Ayumi

Ayumi
Pronunciation	Á-yú-mí
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Japanese
Origin
Meaning	many different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
See also	Ayumu Yumi

Ayumi (あゆみ, アユミ) is a feminine Japanese given name. It is rarely used as a surname.

Possible writings

Ayumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 歩み, "course" "walking" "progress"

as a given name

• 歩, "progress", "walking", "a step"
• 歩美, "walking, beauty"
• 歩実, "walking, truth"
• 鮎己, "sweetfish, oneself"
• 亜由美, "Asia, reason, beauty"
• 安愉海, "peaceful, pleasure, sea"
• 明征魅, "bright, conquer, fascination"
• 充裕実, "provide, abundant, truth"
• 歩未, "walking", "not yet"

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

• あゆみ, in hiragana
• アユミ, in katakana
• あゆ美, mixture of hiragana and kanji

as a surname

• 漢人
• 阿弓

People

• Ayumi Beppu (別府 あゆみ, born 1983), Japanese actress, tarento, and model
• Ayumi Fujimura (藤村 歩, born 1982), Japanese voice actress
• Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎 あゆみ, born 1978), Japanese singer
• Iconiq (real name Ayumi Itō 伊藤 亜由美, born 1984), Zainichi Korean singer who was a member of the Korean girl group Sugar
• Ayumi Ishida (actress) (いしだ あゆみ, born 1948), Japanese actress and singer
• Ayumi Ishida (Morning Musume member) (石田 亜佑美, born 1997), a Japanese singer who is a member of the J-pop girl group (Morning Musume)
• Ayumi Ito (伊藤 歩, born 1980), Japanese actress
• Ayumi Kaihori (海堀あゆみ, born 1986) Japanese association footballer
• Ayumi Karino (狩野 亜由美, born 1984), Japanese softball player
• Ayumi Kida (喜田あゆ美, born 1966), Japanese actress
• Ayumi Kinoshita (木下 あゆ美, born 1982), Japanese actress and model
• Ayumi Komura (小村 あゆみ), Japanese manga artist
• Ayumi Kurashima (倉島亜由美, born 1977), Japanese freelance animator
• Ayumi Kurihara (栗原 亜弓, born 1984), joshi puroresu wrestler
• Ayumi Miyazaki (宮崎歩, born 1971), Japanese singer
• Ayumi Morita (森田 あゆみ, born 1990), Japanese tennis professional
• Ayumi Murata (村田あゆみ, born 1982), Japanese singer
• Ayumi Nagashii (永椎 あゆみ, born 1974), alias for the Japanese voice actress Ryoka Yuzuki
• Ayumi Oka (岡あゆみ, born 1983), Japanese actress
• Ayumi Oka (岡あゆみ, born 1986), Japanese tennis player
• Okinoumi Ayumi (born 1985), sumo wrestler
• Ayumi Onodera (born 1978), Japanese curler
• Ayumi Shibata (柴田 あゆみ, born 1984), Japanese singer
• Ayumi Shigemori (茂森 あゆみ, born 1971), Japanese actress and pop star
• Ayumi Shiina (椎名 あゆみ, born 1969), Japanese shōjo manga artist
• Ayumi Tanimoto (谷本 歩実, born 1981), Japanese female judoka
• Ayumi Tsuji ( あゆみ 辻, born 1984), a Japanese voice actress
• Ayumi Tsunematsu (恒松 あゆみ, born 1981), a Japanese actress

Fictional characters

• Ayumi Shinozaki, main character in video game "Corpse Party".
• Ayumi Yoshida, a secondary character from Detective Conan.
• The Groovy Girls doll line, by Manhattan Toy, features a doll named Ayumi.
• Ayumi Takahara (高原 歩美), supporting character in the anime Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai.
• Ayumi Otosaka (乙坂 歩未), main character in the anime Charlotte.