All around the world, Yumi (Yumi 
, 유미 
, ユミ , among others...) is a common principally female, but very infrequently masculine first name. The forename Yumi is characteristic of Eastern Asia, particularly Macao, where it is quite a common girly name, Hong Kong, and Japan, where it is quite a rare girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Japan, Indonesia, and South Korea. More frequently, Yumi is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Yumi | Indonesia, Hong Kong, United States, Malaysia, Japan |
| 유미 | South Korea |
| ユミ | Japan |
| 由美 | China |
| Юми | Kazakhstan, Russia, Armenia |
| يومي | Iran, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Iraq |
Yumi is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Yumi Yoshimura , the protagonist of the cartoon Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi.; Yumi Miyamoto , the Detective Conan character; Yumi Komagata , the fictional character from Rurouni Kenshin; Yumi Ishiyama , the Code Lyoko character and Yumi , character in Ulysses 31.
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yumi hogan American artist and first lady of Maryland, US (b. 1959) |
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yumi sakugawa comic artist and writer from the United States, US |
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yumi ito Swiss jazz musician (composer, singer, pianist, bandleader, arranger), CH (b. 1990) |
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yumi lambert Belgian model, BE (b. 1995) |
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| yumi uoshita Japanese rower, JP (b. 1950) |
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| yumi fujimori French actress, FR (b. 1953) |
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| yumi ōsaka (b. 1947) |
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| yumi yamamoto sawasato BR (b. 1951) |
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| yumi anno Japanese AV idol (b. 1963) |
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| yumi heo Korean author and illustrator, KR (b. 1964) |
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| yumi narasawa Japanese archaeologist (1967-), JP (b. 1965) |
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| yumi kaeriyama Japanese speed skater, JP (b. 1967) |
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| yumi funayama Japanese candidate (b. 1968) |
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| yumi mizui actress (b. 1970) |
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| yumi stynes Australian presenter, AU (b. 1975) |
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