MEANING & HISTORY
What does Kiyomi mean?
Kiyomi is a Japanese name reading with several character combinations. A familiar example combines a purity-related character with beauty, but the Latin spelling does not establish that exact written name.
Other characters can supply different meanings. A precise gloss therefore needs the bearer’s actual Japanese spelling rather than a universal pure beauty claim.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Japanese きよみ (Kiyomi).
A female given name from Japanese.
Wiktionary: Kiyomi (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Kiyomi
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Kiyomi Watanabe
Filipino-Japanese judoka
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Kiyomi Watanabe
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Kiyomi in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Kiyomi
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Kiyoko♀Japanese Kiyoko; 清子 combines purity and child
- Kiko♂♀Familiar form of Francisco or Enrique
- Kikoy♂Kiko with oy, from Francisco or Francis
- Kim♂♀Short form of Kimberly, Kimberley or Kimball
- Kitoy♂Keith with the familiar ending oy
- Naomi♀My pleasantness in the biblical Hebrew tradition
- Satomi♀Japanese Satomi; village or intelligence with beauty
- Kiana♀Hawaiian form of Diana; also a modern Kian-family form
What rhymes with Kiyomi?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Kiyomi further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q58785357 — Kiyomi (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Kiyomi Watanabe (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q58785357 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Kiyomi (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Kiyomi (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Japanese baby-name dictionary: 清美, reading きよみ (opens in a new tab)
Exact Japanese reading and character gloss example; does not assign this spelling to unspecified Latin-letter bearers.