Mei (given name)

Mei
Pronunciation	Similar to the English word "May"
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/Name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
Related names	Meiko Meina Meika

Mei (めい, メイ^?) is a feminine Japanese given name.

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"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Real people

with the given name Mei

• May J. (芽生), a Japanese R&B singer
• May Nakabayashi (芽依), a Japanese J-Pop artist
• Mei Shigenobu (メイ), the daughter of Japanese Red Army communist Fusako Shigenobu
• Mei Weston, a famous web-cam model

Fictional characters

with the given name Mei

• 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 role-playing game Legend of Legaia
• Mei Kusakabe (メイ), a character in the 1988 anime film My Neighbor Totoro
• Mei Narusegawa (メイ), a character in the manga and anime series Love Hina
• Mei Sunohara (芽衣), a character in the anime and visual novel series Clannad
• Mei Yasumura (メイ), a character in the manga and anime series Ouran High School Host Club
• Mei Kishimoto, the main character of Survival, a somewhat underrated manga series.

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