Ayumi

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Ayumi


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caption= Ayumi Hamasaki, a singer
pronunciation= Á-yú-mí
gender = Female
meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
region =
origin = Japanese, Chinese
related names = Ayumu
Yumi
footnotes = Nihongo|Ayumi|あゆみ, アユミ is a Japanese word meaning Nihongo|"course" or "walking"|歩み. The kanji of Ayumi (歩- Ayu.mu) comes from the Chinese word (步- bù); they're similar but not the same. Ayumi is also a feminine Japanese given name which is rarely used as a surname.

Possible writings

Ayumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*歩み, "course" or "walking";as a given name
*歩, "progress", "walking", "a step"
*歩美, "walking, beauty"
*亜弓
*安弓
*亜由美The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
*あゆ美, mixture of hiragana and kanji;as a surname
*漢人
*阿弓

Real people

;with the given name Ayumi
*Ayumi Hamasaki (あゆみ, born 1978), a Japanese singer
*Ayumi Ishida (あゆみ, born 1948), a Japanese actress
*Ayumi Ito (歩, born 1980), a Japanese actress
*Ayumi Kida (あゆ美, born 1966), a Japanese actress
*Ayumi Lee (亜由美, born 1984), a Korean singer
*Ayumi Miyazaki (歩, born 1971), a Japanese singer
*Ayumi Nagashii (あゆみ, born 1974), alias for the Japanese voice actress Ryoka Yuzuki
*Ayumi Oka (あゆみ, born 1983), a Japanese actress
*Ayumi Shibata (あゆみ, born 1984), a Japanese singer
*Ayumi Kinoshita (あゆ美, born 1982), a Japanese actress and model
*Ayumi Beppu (あゆみ, born 1983), a Japanese actress and model

Fictional characters

;with the given name Ayumi
*Ayumi (あゆみ), a character from the anime and manga series "InuYasha"
*Ayumi Yoshida (吉田歩美), a secondary character from "Meitantei Conan", also known as "Case Closed"