Nanami

Nanami (ななみ, ナナミ) is a rather popular feminine Japanese given name which is also used as a surname.

Nanami

Pronunciation	Na-na-mí
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japanese
Other names
Related names	Nana Nanako

Possible writings

Nanami can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

as a given name

• 七海, "seven, sea"
• 七美, "seven, beauty"
• 七実, "seven, fruit"
• 七生, "seven, life"
• 奈波, "what, wave"
• 奈々美, "what, beauty"
• 奈々実, "what, fruit"
• 奈々生, "what, life"
• 菜々美, "greens, beauty"
• 菜々実, "greens, fruit"
• 菜々未, "greens, not yet"

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

as a surname

• 名波, "name, wave"

People with the name

• Nanami Abe (阿部 奈々美, born 1972), Japanese figure skating coach and choreographer
• Nanami Atsugi (厚木 那奈美, born 1997), Japanese voice actress
• Nanami Inoue (奈々朱, born 1989), Japanese volleyball player
• Nanami Irie (入江 ななみ, born 1995), Japanese sport wrestler
• Nanami Kino (紀野 奈々美, born 1955), Japanese handball player
• Nanami Ohta (ななみ, born 1993), a Japanese actress
• Nanami Sakuraba (ななみ, born 1992), Japanese actress
• Nanami Shiono (七生, born 1937), Japanese author and novelist
• Hiroshi Nanami (名波, born 1972), former Japanese professional football player
• Shingo Nanami, Japanese manga artist
• Nanami (wrestler) (ななみ, born 2006), Japanese wrestler

Characters

• Nanami, a character in the 1968 film Hatsukoi Jigokuhen
• Nanami, a character from Magics.
• Nanami, a character in the role-playing game Suikoden II
• Nanami-chan, the title character in the NHK anime series Nanami-chan
• Nanami Aoyama, a character in Sakurasou No Pet Na Kanojo
• Nanami Agawa (七生), a character in the Kerberos saga franchise
• Nanami Ishikawa (七波), the central character in the manga Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
• Nanami Jinnai (菜々美), a character in the anime series El-Hazard
• Nanami Kiryuu (七実), a character from the anime and manga series Revolutionary Girl Utena
• Nanami Konoe (七海), the main heroine of the anime series Lamune
• Nanami Madobe (ななみ), the mascot character of the Japanese version of Windows 7
• Nanami Nono (七海), main character from the 2002 tokusastu series Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger
• Nanami Nishijō (七海), a character from the anime, game and manga series Chaos;Head
• Nanami Simpson, the main heroine of the anime series Tico of the Seven Seas
• Nanami Takahashi (七美), the central character of the manga series Bokura ga Ita
• Nanami Kai, a character from the anime and game series Sukisyo
• Jun Nanami (名波), a student in the 2003 film Battle Royale II: Requiem
• Lucia Nanami (七海), the main protagonist of the anime and manga series Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
• Nanami Yasuri (鑢 七実), sister of the main character and an antagonist from Katanagatari.
• Chiaki Nanami (七海千秋), one of the 16 students in the video game Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.
• Nanami Haruka (七海), the main heroine of the game, manga and anime series Uta no Prince-sama
• Nanami Momozono (奈々生桃園), main character from the manga and anime series Kamisama Kiss
• Nanami (ナナミ), a character from the video game Ōkamiden
• Nanami Kanata (七海 哉太), one of the main guys of the game, manga, graphic novel, and anime series Starry Sky
• Nanami Takatsuki, a character from the Dog Days
• Nanami Arihara (七海 在原), a heroine from the visual novel RIDDLE JOKER
• Nanami Kento (七海), a character from the Jujutsu Kaisen manga and anime series
• Nanami Hiromachi (七美 広町), a character from the BanG Dream! music media franchise and bassist of the band Morfonica
• Nanami Ryusui (七海 龍水), a character from the Dr. Stone manga and anime series
• Nanami Sai (七海 サイ), a character from the Dr. Stone manga and anime series
• Nanami (ななみ), a character from the video game Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation

Other uses

• Nanami-chan, the mascot character of the satellite television service NHK-BS

See also

• FM Nanami, a Japanese local FM radio station
• Hatsukoi Jigokuhen, a 1968 Japanese film a.k.a. Nanami, The Inferno of First Love