Kanami
Kanami is a girl name of Japanese origin, meaning Beauty.
What Kanami means
Beauty.
Kanami sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Kanami comes from
Japanese given names are written in kanji, and the characters chosen carry the meaning as much as the sound does. The same pronunciation can be written several different ways, each shading the sense differently, so parents pick characters as deliberately as they pick the name itself.
Kanami is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Kanami?
Kanami is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Kanami is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Kanami
Kanami sits in our grace and gentleness group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Grace
Names like Kanami
These share Kanami's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Emi — Beautiful blessing; smile.
- Katsumi — Beauty.
- Kazami — Beauty.
- Kesami — Beauty.
- Kokomi — Beauty.
- Kunimi — Beauty.
- Kyomi — Beauty.
- Megumi — Blessing, grace.
- Aimi — Beauty.
- Akami — Beauty.
- Chiemi — Beauty.
- Chinami — Beauty.