born 1965), South Korean actress
  • Kim Yoo-mi (actress) (born 1980), South Korean actress
  • Han Yoo-mi (born 1982), South Korean volleyball player
  • Hwang Yu-mi (born 1983), South Korean badminton player
  • Jung Yu-mi (actress born 1983), South Korean actress
  • Jeong Yu-mi (actress born 1984), South Korean actress
  • Jeon Yu-mi (born 1988), South Korean field hockey player
  • Kim Yu-mi (Miss Korea) (born 1990), South Korean beauty pageant titleholder
  • Kang Yu-mi (born 1991), South Korean football player
  • Patty Yumi Cottrell (born 1981), Korean-American writer
  • Bae Yu-mi, South Korean singer, member of M.I.L.K
  • Ra Yumi, North Korean singer and former member of the Moranbong Band.

References[]

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

See also[]

  • Yumi
  • Yumi (disambiguation)
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