Given name
Manami
“having a love of the ocean”
Manami is used as a given name. One Japanese interpretation is “having a love of the ocean.”
Original Japanese愛美
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “having a love of the ocean.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Manami through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 110
- 0 boys · 110 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 11 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 6 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 468 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Manami’s family of names
Manami has a related form in Manamea. Manami has a related form in Manamee. Manami has a related form in Manamey.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Manami
- Manami NakanoJapanese association football playerborn 1986
- Manami HashimotoJapanese model and actorborn 1984
- Manami NumakuraJapanese voice actressborn 1988
- Manami KonishiJapanese actress and singerborn 1978
- Manami OkuJapanese singerborn 1995
- Manami HigaJapanese actressborn 1986
- Manami TanakaJapanese voice actressborn 1989
- Manami MatsumaeJapanese game composerborn 1964
- Manami ToyotaJapanese professional wrestlerborn 1971
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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