Ami (given name)

Ami
GenderFemale in Hebrew, Persian, Indian, and Japanese
LanguageJapanese, Hebrew, Persian, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, French
Origin
Meaning"My nation", "my people" or "trustworthy", "reliable" in Hebrew
"Nectar" (female), or "much loved" (male) in Indian
in Japanese, it can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. Means "Friend" in French.
Region of originIsrael (Jewish diaspora), Persian, Japan, India (Indian diaspora)

Ami is a given name of Hebrew, Persian, Indian, Japanese, and other origins.

Written forms in Japanese

Forms in kanji can include:

  • 亜美, "asia-beauty"
  • 亜海, "asia-ocean"
  • 亜実, "asia-fruit"
  • 亜満, "asia-, satisfy, full"
  • 亜魅, "asia-fascination"
  • あみ (in Hiragana)
  • アミ (in Katakana)

People with the name

  • Ami Omer Dadaon (born 2000), Israeli Paralympic champion swimmer
  • Ami Dolenz (born 1969), American producer television and film actress
  • Ami Ghia (born 1956), Indian former badminton player
  • Ami Kawai (河合 亞美; born 1967), Japanese stage and television actress
  • Ami Harten (1947–1994), Israeli-American applied mathematician
  • Ami Haruna (春名 あみ; born 1984), Japanese model and actress
  • Ami Horowitz, American film maker
  • Ami Inamura (稲村 亜美; born 1996), Japanese gravure idol, television personality and sportscaster
  • Ami Ishii (石井亜海; born 2002), Japanese freestyle wrestler
  • Ami James (born 1972), Israeli-American co-owner of tattoo parlor which is the subject of the reality television program Miami Ink
  • Ami Kikuchi (菊地 亜美; born 1990), Japanese gravure idol, tarento and radio presenter
  • Ami Klin, American psycologist
  • Ami Koshimizu (小清水 亜美; born 1986), Japanese voice actress
  • Ami Kondo (近藤 亜美; born 1995), Japanese judoka
  • Ami Maayani (1936–2019), Israeli composer
  • Ami Maeshima (前島 亜美; born 1977), Japanese idol and actress
  • Ami Mali Hicks (1867–1954), American artist, suffragist and writer.
  • Ami Mazar (born 1942), Israeli archaeologist and professor
  • Ami McKay (born 1968), Canadian novelist and journalist
  • Ami Metcalf (born 1994), English actress
  • Ami Mishra, Indian singer-songwriter
  • Ami Miron, Israeli-American entrepreneur and technology developer
  • Ami Moyal (born 1962), Israeli engineer and academic
  • Ami Nakai (中井 亜美; born 2008), Japanese figure skater
  • Ami Nakamura (中村 亜実; born 1987), Japanese ice hockey player
  • Ami Nakashima (中島 麻未; born 1988), Japanese singer, dancer and actress
  • Ami Onuki (大貫亜美; born 1973), Japanese pop singer
  • Ami Parekh (born 1988), Indian-American figure skater
  • Ami Shelef (1936–1988, Israeli basketball player and coach
  • Ami Sheth, American actress and model.
  • Ami Suzuki (鈴木亜美; born 1982), Japanese singer and songwriter
  • Ami Tokito (時東 ぁみ; born 1987), Japanese pop singer and gravure idol
  • Ami Touma (當真 あみ; born 2006), Japanese actress
  • Ami Trivedi (born 1982), Indian television and theatre actress
  • Ami Vashi (born 1981), Indian beauty queen and model
  • Ami Vitale (born 1971), American photojournalist and documentary filmmaker
  • Ami Yoshida (吉田 アミ; born 1976), Japanese musician
  • Ami Yuasa (湯浅 亜実; born 1998), Japanese breakdancer
  • Andreea Ioana Moldovan (born 1989), Romanian singer professionally known as AMI

Fictional characters

See also