Nanami Explained

Nanami
Pronunciation:	Na-na-mí
Gender:	Female
Meaning:	different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region:	Japanese
Origin:	Japanese
Related Names:	Nana Nanako

is a rather popular^[1] feminine Japanese given name which is also used as a surname.

Written forms

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"
• 菜々海, "greens, ocean"

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

as a surname

• 名波, "name, wave"

People with the name

• , Japanese figure skating coach and choreographer
• , Japanese voice actress
• Nanami Inoue (奈々朱, born 1989), Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese sport wrestler
• , 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
• 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 .
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Japanese. Popular names of a baby born in 2005. Ninshin-Shussan no Okane Daijiten. September 17, 2008.