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Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 成美, 成実, 成海, 也美, 也実, 也海, 育美, 育実, 育海, 鳴美, 鳴実, 鳴海, 奈瑠美, 奈留美, 那瑠美, 菜瑠実(Japanese Kanji) なるみ(Japanese Hiragana) ナルミ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. /nä.ɾɯ̟ᵝ.mʲi/  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

This name can be used to combine 成 (sei, jou, na.ru, (-)na.su) meaning "to be, to become," 也 (e, ya, ka, nari, mata, naru), related to 成, 育 (iku, soda.tsu/chi/teru, haguku.mu, naru) meaning "to bring up, to raise, to rear" or 鳴 (mei, na.ku, na.ru, na.rasu) meaning "to sound, to ring, to echo" with 美 (bi, mi, utsuku.shii) meaning "beauty," 実 (shitsu, jitsu, makotoni, mi, michi.ru, mino(.ru)), which means "reality, truth" or 海 (kai, umi, mi) meaning "sea, ocean."
Examples of 3-kanji combinations include 奈瑠美, 奈留美, 那瑠美 and 菜瑠実 with 奈 (na, nai, dai, ikan, karanashi) or 那 (na, da, nani, nanzo, ikan), both used as phonetic kanji, 菜 (sai, na) meaning "greens, side dish, vegetable," 瑠 (ru, ryuu), part of 瑠璃 (ruri) meaning "lapis lazuli," and 留 (ryuu, ru, to.ma/eru, todo.ma/eru) meaning "fasten, halt."

Bearers of this name include animator and animation director Narumi Kakinouchi (垣野内 成美) (1962-), pair skater Narumi Takahashi (高橋 成美) (1992-) and actress Narumi Yasuda (安田 成美) (1966-).
Added 5/14/2016 by anonymous
Edited 3/8/2020 by Mike C and m4yb3_daijirou