Nami (name)
Nami is both a given name and surname.
Given name
Japanese
Nami is a Japanese feminine given name. People with this name include:- Nami Akimoto, Japanese manga artist
- Nami Hayakawa早川 浪, Japanese athlete
- Nami Iguchi, Japanese film director, screenwriter and editor
- Nami Inamori, Japanese judoka
- Nami Kurokawa, Japanese voice actress and singer
- Nami Matsuda, Christian Japanese female physician
- Nami Matsukawa, Japanese 1980s pink film actress and bondage and fetish model
- Nami Matsuyama, Japanese badminton player
- Nami Miyahara, Japanese voice actress and singer
- Nami Miyazaki, Japanese field hockey international goalkeeper
- Nami Nabekura, Japanese judoka
- Nami Nemoto, Japanese speed skater
- Nami Otake, Japanese former football player
- Nami Sano, Japanese manga artist
- Nami Tamaki, Japanese singer
- Nami Teshima, Japanese judo wrestler
- Nami Tsukamoto, Japanese ballet dancer and film actress
- Nami Urabe, Japanese former professional tennis player
Other origins
It is also a given name of various other origins. People with the given name unrelated to the Japanese version include:- Na-mi, South Korean singer
- Nami Kartal, Turkish wood scientist and professor
- Nami Melumad, Israeli-Dutch film and television composer, conductor, flautist, and pianist
- Nami Mun, Korean American novelist and short story writer
- Nami Yayak, Turkish Olympic fencer, competed in 1928
- Naminapu "Nami" Maymuru-White, Australian artist of the Yolngu people
Surname
People with the surname Nami include:- Ahmad Nami, second president of Syria
- Ahmed al-Nami, Saudi hijacker of United Airlines Flight 93 in 2001
- Arsi Nami, Iranian singer
- Elham Nami Iranian actress
- Glen Nami, Papua New Guinean rugby league coach and former player
- Kazutsugi Nami, Japanese businessman
- Mahfoozur Rahman Nami Indian Muslim scholar, politician and an author
- Mohammad Nami, Saudi footballer
- Mohammad-Hassan Nami, Iranian military officer
- Muhammad Mamman Nami, Nigerian accountant, management professional, tax administrator and public officer
- Özdil Nami British-born Turkish Cypriot politician
Fictional characters
- Nami (One Piece), one of the protagonists in the manga and anime series One Piece
- Nami, a character and bachelorette in Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life and Harvest Moon DS
- Nami Aoi, a character from the manga and anime series Aki Sora
- Nami Hito, a character in the manga and anime series Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
- Nami Kuki, a character from manga and anime Jungle De Ikou!
- Nami Kusunoki, a character in the manga series Alive: The Final Evolution
- Nami Satō, a character from the visual novel ''Gift''