Mami (まみ)
Sources | Pronunciation guide |
(Main) gender: Female
Pronunciation: mah-mʸee [má.mʲì]
Etymology and/or ways to write:
Most of the kanji used for this name can be seen in the table below:
ma (ま) | mi (み) |
真/眞 “pure, true” | 美/深 “beauty” |
麻 “hemp, flax” | 実 “seed; fruit” |
茉 part of 茉莉 (matsuri) “Arabian jasmine” | 未 sign of the Sheep; part of 未来 (mirai) “future” |
磨/摩 “polish, shine” | 海 “sea, ocean” |
舞 “dance” | 珠 “gem, jewel” |
万 “ten thousand” | 巳 sign of the Snake |
満 “full, whole”* | 弥 “increase” |
愛 “beloved” | 望 “desire, wish, hope” |
稀/希 “rare” | 見 “looking, viewing” |
己 6th heavenly stem in Chinese calendar | |
水 “water” | |
心 “heart, mind” | |
三 “three” |
* can also be used as a second element kanji
Popularity:
Mami started rising in usage after the Second World War (before, it was very uncommon to rare), entering the top 100 by the second half of the 1950s. However, it ranked at the bottom half (largely staying within the upper 0.2% range) and would exit the top 100 by the mid-1960s before re-entering in the mid-1970s.
Its general peak of popularity occurred in the 1980s and early 1990s when it ranked up to just outside the top 25 and usage levels generally ranged between 0.7% and 0.8%. From then on, it gradually fell in popularity, leaving the top 100 by the turn of the millennium. Based on Baby Calendar rankings data as well as my 2014-21 names research, the average percentage from 2017-21 fell to below 0.03%.
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