Mei (given name)

Meï
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.

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

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
• May Chang, a main character in the manga and anime series Fullmetal Alchemist
• Mei Misaki, the main character in Another, which is both an Anime a Manga as well as a novel
• Mei Etoh, a character in the Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! Anime series
• Mei Terumī (メイ), a character in the manga and anime series Naruto
• Mei Aihara (芽衣), a character in the manga Citrus by Saburo Uta
• Mei Narumiya (成宮 鳴), a character in the manga Ace of Diamond by Yuji Terajima.
• Mei Tachibana, a character in the manga and anime series " Say "I love you" "
• Mei Irizaki (西崎 芽依), a character in the anime High School Fleet as Harekaze's Torpedo Officer