Comments for EMI:

In Japan this name sounds the same as the word for "smile".

-- Anonymous User  9/7/2005

Emi can also be used as a nickname for the name Emily.

-- WeloveyouJesseLacey  11/27/2005

Pronounced like the English name Amy.

"E" can have meanings:
grace/beautiful
branch
picture
cove/inlet

"Mi" can be either "beautiful" or "fruit".

-- abbasdaughter  12/26/2005

In the popular video game Dance Dance Revolution there is a character named Emi. It's also what my good conscience calls my bad conscience, named Emily.

-- blackrosedye  7/27/2006

A nice nickname for Emily, though it looks too much like 'emo'.

-- 7up  2/11/2007

I've got a gerbil called Emi. She first was called Amy but when I found the spelling 'Emi' of the name I decided to call her that. I like the meaning of it as well. It also sounds really nice and it has a different spelling from most of the names I know.

-- Anonymous User  5/30/2007

Growing up, I was often called by my nickname and for some reason never visualized the name as "Emmy", but rather "Emi" -- probably since the time I was five years old. This is how I spell it to this day. I know one mother whose daughter is called Emilia after her Italian heritage, and her nickname is spelt "Emi".

-- EmilyOlive  7/12/2008

My name is Emma and for quite some time my nickname has been Emi, but I never knew it was a Japanese name. I love Japanese names so I was delighted that I, a typical European white chick, would have a Japanese name with such a lovely meaning. :)
Of course, Emi was just short for Emma, but I like to think it's really my "Japanese name".

-- emmiix3  2/7/2009

What could be a lovelier name for a darling girl than "beautiful blessing"?

Also, I'm confused by a comment up there a bit, especially by someone who claims Japan as their location. I've studied Japanese for 7 years, and no instructor or Japanese person I ever known would pronounce this in the same away as "Amy". There aren't diphthongs in Japanese the way there are in English. This would be pronounced with an E sound like the first sound in "ever".

-- Aesha  7/8/2009

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