Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Kotomi isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kotomi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kotomi’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Kotomi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 琴. In Japanese usage, Kotomi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 琴実. In Japanese usage, Kotomi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 琴未.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kotomi
- Kotomi IshizakiJapanese curlerborn 1979
- Kotomi TakahataJapanese tennis playerborn 1989
- Kotomi TakahataJapanese actor and seiyūborn 1986
- Kotomi YamakawaJapanese voice actressborn 1982
- Kotomi AokiJapanese manga artistborn 1980
- Kotomi AsakuraJapanese AV idolborn 1987
- Kotomi AiharaJapanese seiyūborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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