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I love it, it reminds me of yummy!
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My name is also Yumi. And I live in Myanmar. That name is the most beautiful name I have ever had. And all my friends like that name.At first I called myself Yumi as you, me, and then my friends called me in the real pronunciation Yuumee. I think it is better to call it like that. People also love that name and so my parents and I do. I realised that people loved me more after I have changed my name to Yumi.
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Yumi is also used as a masculine name in Japanese. However, it's more common for females. So, I think that the "Gender" of this name should be changed from "Feminine" to "Feminine & Masculine". Some evidence for this is that Yumi is also used as a name element in unisex and masculine Japanese names, such as Yumichika, Yumikazu, etc.
Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yumi_(name) (I think)
https://forebears.io/forenames/yumi (I think)
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Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yumi_(name) (I think)
https://forebears.io/forenames/yumi (I think)
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It's also a common Korean name. Not sure if there's any relation or it's a coincidence. [noted -ed]
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The first thing that comes to mind when I think of this name is farmer Yumi from Paw Patrol. It's a really cute name!
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Adorable.
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Yumi was very common for girls in Japan in the 1960s.
It first entered the top 10 in 1962. It peaked at #2 in 1967 and was last in the top 10 in 1972.
It became popular after Yumiko was already extremely common and stayed in the top 10 with Yumiko for a few years. It managed to stay in the top 10 only one year longer than Yumiko and their popularity faded together.
In its most popular year, 1967, Yumiko was at #1 and Yumi at #2.
由美 (reason, cause + beautiful) is the most common spelling.
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It first entered the top 10 in 1962. It peaked at #2 in 1967 and was last in the top 10 in 1972.
It became popular after Yumiko was already extremely common and stayed in the top 10 with Yumiko for a few years. It managed to stay in the top 10 only one year longer than Yumiko and their popularity faded together.
In its most popular year, 1967, Yumiko was at #1 and Yumi at #2.
由美 (reason, cause + beautiful) is the most common spelling.
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I have a friend called Yumii. Does anyone know if that would still mean arched bow or would it have a different meaning?
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To Kdizz, it depends on the kanji your friend is using. This name has many possible meanings like "beautiful friend" because Yu means "friend" and Mi means "beauty". Many kanji are posted to this site to serve as proof that the names are flexible.
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35 baby girls born in the USA (2016) were given Yumi.
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Yumi Matsutoya, nicknamed Yuming, is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and pianist. She is renowned for her idiosyncratic voice, and live performances, and is an important figure in Japanese popular music.
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Yumi Sekemoto is from Sunset Valley, the neighborhood shipped with The Sims 3 is a bearer of this name.
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Yumi Hotta is a Japanese manga artist, born in Aichi Prefecture.
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Yumi Kobayashi is a female fashion model from Tokyo, Japan. She belongs to the show-business production Burning Production, K.K. and used to belong to Platica Inc. Her show-business name from July 2007 to March 2008 was Yumi Uno.
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28 baby girls were given Yumi in the USA 2015.
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Funny to see how many people knew Yumi is/was the name of a Code Lyoko character.
Mainly that's how I found this name.
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Mainly that's how I found this name.
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A famous person who holds this name is Yumi from Senran Kagura. She's the leader of the Gessen shinobi crew!
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Yumi is a beautiful, elegant name and is personally one of my favourite Japanese girl names. It's very simple to pronounce. Famous bearers I know are Yumi Ishiyama in Code Lyoko and Yumi in Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi. I wouldn't sway away from using this name just because it sounds similar to the words "you" and "me" or because it may remind some ignorant folks that it looks like the word "yummy" (even though Yumi is of Japanese origin, not English origin!); Yumi sounds pleasant enough, the meaning is great, and the name itself is super cute! DEFINITELY is a name worth to consider! :D.
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Awww! Such a cute middle name.
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I like Yumi, and I think it has a sweet, simplistic and pleasant sound. But what I like most about it is the look of the kanji it is written with - 弓. It looks like what it means. Simple, curved, elegant and arched - an archery bow. Which makes it much easier (for me) to remember and draw than many other characters. I also like Yumi spelt 弓美 (because I find "beautiful bow" prettier than just "bow") and 夕美 - evening beauty, which I think has a mysterious and poetic feel to it.
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When I first saw this name, I thought "You me?" But then I looked at the name again and realized that this name is very nice.
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I think Yumi in Chakushin Ari counts.
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When using the kanji bearing the meaning of "friend", if one chooses to pronounce it "yuu" rather than "tomo", then it's "yuu" with a long "u" and not "yu" as the yu in Yumiko. So that would be Yûmiko. It may exist, I can't be sure, but I don't think it is really used.
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Think about spelling it Yummy. I have a friend called Yummy and she is a very saucy, joyful lady!
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Yumi was the name of the young alien girl character in the 1980s English-language anime kids' show "Ulysses 31". Her older brother was named Numinor (which is curious in itself as Numinor is a place name used by both J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis).
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I think this name should mean "together" because the name is YUMI. Like, YOU and ME. YUMI.
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Yumi, when used as a name, refers to "yu" meaning bow, and "mi" meaning beauty, to combine together making "beauty bow," or "beautiful bow. [noted -ed]
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Yumi is pronounced "yoo-me" or rather "you-me".
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Yumi is also the name of one of the main characters in the French anime show Code Lyoko.
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This is a really cool and pretty name. And I love it. Only, one of the main characters from Code Lyoko has this name. And I really really really really hate that show. -grabs knife-
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Again, many possibilities for this name (depending on the kanji).
"yu":
-kind
-freedom (I think they also use this character for "bow", but I'm not sure)
-together/friend (rare, but I did meet one Yumi who used this kanji... though the name would normally be pronounced Tomomi in this case)
-bear (produce... as in produce fruit)
-kind/smart
"mi"
-beautiful
-fruit
Variations with Yumi:
Yumi
Yumie
Yumika
Yumiko
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"yu":
-kind
-freedom (I think they also use this character for "bow", but I'm not sure)
-together/friend (rare, but I did meet one Yumi who used this kanji... though the name would normally be pronounced Tomomi in this case)
-bear (produce... as in produce fruit)
-kind/smart
"mi"
-beautiful
-fruit
Variations with Yumi:
Yumi
Yumie
Yumika
Yumiko
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One half of the famous JPop group Puffy AmiYumi is named Yumi.
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I personally love the names Yumi and Yumiko. Though "Yumiko" is not on this site, and on another I found it meant "beautiful child." I thought it would have meant "bow child" or something, because of the use of the suffix "ko" which usually means "child."
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Means a bow as in "Archery Bow", not "pretty pink Bow".
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