Mei (given name)

Mei

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese, Chinese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the character used
Other names
Related names	Meiko Meina Meika Meihui Meizhen

Mei (Japanese: メイ, Mandarin: 美) is a feminine given name used in various cultures, particularly Japan and China.

Written forms

Mei can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 芽衣, "sprout, garment"
• 芽依, "sprout, reliant"
• 明依, "bright, reliant"
• 鳴, "ring or echo"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Mei can also be written using different Chinese characters:

• 美, "beautiful"
• 梅, "Chinese plum"

People with the given name Mei

From Japan

• May J. (芽生), a Japanese R&B singer.
• Mei Ehara (茗一), Japanese interdisciplinary artist.
• Mei Fukuda (愛依), Japanese actress
• Mei Kodama (芽生), Japanese sprinter.
• Mei Kurokawa, (芽以), a Japanese actress and singer
• Mei Kotake (芽生), Japanese rock climber.
• Mei Matsunami (芽依), Japanese field hockey player.
• Mei Matsuoka (芽衣), Japanese-English children's author and illustrator.
• Mei Miura (芽依; born 1998), Japanese ice hockey player
• May Nakabayashi (芽依), a Japanese J-Pop artist
• Mei Nagano (芽郁), a Japanese actress
• Mei Ohtani (芽生), Japanese rugby sevens player.
• Mei Okada (夢以), Japanese singer and voice actress.
• Mei Sato (めい), Japanese ice hockey goaltender
• Mei Shigenobu (メイ), the daughter of Japanese Red Army communist Fusako Shigenobu.
• Mei Shimada (芽依), Japanese footballer.
• Mai Shiraishi (麻衣), Japanese tarento, model and YouTuber.
• Mei Suruga (メイ), Japanese wrestler.
• Mei Suzuki (芽依), Japanese professional wrestler.
• Mei Yamaguchi (芽生), Japanese mixed martial artist.
• Mei Yamaguchi (tennis) (芽生), Japanese tennis player.

From China

• Mei Fong (方凤美), a Chinese-American journalist.
• Guo Mei (郭梅), Chinese haematologist.
• Guo Mei (rower) (郭梅), Chinese rower.
• Han Mei (韩梅), Chinese guzheng performer and scholar.
• Han Mei (speed skater) (韩梅), Chinese speed skater.
• Leng Mei (冷枚), Chinese painter.
• Lu Mei (陆梅), Chinese professional racing cyclist.
• Mei Hong (chemist), a Chinese-American chemist.
• Hong Mei (athlete) (洪梅), a female Chinese athlete.
• Hu Mei (director) (胡玫), Chinese film director, television director and producer.
• Hu Mei (gymnast) (胡美), Chinese rhythmic gymnast.
• Huang Mei (黄梅), Chinese sprinter.
• Mei Lin (actress) (梅琳), a Chinese actress.
• Mei Wang (王媚), Chinese academic.
• Yong Mei (咏梅), Chinese actress.

From other countries

• Mei Hubnik, Australian acrobatic gymnast
• Mei Joni, an Indonesian basketball player
• Mei Mac, British stage actress
• Meital Slominsky, known by her stage name Mei Finegold

Fictional characters with the given name Mei

Japanese characters

• Mey-Rin (メイリン), a character in the manga series Black Butler
• Mei (メイ), a character in the manga series O-Parts Hunter
• Mei (メイ), a character in the tokusatsu television series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger
• Mei Hatsume, a character in the manga and anime series My Hero Academia
• Mei Kusakabe, (草壁メイ), a character in the movie My Neighbor Totoro
• Mei Meido (銘戸 芽衣), a character in the manga and anime series The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You
• Mei Misaki (見崎 鳴), a character in the novel Another
• Mei Narumiya (成宮 鳴), a character in the manga series Ace of Diamond
• Mei Narusegawa (成瀬川 メイ), a character in the manga series Love Hina
• Mei Sunohara (春原 芽衣), a character in the visual novel Clannad
• Mei Terumi (照美 メイ), a character in the manga and anime series Naruto
• Mei Yasumura (安村 メイ), a character in the manga and anime series Ouran High School Host Club
• Mei Yoneme (米女 メイ), a character in the media franchise Love Live! Superstar!!
• May Chang (メイ・チャン), a main character in the manga series Fullmetal Alchemist

Other characters

• Li Mei, a character in the Mortal Kombat series
• Mei (Overwatch), a playable character in Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm
• Mei, a character from Galactik Football
• Mei Lee, a main character in the Disney-Pixar film Turning Red

See also

• Mei (surname)
• Mai (name)