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Imai Imai is a surname from Japanese.
Original Japanese 今井
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Popularity score No recent data Boys and girls Usage not recorded
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People named Imai in the U.S. Very rare Fewer than about 30 people. Estimated from birth records for children and population records for adults.
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Imai 今井 Ιμάι The ring: spellings.
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About this profile. Meanings and origins are drawn from historical dictionaries and reference works, including Wiktionary; where interpretations differ, we say so. Popularity comes from U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880–2025. Famous namesakes come from Wikidata. Related names are linked through documented relationships; likely links are labeled as such.