Yumi
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Rōmaji transcription of ゆみ
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Yumi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country, where it is the 39th most common given name.
- JPJapan≈1 in 574(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 140K
- KRSouth Korea≈1 in 1Kas 유미
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Yumi itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Japan (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 200 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 574 (inferred from the name graph)
≈220,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled 유미 in KR South Korea, MO Macao.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Rōmaji transcription of ゆみ
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yumi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | #39 | ≈220,000 est. | ≈1 in 574 | — | Yumi | 154 |
| KR South Korea | #167 | ≈51,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | 유미 | 94 |
| CN China | — | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 73K | — | Yumi | 16 |
| US United States | — | 2,374 | 1 in 140K | 2.4K | Yumi | 200 |
| BR Brazil | — | 1,561 | 1 in 136K | 1.6K | — | 2 |
| TW Taiwan | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Yumi | 45 |
| HK Hong Kong | #490 | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 5.8K | — | Yumi | 23 |
| MO Macao | #407 | ≈94 est. | ≈1 in 6.5K | — | 유미 | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Yumi is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Spanish, Significado: Oso
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
In acu, celestial water : water from the sky, i.e. rainwater, or — under certain circumstances — water from a river which is used in making manioc beer
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In tcs, the first person dual inclusive: the speaker and the person being spoken to: you and I, you and me, we two, us two, we
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In tpi, the first person inclusive: the speaker and the person(s) being spoken to: you and I, you and me, we two, us two, we
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Filipino, refined manners; modest behavior (especially of a young woman)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Yumi Matsutoyab. 1954JPJapanese singer-songwriter
- Yumi Yoshiyukib. 1965JPJapanese film director, actress, and screenwriter best known for her work in the pink film genre
- Yumi Tōmab. 1966JPJapanese voice actress and narrator
- Yumi Kakazub. 1973JPJapanese voice actress
- Jung Yu-mib. 1983KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress (born 1983)
- Hwang Yu-mib. 1983KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean badminton player
- Jeong Yu-mib. 1984KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress (born 1984)
- Yumi Ishikawab. 1987JPJapanese actress
- Yumi Sugimotob. 1989JPJapanese actress, model and former singer
- Lee You-mib. 1994KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress (born 1994)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 50 sources across 29 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.4K | #6,687 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 1.6K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 1.5K | #6,087 |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 622 | #6,381 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 611 | #12,628 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 406 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 56 | #6,087 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 55 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 16 | #6,687 |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Yumi mean, and where does it come from?
- Rōmaji transcription of ゆみ Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Yumi a male or female name?
- Yumi is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Yumi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 219 thousand people named Yumi in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yumi.
- How common is the name Yumi?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,374 people named Yumi in 2020, about 1 in 140 thousand residents.
- How common is Yumi compared with other names?
- In Japan, Yumi is the 39th most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yumiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yumi” — the 39th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.