Ayumi

Ayumi (あゆみ, アユミ) is a feminine Japanese given name. It is rarely used as a surname.

Possible writings
Ayumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: The given name can also be written in hiragana and katakana.
 * 歩み, "course" "walking" "progress"
 * as a given name
 * 歩, "progress", "walking", "a step"
 * 歩美, "walking, beauty"
 * 歩実, "walking, truth"
 * 鮎己, "sweetfish, oneself"
 * 亜由美, "Asia, reason, beauty"
 * 安愉海, "peaceful, pleasure, sea"
 * 明征魅, "bright, conquer, fascination"
 * 充裕実, "provide, abundant, truth"
 * 歩未, "walking", "not yet"
 * あゆみ, in hiragana
 * アユミ, in katakana
 * あゆ美, mixture of hiragana and kanji
 * as a surname
 * 漢人
 * 阿弓

People with the name

 * Ayumi Beppu (別府 あゆみ, born 1983), Japanese actress, tarento, and model
 * Ayumi Endō (遠藤 あゆみ), Japanese artist
 * Ayumi Fujimura (藤村 歩, born 1982), Japanese voice actress
 * Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎 あゆみ, born 1978), Japanese singer
 * Iconiq (real name Ayumi Itō 伊藤 亜由美, born 1984), Zainichi Korean singer who was a member of the Korean girl group Sugar
 * Ayumi Ishida (actress) (いしだ あゆみ, born 1948), Japanese actress and singer
 * Ayumi Ishida (Morning Musume member) (石田 亜佑美, born 1997), Japanese singer who is a member of the J-pop girl group Morning Musume
 * Ayumi Ito (伊藤 歩, born 1980), Japanese actress
 * Ayumi Kaihori (海堀あゆみ, born 1986) Japanese association footballer
 * Ayumi Karino (狩野 亜由美, born 1984), Japanese softball player
 * Ayumi Kida (喜田あゆ美, born 1966), Japanese actress
 * Ayumi Kinoshita (木下 あゆ美, born 1982), Japanese actress and model
 * Ayumi Komura (小村 あゆみ), Japanese manga artist
 * Ayumi Kurashima (倉島亜由美, born 1977), Japanese freelance animator
 * Ayumi Kurihara (栗原 亜弓, born 1984), joshi puroresu wrestler
 * Ayumi Miyazaki (宮崎歩, born 1971), Japanese singer
 * Ayumi Morita (森田 あゆみ, born 1990), Japanese tennis professional
 * Ayumi Murata (村田あゆみ, born 1982), Japanese singer
 * Ayumi Nagashii (永椎 あゆみ, born 1974), alias for the Japanese voice actress Ryoka Yuzuki
 * Ayumi Nakamura (中村 亜友美), Japanese volleyball player
 * Ayumi Niekawa (born 1994), Japanese male association footballer
 * Ayumi Oka (岡あゆみ, born 1983), Japanese actress
 * Ayumi Oka (岡あゆみ, born 1986), Japanese tennis player
 * Okinoumi Ayumi (born 1985), sumo wrestler
 * Ayumi Onodera (born 1978), Japanese curler
 * Ayumi Sato (佐藤 あゆみ), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Ayumi Shibata (柴田 あゆみ, born 1984), Japanese singer
 * Ayumi Shigemori (茂森 あゆみ, born 1971), Japanese actress and pop star
 * Ayumi Shiina (椎名 あゆみ, born 1969), Japanese shōjo manga artist
 * Ayumi Tanimoto (谷本 歩実, born 1981), Japanese female judoka
 * Ayumi Tsuji (辻 あゆみ, born 1984), Japanese voice actress
 * Ayumi Tsunematsu (恒松 あゆみ, born 1981), Japanese actress
 * Ayumi Yasutomi, (安冨 歩, born 1963), Japanese economist and politician

Fictional characters

 * Ayumi Shinozaki, main character in video game Corpse Party.
 * Ayumi Yoshida, a secondary character from Detective Conan.
 * The Groovy Girls doll line, by Manhattan Toy, features a doll named Ayumi.
 * Ayumi Tachibana, main character from video game series Famicom Detective Club.
 * Ayumi Takahara (高原 歩美), supporting character in the anime Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai.
 * Ayumi Otosaka (乙坂 歩未), main character in the anime Charlotte.
 * Ayumi Sakagami (坂上 あゆみ), a character from the Pretty Cure All Stars films