Yu-Mi

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Yu-Mi 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. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Japanese ゆみ (Yumi).

rarermore common
  • 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 Yu-Mi 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)

≈220,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
200 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 574 (inferred from the name graph)

Japan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Yu-MiLatin(measured from records)
유미Hangul(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Yumi in JP Japan, US United States, TW Taiwan and 2 more and 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)

Borrowed from Japanese ゆみ (Yumi).

Sources 1

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Yu-Mi 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.

Where Yu-Mi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
JP Japan#39≈220,000 est.≈1 in 574—Yumi154
KR South Korea#167≈51,000 est.≈1 in 1K—유미94
CN China—≈19,000 est.≈1 in 73K—Yumi16
US United States—2,3741 in 140K2.4KYumi200
BR Brazil—1,5611 in 136K1.6K—2
TW Taiwan—≈1,300 est.≈1 in 18K—Yumi45
HK Hong Kong#490≈1,200 est.≈1 in 5.8K—Yumi23
MO Macao#407≈94 est.≈1 in 6.5K—유미2

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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Yu-Mi is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, Philippines, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Yumi, Yūmi

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Yumi

  • Portuguese given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Peru, United States, Philippines

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Yumi, Yumí, Yumï

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Peru, Belgium

    Also written Yumi

  • Indonesian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, Philippines

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Yumi

7 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19601970198019902000Ha Yoo-mi, b. 1965Kim Yu-mi, b. 1979Han Yoo-mi, b. 1982Jung Yu-mi, b. 1983Hwang Yu-mi, b. 1983Kang Yu-mi, b. 1983Jeong Yu-mi, b. 1984Kim Yu-mi, b. 1990Kang Yu-mi, b. 1991Lee You-mi, b. 1994
  • Ha Yoo-mib. 1965KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
  • Kim Yu-mib. 1979KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
  • Han Yoo-mib. 1982KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean volleyball player
  • Jung Yu-mib. 1983KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress (born 1983)
  • Hwang Yu-mib. 1983KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean badminton player
  • Kang Yu-mib. 1983KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean comedian and actress
  • Jeong Yu-mib. 1984KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress (born 1984)
  • Kim Yu-mib. 1990KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean beauty queen and actress
  • Kang Yu-mib. 1991KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean association football player
  • 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)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Yu-Mi under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Yu-Mi mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Japanese ゆみ (Yumi). Recorded by Wiktionary.
Is Yu-Mi a male or female name?
Yu-Mi 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 Yu-Mi have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 219 thousand people named Yu-Mi in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yumi.
How common is the name Yu-Mi?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,374 people named Yu-Mi in 2020, about 1 in 140 thousand residents.
How common is Yu-Mi compared with other names?
In Japan, Yu-Mi is the 39th most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.

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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, “Yu-Mi” — the 39th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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