Given name
Ume
“one who is patient; a plum-blossom child”
Ume is a variant of Umeko. One Japanese interpretation is “one who is patient; a plum-blossom child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ume is a variant of Umeko. One Japanese interpretation is “one who is patient; a plum-blossom child.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ume is a variant of Umeko. An origin associated with Umeko is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2014. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ume through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 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 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 171 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.
Ume’s family of names
Ume has a related form in Umeko. In Japanese usage, Ume is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 梅.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Ume
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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