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Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 美波, 南, 美海(Japanese Kanji) みなみ(Japanese Hiragana) ミナミ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. MEE-NA-MEE  [key]

Meaning & History

From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with Japanese 波 (nami) meaning "wave" or 海 (nami) meaning "ocean". It is most commonly written as 美波 (beautiful + wave) but it can also be written as 南 (minami) meaning "south" and is popular written in hiragana as well.
Added 4/16/2011 by anonymous
Edited 3/23/2021 by Destry