THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Minami
Minami is recorded as a gender-inclusive or unspecified given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through Japanese, specifically the form 南.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /miˈnami/Standard-Tagalog
- [mɪˈn̪aː.mɪ]Standard-Tagalog
Mi · na · mi3 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Japanese 南 (Minami) or みなみ (Minami).
a male given name from Japanese; a female given name from Japanese
Wiktionary: Minami (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Japanese 南 (Minami).
A unisex given name from Japanese.
Wiktionary: Minami (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Minami in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Minami
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
- Mimi♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Mina♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Minako♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Minmin♀Short form of Mina, Minda, and Minerva
- Mi-Amor·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Midori♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Mijan·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Mika♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Minami?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Minami further
Follow the sources
- Wiktionary contributors — Minami (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Minami (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.