Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Umi

海うみ

A girl name with 2 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 海, combines sea.

Hiragana
うみ
Katakana
ウミ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Umi
Morae
2 うみ
Gender
Girl

Kanji spellings

The same name can be written with different characters. Parents choose the kanji for its meaning.

Nicknames

How friends and family might shorten Umi. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • うみちゃんumi-chan
  • うーちゃんu-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji