Given name & surname
Namie
“woman of the waves”·“of the waves”
Namie is a variant of Nami. Interpretations include “woman of the waves” (Japanese) and “of the waves” (Japanese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Namie is a variant of Nami. Interpretations include “woman of the waves” (Japanese) and “of the waves” (Japanese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Namie is a variant of Nami. An origin associated with Nami is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Namie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 6 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 1925. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 141 as a first name in 2020; 214 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Namie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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