Mayumi (name)

Mayumi (まゆみ, マユミ) is a common Japanese given name for females.

Possible writings
Mayumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
 * 麻弓, "linen, bow"
 * 真弓 or 眞弓, "truth, bow" or "spindle tree"
 * 檀, "spindle tree"
 * 雅弓, "elegant, bow"
 * 真由美 or 眞由美, "truth, reason, beauty"
 * 麻由美, "linen, reason, beauty"
 * 真有美, "truth, exist, beauty"
 * 真優美, "truth, gentle, beauty"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Given name

 * Mayumi Aoki (まゆみ) a Japanese swimmer
 * Mayumi Asaka (真由美), a Japanese actress
 * Mayumi Asano (まゆみ), a Japanese voice actress
 * Mayumi Azuma (まゆみ), a Japanese manga artist
 * Mayumi Gojo (born 1972), a Japanese singer
 * Mayumi Heene, see Balloon boy hoax
 * Mayumi Hachiya (真由美), Kim Hyon-hui's Japanese cover name
 * Mayumi Hidaka (真弓), a Japanese actress
 * Mayumi Horikawa (まゆみ), a Japanese model and singer-songwriter
 * Mayumi Iizuka (雅弓), a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer
 * Mayumi Ichikawa (真弓), a Japanese long-distance runner
 * Mayumi Itsuwa (真弓), a Japanese female singer
 * Mayumi Moriyama (真弓), a Japanese politician
 * Mayumi Narita (真由美), a Japanese swimmer
 * Mayumi Ogawa (眞由美), a Japanese actress
 * Mayumi Ozaki (魔弓), a Japanese female professional wrestler
 * Mayumi Raheem, a Sri Lankan swimmer
 * Mayumi Sada (真由美), a Japanese actress
 * Mayumi Shō (born 1965), a Japanese voice actress
 * Mayumi Shintani (真弓), a Japanese voice actress and actress
 * Mayumi Suzuki (まゆみ), a Japanese voice actress
 * Mayumi Tanaka (真弓, born 1955), a Japanese voice actress
 * Mayumi Wakamura (麻由美), a Japanese actress
 * Mayumi Watanabe (渡辺 真弓), Japanese sprinter
 * Mayumi Yamaguchi (眞弓, born 1975), a Japanese voice actress
 * Mayumi Yamamoto (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Mayumi Yoshida (真弓), a Japanese voice actress

Fictional characters

 * Mayumi (マユミ), a character in the Psychiatrist Irabu series of short stories
 * Mayumi, a character in the film Urduja
 * Mayumi Kino (真弓), a character in the manga and OVA Blue Submarine No. 6
 * Mayumi Kisumi (まゆみ), a character in the anime Smile PreCure!
 * Mayumi Kubota (真弓), a character in the Nickelodeon/Netflix series Glitch Techs
 * Mayumi Kinniku (真弓), a male character in the comic Kinnikuman and its sequel Ultimate Muscle
 * Mayumi Tendo (真弓), a character in the novel, comic and film Battle Royale
 * Mayumi Thyme (真弓), a character in the visual novel SHUFFLE!
 * Mayumi Saegusa (真由美), a character in the light novel series The Irregular at Magic High School
 * Mayumi Joutouguu (磨弓), a character in the video game Touhou Kikeijuu: Wily Beast and Weakest Creature
 * Mayumi Nishikino (麻弓), a character in the manga and anime series The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior.