Nanami
Nanami is a rather popular 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"
;as a surname
- 名波, "name, wave"
People with the name
; with the given name Nanami- Nanami Abe, Japanese figure skating coach and choreographer
- Nanami Atsugi, Japanese voice actress
- Nanami Hashimoto, Japanese model, actress, radio personality and idol singer
- Nanami, Japanese professional wrestler
- Nanami Inoue, Japanese volleyball player
- Nanami Irie, Japanese sport wrestler
- Nanami Kino, Japanese handball player
- Nanami Kitamura, Japanese footballer
- Nanami Konishi, Japanese idol of idol group Hinatazaka46
- Nanami Kubota, Japanese idol of idol group Ocha Norma
- Nanami Naka, Japanese women's professional shogi player
- Nanami Nishikawa, Japanese former idol of idol group Nogizaka46
- Nanami Ohta, Japanese actress
- Nanami Ōtsuka, Japanese idol of idol group NGT48
- Nanami Sakuraba, Japanese gravure idol and actress
- Nanami Seki, Japanese professional volleyball player
- Nanami Shiono, Japanese author and novelist
- Nanami Sone, Japanese professional footballer
- Nanami Takahashi, Japanese idol of idol group NGT48
- Nanami Takenaka, Japanese group rhythmic gymnast
- Nanami Takeuchi, Japanese idol of idol group Super Girls
- Nanami Yamashita, Japanese voice actress
- Nanami Yanagawa, Japanese pop singer
- Nanami Yonetani, Japanese former idol of idol group Sakurazaka46
- Hiroki Nanami, Japanese actress, singer, voice actress, and former otokoyaku
- Hiroshi Nanami, Japanese former professional footballer
- Karin Nanami, Japanese voice actress and singer
- Shingo Nanami, Japanese manga artist
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, a character in the Kerberos saga franchise
- Nanami Ishikawa, the central character in the manga Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
- Nanami Jinnai, a character in the anime series El-Hazard
- Nanami Kiryuu, a character from the anime and manga series Revolutionary Girl Utena
- Nanami Konoe, the main heroine of the anime series Lamune
- Nanami Madobe, the mascot character of the Japanese version of Windows 7
- Nanami Nono, main character from the 2002 tokusastu series Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger
- Nanami Nishijō, 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, the central character of the manga series Bokura ga Ita
- Nanami Kai, a character from the anime and game series Sukisyo
- Jun Nanami, a student in the 2003 film Battle Royale II: Requiem
- Lucia Nanami, the main protagonist of the anime and manga series Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
- Nanami Yasuri, sister of the main character and an antagonist from Katanagatari.
- Chiaki Nanami, one of the 16 students in the video game Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.
- Nanami Haruka, the main heroine of the game, manga and anime series Uta no Prince-sama
- Nanami Momozono, main character from the manga and anime series Kamisama Kiss
- Nanami, a character from the video game Ōkamiden
- Nanami Kanata, 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, a heroine from the visual novel RIDDLE JOKER
- Nanami Kento, a character from the Jujutsu Kaisen manga and anime series
- Nanami Hiromachi, a character from the BanG Dream! music media franchise and bassist of the band Morfonica
- Nanami Ryusui, a character from the Dr. Stone manga and anime series
- Nanami Sai, a character from the Dr. Stone manga and anime series
- Nanami, a character from the video game Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation
- Nanami Nanase, a character from the ''Gundam Build Divers''
Other uses
- Nanami-chan, the mascot character of the satellite television service NHK-BS