Given name & surname
Minami
Minami is a unisex given name from Japanese. It is used in English and Tagalog.
Original Japanese未南
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Minami through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 232
- 0 boys · 232 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −26%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 299 as a first name in 2020; 656 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.
Minami’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Minami is a Roman-alphabet rendering of みなみ. In Japanese usage, Minami is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 実名望. In Japanese usage, Minami is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 実奈美.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 5
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 Minami
- Minami TakahashiJapanese female singer and tarento (1991-)
- Minami TakayamaJapanese voice actress, singer and narratorborn 1964
- Minami HamabeJapanese actress (2000-)
- Minami MinegishiJapanese tarento, actress, columnist, former idolborn 1992
- Minami KuribayashiJapanese singer-songwriter and voice actressborn 1976
- Minami TanakaJapanese voice actressborn 1996
- Minami TakahashiJapanese voice actressborn 1990
- Minami TsudaJapanese voice actressborn 1989
- Minami Uwanocyclistborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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