Mei (given name)
Mei is a feminine given name used in various cultures, particularly Japan and China.
Written forms
Mei can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:- , "sprout, garment"
- , "sprout, reliant"
- , "bright, reliant"
- , "ring or echo"
Mei can also be written using different Chinese characters:
- 美, "beautiful"
- 梅, "Chinese plum"
People with the given name Mei
From Japan
- May J., a Japanese R&B singer.
- Mei Ehara, Japanese interdisciplinary artist.
- Mei Fukuda, Japanese actress
- Mei Kodama, Japanese sprinter.
- Mei Kurokawa,, a Japanese actress and singer
- Mei Kotake, Japanese rock climber.
- Mei Matsunami, Japanese field hockey payer.
- Mei Matsuoka, Japanese-English children's author and illustrator.
- Mei Miura, Japanese ice hockey player
- May Nakabayashi, a Japanese J-Pop artist
- Mei Nagano, a Japanese actress
- Mei Ohtani, Japanese rugby sevens player.
- Mei Okada, Japanese singer and voice actress.
- Mei Sato, Japanese ice hockey goaltender
- Mei Shigenobu, the daughter of Japanese Red Army communist Fusako Shigenobu.
- Mei Shimada, Japanese footballer.
- Mai Shiraishi, Japanese tarento, model and YouTuber.
- Mei Suruga, Japanese wrestler.
- Mei Suzuki, Japanese professional wrestlter.
- Mei Yamaguchi, Japanese mixed martial artist.
- Mei Yamaguchi (tennis), Japanese tennis player.
From China
- Mei Fong, a Chinese-American journalist.
- Guo Mei, Chinese hermatologist.
- Guo Mei (rower), Chinese rower.
- Han Mei, Chinese guzheng performer and scholar.
- Han Mei (speed skater), Chinese speed skater.
- Leng Mei, Chinese painter.
- Lu Mei, Chinese professional racing cyclist.
- Mei Hong (chemist), a Chinese-American chemist.
- Hong Mei (athlete), a female Chinese athlete.
- Hu Mei (director), Chinese film director, television director and producer.
- Hu Mei (gymnast), Chinese rhythmic gymnast.
- Huang Mei, Chinese sprinter.
- Mei Lin (actress), a Chinese actress.
- Mei Wang, Chinese academic.
- Yong Mei, Chinese actress.
From other countries
- Mei Hubnik, Australian acrobatic gymnast.
- Mei Joni, an Indonesian basketball player.
- Mei Mac, British stage actress
- Meital Slominsky, known by her stage name Mei Finegold.
Fictional characters with the given name Mei
Japanese characters
- List of Black Butler characters#Supporting characters, a character in the manga series Black Butler
- List of characters in 666 Satan#Mei, a character in the manga series O-Parts Hunter
- List of Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger characters#Mei, a character in the tokusatsu television series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger
- Mei Hatsume, a character in the manga and anime series My Hero Academia
- Mei Kusakabe,, a character in the movie My Neighbor Totoro
- Mei Meido, a character in manga and anime series The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You
- Mei Misaki, a character in the novel Another
- List of Ace of Diamond characters#Inashiro Industries, a character in the manga series Ace of Diamond
- List of Love Hina characters#Mei Narusegawa, a character in the manga series Love Hina
- List of Clannad characters#Mei Sunohara, a character in the visual novel Clannad
- List of Naruto characters#Mei Terumi, a character in the manga and anime series Naruto
- List_of_Ouran_High_School_Host_Club_characters#Mei_Yasumura, a character in the manga and anime series Ouran High School Host Club
- Mei Yoneme, a character in the media franchise Love Live! Superstar!!
- List of Fullmetal Alchemist characters#May Chang, a main character in the manga series ''Fullmetal Alchemist''
Other characters
- Li Mei, a character in the Mortal Kombat series
- Mei (Overwatch), a playable character in Overwatch and ''Heroes of the Storm''