Nami is used as both a given name and surname.
Given name
Japanese
Nami (なみ, ナミ, 奈美, 成実, 菜美) is a Japanese feminine given name. People with this name include:
- Nami Akimoto (born 1968), Japanese manga artist
- Nami Iguchi (井口 奈己, born 1967), Japanese film director, screenwriter and editor
- Nami Inamori (稲森 奈見, born 1993), Japanese judoka
- Nami Kurokawa (born 1980), Japanese voice actress
- Nami Miyazaki (born 1976), Japanese field hockey international goal keeper
- Nami Sano (1987–2023), Japanese manga artist
- Nami Tamaki (born 1988), Japanese singer
- Nami Teshima (born 1974), Japanese judo wrestler
- Nami Tsukamoto (born 1979), Japanese ballet dancer and film actress
Other origins
It is also a given name of various other origins. People with the given name unrelated to the Japanese version include:
- Na-mi (born 1957), South Korean singer
- Nami Yayak, Turkish Olympic fencer, competed in 1928
- Naminapu "Nami" Maymuru-White (born 1952), Australian artist of the Yolngu people
Surname
People with the surname Nami include:
- Ahmad Nami (1873–1962), second president of Syria
- Ahmed al-Nami (1977–2001), Saudi hijacker of United Airlines Flight 93 in 2001
- Arsi Nami (born 1984), Iranian singer
- Kazutsugi Nami (born 1933), Japanese businessman
- Mohammad Nami, Saudi footballer
Fictional characters
- Nami, a character and bachelorette in Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life and Harvest Moon DS
- Nami (One Piece), one of the protagonists in the manga and anime series One Piece
- Nami Aoi, a character from the manga and anime series Aki Sora
- Nami Hito, a character in the manga and anime series Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
- Nami Kuki, a character from manga and anime Jungle De Ikou!
- Nami Kusunoki, a character in the manga series Alive: The Final Evolution
- Nami Satō, a character from the visual novel Gift
See also
References
Name listThis page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Categories: