group-level written forms
Extended source depth
This reading group has a comparatively broad dictionary footprint across source-recorded spellings or records. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.
records contributing to this reading group
based only on the imported source footprint
How to read Nanami
The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.
Normalized to hiragana for comparison.
The same reading converted to katakana.
Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Nanami. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.
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How Nanami is represented
These counts describe records in the imported name corpus. They are not a ranking of how popular a spelling is among people in Japan.
ななみ · ナナミ · ナナみ
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spellings
recorded spellings
recorded spellings
recorded spellings
How this reading is classified in the source corpus
This separates dictionary classification from popularity. The same exact kana reading can be recorded as a given name, a surname, or both, and given-name records can carry male, female or unspecified source labels.
ななみ in the imported JMnedict corpus
133 source spelling/reading rows
6 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| ななみNanami | 131133 source rows | female 133source rows · distinct forms: female 131 | 66 source rows |
| ななみNanami | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 00 source rows |
| ななみNanami | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 00 source rows |
Classification boundary: male/female/unspecified are labels attached to imported JMnedict name records. They are not population shares, probabilities, identity claims, or evidence that a spelling is currently common in Japan. A source row can also be repeated across different written forms, so row counts and distinct-writing counts are shown separately.
Corpus structure behind Nanami
This section summarizes the exact source-recorded forms loaded for this reading group. Stroke and character-position statistics are descriptive corpus properties, not popularity or style scores.
5–37 strokes observed span
among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data
all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes
contains at least one character outside that loaded classification
| Reading | Romanization | Morae | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|
| ななみ | Nanami | 3 | 133 |
Shown only when the same adjacent two-kanji sequence occurs in at least two analyzed source forms. Open a sequence in Kanji Pair Research for corpus co-occurrence context.
Can the same writing be read another way?
16 of 80 displayed written forms have more than one given-name reading somewhere in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.
distinct spellings displayed on this page
exact written forms with 2+ source readings
within this active given-name corpus
distinct kana readings for one displayed writing
A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not currently meet the canonical publication standard. Strong reference pages do not promote limited records merely to create extra internal links.
How recurring characters function across Nanami spellings
Position counts are calculated only from the distinct written forms analyzed for this page. KANJIDIC2 nanori are character-level name-reading references; they are not used here to decompose or assert the reading of a specific multi-kanji name.
| Kanji | Character glosses | Forms | First | Final | Internal | Solo | Strokes | KANJIDIC2 nanori | Loaded class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 奈 | Nara, what? | 38 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 8 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 七 | seven | 36 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | し, しっ, な, ひち | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 々 | — | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | — | — | No loaded KANJIDIC2 classification |
| 菜 | vegetable, side dish, greens | 28 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | よう | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 美 | beauty, beautiful | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 9 | はる, よし, よしみ, り | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 海 | — | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
| 実 | reality, truth, seed | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ぐみ, さね | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 那 | what? | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | とも, やす | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 南 | south | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | なみ, は, みな, みまみ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 未 | un-, not yet, hitherto | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 波 | waves, billows, Poland | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ひら, みな, みなみ, わ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 虹 | rainbow | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.
Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context
These relationships are exact and source-backed. Whole-name readings shown in each card come from JMnedict within the current name class; exact-writing search can surface records from other name classes. Character links open KANJIDIC2-backed kanji pages. Sequence context means the same kanji string occurs contiguously in another recorded written form—it does not prove shared origin or meaning.
なゝ美
ななみ
ナナミ
なな実
なな海
なな美
ナナ美
七々実
七々海
七七七
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 133. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
For VPS safety, contiguous-sequence lookups are limited to six 2–4 kanji forms per canonical page and cached for 12 hours per active JMnedict generation.
Kanji recurring across Nanami spellings
Only characters appearing in at least two distinct analyzed spellings are shown here. Frequency describes this source-recorded spelling set, not real-world baby-name popularity.
Explore written forms of Nanami
133 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ななみ. Other source readings can appear in this romanized group when the imported records converge on the same index form. Use Compare to inspect exact spellings side by side.
なゝ美
ななみ · Nanami
ななみ
ななみ · Nanami
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
ナナミ
ナナミ · Nanami
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
なな実
ななみ · Nanami
なな海
ななみ · Nanami
なな美
ななみ · Nanami
ナナ美
ナナみ · Nanami
七々実
ななみ · Nanami
七々海
ななみ · Nanami
七七七
ななみ · Nanami
七七美
ななみ · Nanami
七三
ななみ · Nanami
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
七光
ななみ · Nanami
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
七夏海
ななみ · Nanami
七奈実
ななみ · Nanami
七奈未
ななみ · Nanami
七奈海
ななみ · Nanami
七奈美
ななみ · Nanami
七実
ななみ · Nanami
七巳
ななみ · Nanami
七弥
ななみ · Nanami
七愛
ななみ · Nanami
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
七明
ななみ · Nanami
七望
ななみ · Nanami
七未
ななみ · Nanami
七樹
ななみ · Nanami
七泉
ななみ · Nanami
七波
ななみ · Nanami
七洋
ななみ · Nanami
七海
ななみ · Nanami
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
七渚美
ななみ · Nanami
七珠
ななみ · Nanami
七生
ななみ · Nanami
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
七瞳
ななみ · Nanami
七碧
ななみ · Nanami
七美
ななみ · Nanami
七菜未
ななみ · Nanami
七菜海
ななみ · Nanami
七虹美
ななみ · Nanami
七那実
ななみ · Nanami
七魅
ななみ · Nanami
凪波
ななみ · Nanami
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
南々南
ななみ · Nanami
南々海
ななみ · Nanami
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
南々美
ななみ · Nanami
南なみ
ななみ · Nanami
南波
ななみ · Nanami
南浪
ななみ · Nanami
名奈巳
ななみ · Nanami
名波
ななみ · Nanami
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
名那実
ななみ · Nanami
和心
ななみ · Nanami
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
和波
ななみ · Nanami
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
夏々南
ななみ · Nanami
夏々海
ななみ · Nanami
夏南
ななみ · Nanami
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
夏波
ななみ · Nanami
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
奈々実
ななみ · Nanami
奈々巳
ななみ · Nanami
奈々望
ななみ · Nanami
奈々未
ななみ · Nanami
奈々海
ななみ · Nanami
奈々生
ななみ · Nanami
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
奈々美
ななみ · Nanami
奈々見
ななみ · Nanami
奈々魅
ななみ · Nanami
奈七実
ななみ · Nanami
奈七美
ななみ · Nanami
奈南
ななみ · Nanami
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
奈和美
ななみ · Nanami
奈奈実
ななみ · Nanami
奈奈美
ななみ · Nanami
奈捺未
ななみ · Nanami
奈波
ななみ · Nanami
奈波海
ななみ · Nanami
奈洋
ななみ · Nanami
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
奈浪
ななみ · Nanami
奈菜己
ななみ · Nanami
奈菜未
ななみ · Nanami
奈菜美
ななみ · Nanami
Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 133 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 131 distinct written spellings.
Compare Nanami forms side by side
Each exact written spelling appears once in this table even when JMnedict records more than one reading for that writing. Stroke totals and character glosses come from KANJIDIC2 when all component kanji are available.
| Spelling | One source reading | Character-level glosses | Total strokes | Loaded character class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| なゝ美 | ななみ | 美 — beauty, beautiful | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| ななみ | ななみ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| ナナミ | ナナミ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| なな実 | ななみ | 実 — reality, truth | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| なな海 | ななみ | 海 | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| なな美 | ななみ | 美 — beauty, beautiful | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| ナナ美 | ナナみ | 美 — beauty, beautiful | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 七々実 | ななみ | 七 — seven · 実 — reality, truth | — | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 七々海 | ななみ | 七 — seven · 海 | — | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 七七七 | ななみ | 七 — seven · 七 — seven · 七 — seven | 6 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 七七美 | ななみ | 七 — seven · 七 — seven · 美 — beauty, beautiful | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 七三 | ななみ | 七 — seven · 三 — three | 5 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 七光 | ななみ | 七 — seven · 光 — ray, light | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 七夏海 | ななみ | 七 — seven · 夏 — summer · 海 | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 七奈実 | ななみ | 七 — seven · 奈 — Nara, what? · 実 — reality, truth | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 七奈未 | ななみ | 七 — seven · 奈 — Nara, what? · 未 — un-, not yet | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
The comparison table shows the first 16 distinct written forms; the detailed cards above show up to 80 spelling/reading records.
What does Nanami mean?
There is not necessarily one fixed English meaning. The reading identifies the spoken name; different written forms can use different kanji. Character glosses describe individual kanji and should not be treated as proof of the intention behind a particular person’s name.
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JMnedict establishes recorded written forms, readings and name classifications; where safely associated, this page can also show JMnedict-supplied trans_det source text without treating it as a whole-name meaning. KANJIDIC2 supplies character readings, nanori, stroke counts, grade classes and English character glosses. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for Japanese child-name character rules. The Agency for Cultural Affairs romanization guidance is the reference for generated Latin-script reading aids.
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