Given name & surname
Kami
“a loving man”
Kami is used as a given name and a surname. One Hindi interpretation is “a loving man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “a loving man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kami through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,977
- 52 boys · 8,925 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 307 babies
- 2025
- 46
- #3,360 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 46 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,360 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 7.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 307 in 1980. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,289 as a first name in 2020; 826 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kami’s family of names
Kami has a related form in Kamilah. Kami has a related form in Kamie. Kami has a related form in Kamea.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kami
- Kami CraigAmerican water polo playerborn 1987
- Kami GarciaAmerican writerborn 1972
- Kami ImaiJapanese mangaka and illustratorborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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