Nanami

Written forms

Nanami can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

as a given name

七海, "seven, sea"

七美, "seven, beauty"

七実, "seven, fruit"

七生, "seven, life"

奈波, "what, wave"

奈々美, "what, beauty"

奈々実, "what, fruit"

奈々生, "what, life"

菜々美, "greens, beauty"

菜々実, "greens, fruit"

菜々未, "greens, not yet"

菜々海, "greens, ocean"

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

as a surname

名波, "name, wave"

People with the name

with the given name Nanami

Nanami Abe (阿部 奈々美; born 1972), Japanese figure skating coach and choreographer

Nanami Atsugi (厚木 那奈美; born 1997), Japanese voice actress

Nanami Hashimoto (橋本 奈々未; born 1993), Japanese model, actress, radio personality and idol singer

Nanami Hatano (波多野 七海; born 2006), Japanese professional wrestler

Nanami Inoue (井上 奈々朱; born 1989), Japanese volleyball player

Nanami Irie (入江 ななみ; born 1995), Japanese sport wrestler

Nanami Kino (紀野 奈々美; born 1955), Japanese handball player

Nanami Kitamura (北村 菜々美; born 1999), Japanese footballer

Nanami Konishi (小西 夏菜実; born 2004), Japanese idol of idol group Hinatazaka46

Nanami Kubota (窪田 七海; born 2004), Japanese idol of idol group Ocha Norma

Nanami Naka (中 七海; born 1998), Japanese women's professional shogi player

Nanami Nishikawa (西川 七海; born 1993), Japanese former idol of idol group Nogizaka46

Nanami Ohta (大田 ななみ; born 1993), Japanese actress

Nanami Onishi (大西七海), Japanese skateboarder

Characters

Nanami, a character in the 1968 film Hatsukoi Jigokuhen

Nanami, a character from Magics.

Nanami, a character in the role-playing game Suikoden II

Nanami-chan, the title character in the NHK anime series Nanami-chan

Nanami Aoyama, a character in Sakurasou No Pet Na Kanojo

Nanami Agawa (七生), a character in the Kerberos saga franchise

Nanami Ishikawa (七波), the central character in the manga Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms

Nanami Jinnai (菜々美), a character in the anime series El-Hazard

Nanami Kiryuu (七実), a character from the anime and manga series Revolutionary Girl Utena

Nanami Konoe (七海), the main heroine of the anime series Lamune

Nanami Madobe (ななみ), the mascot character of the Japanese version of Windows 7

Nanami Nono (七海), main character from the 2002 tokusastu series Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger

Nanami Nishijō (七海), a character from the anime, game and manga series Chaos;Head

Nanami Simpson, the main heroine of the anime series Tico of the Seven Seas

Nanami Takahashi (七美), the central character of the manga series Bokura ga Ita

Other uses

Nanami-chan, the mascot character of the satellite television service NHK-BS