Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Manami

マナミ

Given-name classification varies across source records.

まなみマナミManami

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Reference coverage

Extended source depth

This reading group has a comparatively broad dictionary footprint across source-recorded spellings or records. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.

Distinct recorded spellings179

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows180

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Manami

The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.

Source readingまなみ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formマナミ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationManami

Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Manami. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.

Mora segmentationま · な · み

3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

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Meaning by written form

What can Manami mean?

A Japanese name can be written in more than one way, and its meaning can change with the kanji used. Rather than assigning one English meaning to “Manami”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings10

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings2

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

マナミ

This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.

Characters and loaded glosses

マKana characterナKana characterミKana character

Kana-only spelling

まなみ

Characters and loaded glosses

まKana characterなKana characterみKana character

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

まな弥

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

まKana characterなKana character弥all the more, increasingly

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

まな美

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

まKana characterなKana character美beauty, beautiful

Kanji spelling

万七美

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000七seven美beauty, beautiful

Kanji spelling

万南

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000南south

Kanji spelling

万南美

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000南south美beauty, beautiful

Kanji spelling

万名真

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000名name, noted, distinguished真true, reality, Buddhist sect

Kanji spelling

万奈実

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000奈Nara, what?実reality, truth, seed

Kanji spelling

万奈己

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000奈Nara, what?己self

Kanji spelling

万奈巳

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000奈Nara, what?巳sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac

Kanji spelling

万奈未

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000奈Nara, what?未un-, not yet, hitherto

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 180. The recorded-spellings section below retains the wider source set.

How to read these meanings

The English words shown here are dictionary meanings of individual kanji. They help explain what a spelling can suggest, but they are not a guaranteed translation of the full name and do not establish why a particular person was given that name.

Reading profile

How Manami is represented

These counts describe records in the imported name corpus. They are not a ranking of how popular a spelling is among people in Japan.

Recorded kana readings2

まなみ · マナミ

Kanji-based spellings178

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters3

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

Kana-only2

recorded spellings

1-kanji forms4

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms60

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms114

recorded spellings

JMnedict classification evidence

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

This separates dictionary classification from popularity. The same exact kana reading can be recorded as a given name, a surname, or both, and given-name records can carry male, female or unspecified source labels.

Primary reading recorded asGiven name + surname

まなみ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms179

180 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms1

1 source spelling/reading row

Given-name labelsfemale 173 · unspecified 7

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
まなみManami	179180 source rows	female 173 · unspecified 7source rows · distinct forms: female 172 · unspecified 7	11 source row
まなみManami	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	00 source rows

Classification boundary: male/female/unspecified are labels attached to imported JMnedict name records. They are not population shares, probabilities, identity claims, or evidence that a spelling is currently common in Japan. A source row can also be repeated across different written forms, so row counts and distinct-writing counts are shown separately.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Manami

This section summarizes the exact source-recorded forms loaded for this reading group. Stroke and character-position statistics are descriptive corpus properties, not popularity or style scores.

Kanji forms with complete stroke data178

8–35 strokes observed span

Median total strokes24

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms178

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
まなみ	Manami	3	180

Recurring first-position kanji

真true, reality51 forms 麻hemp, flax30 forms 愛love, affection27 forms 茉jasmine19 forms 万ten thousand, 10,00016 forms 舞dance, flit10 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

美beauty, beautiful58 forms 実reality, truth24 forms 未un-, not yet11 forms 波waves, billows10 forms 海Kanji7 forms 味flavor, taste6 forms

One-character kanji forms

愛love, affection1 form 瞳pupil (of eye)1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

奈美13 analyzed forms 麻奈12 analyzed forms 奈実10 analyzed forms 真奈9 analyzed forms 菜美7 analyzed forms 万奈5 analyzed forms

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Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

30 of 80 displayed written forms have more than one given-name reading somewhere in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.

Written forms checked80

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings30

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading49

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set52

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

愛

52 source-recorded readings

ĀiあーいAiあい Aikaあいか Aisuあいす Aoiあおい Akiあき

愛美

26 source-recorded readings

Aibiあいび AimiあいみAimīあいみいAsumiあすみ AzumiあずみAchuraあちゅら

愛生

23 source-recorded readings

AiあいAiuあいうAikiあいきAiseiあいせいAinaあいな Aimiあいみ

愛海

20 source-recorded readings

Aikaあいか Aimiあいみ Akaiあかい Akuaあくあ Amiあみ Ayumiあゆみ

愛実

17 source-recorded readings

Aimiあいみ Amiあみ Amīあみー Amiruあみる Ayumiあゆみ Itsumiいつみ

愛夢

14 source-recorded readings

AimuあいむAimeあいめAmuあむ Ameあめ Ayuあゆ Ayumiあゆみ

愛子

14 source-recorded readings

Aikoあいこ Aisuあいす Akikoあきこ Akoあこ Itokoいとこ Kanakoかなこ

愛心

12 source-recorded readings

Aikoあいこ Aimiあいみ Airiあいり Akoあこ Amiあみ Emiえみ

A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not yet meet the reference-depth standard used for the main library. Limited records are not promoted merely to create extra internal links.

Kanji role reference

How recurring characters function across Manami spellings

Position counts are calculated only from the distinct written forms analyzed for this page. KANJIDIC2 nanori are character-level name-reading references; they are not used here to decompose or assert the reading of a specific multi-kanji name.

Kanji	Character glosses	Forms	First	Final	Internal	Solo	Strokes	KANJIDIC2 nanori	Loaded class
美	beauty, beautiful	58	0	58	0	0	9	はる, よし, よしみ, り	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
真	true, reality, Buddhist sect	52	51	1	0	0	10	さな, さね, ただ, ただし +11	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
奈	Nara, what?	48	0	0	48	0	8	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
愛	love, affection, favourite	30	27	1	1	1	13	あ, あし, え, かな +5	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
麻	hemp, flax, numb	30	30	0	0	0	11	あ, あざ, お	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
実	reality, truth, seed	24	0	24	0	0	8	ぐみ, さね	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
茉	jasmine	19	19	0	0	0	8	み	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
万	ten thousand, 10,000	16	16	0	0	0	3	かず, ま, ゆる	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
菜	vegetable, side dish, greens	14	0	0	14	0	11	よう	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
南	south	11	0	5	6	0	9	なみ, は, みな, みまみ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
未	un-, not yet, hitherto	11	0	11	0	0	5	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
波	waves, billows, Poland	11	0	10	1	0	8	ひら, みな, みなみ, わ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3

Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.

Exact writing research map

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

These relationships are exact and source-backed. Whole-name readings shown in each card come from JMnedict within the current name class; exact-writing search can surface records from other name classes. Character links open KANJIDIC2-backed kanji pages. Sequence context means the same kanji string occurs contiguously in another recorded written form—it does not prove shared origin or meaning.

Exact written form

マナミ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Manamiまなみ

Characters in order

マKanaナKanaミKana

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まなみ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Manamiまなみ · this page

Characters in order

まKanaなKanaみKana

Exact written form

まな弥

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Manamiまなみ · this page

Characters in order

まKanaなKana弥all the more, increasingly

Exact written form

まな美

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Manamiまなみ · this page

Characters in order

まKanaなKana美beauty, beautiful

Exact written form

万七美

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Manamiまなみ · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000七seven美beauty, beautiful

Exact written form

万南

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Manamiまなみ · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000南south

Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence

万南恵Given name · Manae · まなえ

The exact sequence 万南 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.

Exact written form

万南美

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Manamiまなみ · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000南south美beauty, beautiful

Exact written form

万名真

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Manamiまなみ · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000名name, noted真true, reality

Exact written form

万奈実

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Manamiまなみ · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000奈Nara, what?実reality, truth

Exact written form

万奈己

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Manamiまなみ · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000奈Nara, what?己self

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 180. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Manami spellings

Only characters appearing in at least two distinct analyzed spellings are shown here. Frequency describes this source-recorded spelling set, not real-world baby-name popularity.

美beauty, beautiful58 of 180 analyzed forms 真true, reality, Buddhist sect52 of 180 analyzed forms 奈Nara, what?48 of 180 analyzed forms愛love, affection, favourite30 of 180 analyzed forms 麻hemp, flax, numb30 of 180 analyzed forms 実reality, truth, seed24 of 180 analyzed forms 茉jasmine19 of 180 analyzed forms 万ten thousand, 10,00016 of 180 analyzed forms 菜vegetable, side dish, greens14 of 180 analyzed forms 南south11 of 180 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Manami

180 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading まなみ. Other source readings can appear in this romanized group when the imported records converge on the same index form. Use Compare to inspect exact spellings side by side.

マナミ

マナミ · Manami

Katakana マナミMorae 3Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

Character-set checkKana spelling

Manami

Extended source depth

How to read Manami

What can Manami mean?

マナミ

まなみ

まな弥

まな美

万七美

万南

万南美

万名真

万奈実

万奈己

万奈巳

万奈未

How to read these meanings

How Manami is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Corpus structure behind Manami

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Manami spellings

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

マナミ

まなみ

まな弥

まな美

万七美

万南

万南美

万名真

万奈実

万奈己

Kanji recurring across Manami spellings

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マナミ

まなみ

まな弥

まな美

万七美

万南

万南美

万名真

万奈実

万奈己

万奈巳

万奈未

万奈美

万成美

万波

万浪

万苗実

万菜味

万菜美

万那未

学実

学海

学美

心美

愛

愛命

愛夢

愛奈実

愛奈美

愛子

愛実

愛弓

愛弥

愛心

愛望

愛未

愛果

愛桜

愛水

愛永

愛波

愛海

愛深

愛渚

愛湖