All around the world, ואמי (Wami 
, ואמי 
) is a common epicene forename. The first name ואמי is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Ethiopia, where it is quite a common unisex name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare masculine name, and Tanzania, where it is a rare unisex name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia. Very seldom, ואמי is the last name as well as the forename.