Mei (given name)

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

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

Possible writings

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"
• 明, "light" “bright”

People with the given name Mei

From Japan

• Mei (singer) (目井 or 姪), a 12th-century Japanese female puppeteer, prostitute, and imayō-style singer. She taught imayō to Otomae, who in turn taught Emperor Goshirakawa.
• May J. (芽生), a Japanese R&B singer
• Mei Miura (三浦 芽依, born 1998), Japanese ice hockey player
• May Nakabayashi (芽依), a Japanese J-Pop artist
• Mei Kurokawa, (芽以), a Japanese actress and singer
• Mei Nagano (芽郁), a Japanese actress
• Mei Shigenobu (メイ), the daughter of Japanese Red Army communist Fusako Shigenobu
• Mei Yamazaki (山崎愛生, born 2005) a Japanese singer who is a member of the J-pop girl group Morning Musume

From China

• Mei Fong (方凤美), a Chinese-American journalist.
• Mei Lin (actress) (梅琳), a Chinese actress.
• Mei Hong (chemist), a Chinese-American chemist.
• Hong Mei (athlete) (洪梅), a female Chinese athlete.

From other countries

• Mei Joni, an Indonesian basketball player.
• Mei Mac (born 1992), British stage actress

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 picture book and animated movie Arashi no Yoru ni
• 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 Aihara (藍原 芽衣), a character in the manga Citrus
• Mei Etoh (衛藤 芽生), a character in the manga series Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!
• Mei Hatsume, a character in My Hero Academia
• Mei Irizaki (西崎 芽依), a character in the anime series High School Fleet
• Mei Kusakabe (草壁 メイ), a character in the anime film My Neighbor Totoro
• 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 Tachibana (橘 めい), protagonist of the manga series Say "I love you"
• 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
• May Chang (メイ・チャン), a main character in the manga series Fullmetal Alchemist
• Mei Hayakawa (早川 芽衣), a character in the manga series Scum's Wish
• Mei Hatsume (発目明) a character in the manga series "My Hero Academia"

Other characters

• Mei Chang, a Chinese woman who runs the prison commissary in the series Orange Is the New Black
• Li Mei, a character in the Mortal Kombat series
• Mei (Overwatch), a playable character in Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm
• Mei Lee, a fictional character from Turning Red
• Mei, a character in the anime series Endro!
• Mei, a character in ER
• Mei Fong (born 1972), female character who passes as a boy in Hell on Wheels
• Mey-Rin, a character in the manga series Black Butler
• Mei Meido from the manga Kimi no koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo
• Liu Mei Fan, a character in the Revue Starlight franchise

See also

• Mei (surname)
• Mai (name)