Given name & surname · also Japanese
Kumi
“an everlasting beauty”·“a forceful man”
Kumi is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “an everlasting beauty” (Japanese) and “a forceful man” (African). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Japanese玖未
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “an everlasting beauty” (Japanese) and “a forceful man” (African). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Japanese and African naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kumi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 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 1976. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 475 as a first name in 2020; 475 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.
Kumi’s family of names
Kumi has a related form in Kumea. Kumi has a related form in Kumee. Kumi has a related form in Kumey.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 7
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kumi
- Kumi YokoyamaJapanese association football playerborn 1993
- Kumi Naidoohuman rights activistborn 1965
- Kumi NakadaJapanese volleyball playerborn 1965
- Kumi MizunoJapanese actressborn 1937
- Kumi TaniokaJapanese composer and pianistborn 1974
- Kumi SakumaJapanese voice actressborn 1976
- Kumi SugaiJapanese painter, sculptor and printmaker (1919–1996)
- Kumi YagamiJapanese singerborn 1994
- Kumi SasakiJapanese female talent, television presenter, actress (1996-)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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