Mei (given name)

Mei (Japanese: 芽衣, Mandarin: 美) is a feminine given name used in various cultures, particularly Japan and China.

Possible writings
Mei can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
 * 芽衣, "sprout, garment"
 * 芽依, "sprout, reliant"
 * 明依, "bright, reliant"
 * 鳴, "ring or echo"

Mei can also be written using different Chinese characters:
 * 美, "beautiful"
 * 梅, "Chinese plum"
 * 明, "light" “bright”

From Japan

 * Mei (singer) (目井 or 姪), a 12th-century Japanese female puppeteer, prostitute, and imayō-style singer. She taught imayō to Otomae, who in turn taught Emperor Goshirakawa.
 * May J. (芽生), a Japanese R&B singer
 * Mei Miura (三浦 芽依), Japanese ice hockey player
 * May Nakabayashi (芽依), a Japanese J-Pop artist
 * Mei Kurokawa, (芽以), a Japanese actress and singer
 * Mei Nagano (芽郁), a Japanese actress
 * Mei Shigenobu (メイ), the daughter of Japanese Red Army communist Fusako Shigenobu
 * Mei Yamazaki (山崎愛生, born 2005) a Japanese singer who is a member of the J-pop girl group Morning Musume

From China

 * Mei Fong (方凤美), a Chinese-American journalist.
 * Mei Lin (actress) (梅琳), a Chinese actress.
 * Mei Hong (chemist), a Chinese-American chemist.
 * Hong Mei (athlete) (洪梅), a female Chinese athlete.

From other countries

 * Mei Joni, an Indonesian basketball player.
 * Mei Mac (born 1992), British stage actress

Japanese characters

 * Mey-Rin (メイリン), a character in the manga series Black Butler
 * Mei (メイ), a character in the picture book and animated movie Arashi no Yoru ni
 * Mei (メイ), a character in the manga series O-Parts Hunter
 * Mei (メイ), a character in the tokusatsu television series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger
 * Mei Aihara (藍原 芽衣), a character in the manga Citrus
 * Mei Etoh (衛藤 芽生), a character in the manga series Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!
 * Mei Hatsume, a character in My Hero Academia
 * Mei Irizaki (西崎 芽依), a character in the anime series High School Fleet
 * Mei Kusakabe (草壁 メイ), a character in the anime film My Neighbor Totoro
 * Mei Misaki (見崎 鳴), a character in the novel Another
 * Mei Narumiya (成宮 鳴), a character in the manga series Ace of Diamond
 * Mei Narusegawa (成瀬川 メイ), a character in the manga series Love Hina
 * Mei Sunohara (春原 芽衣), a character in the visual novel Clannad
 * Mei Tachibana (橘 めい), protagonist of the manga series Say "I love you"
 * Mei Terumi (照美 メイ), a character in the manga and anime series Naruto
 * Mei Yasumura (安村 メイ), a character in the manga and anime series Ouran High School Host Club
 * May Chang (メイ・チャン), a main character in the manga series Fullmetal Alchemist
 * Mei Hayakawa (早川 芽衣), a character in the manga series Scum's Wish
 * Mei Hatsume (発目明) a character in the manga series "My Hero Academia"
 * Raiden Mei (雷電芽衣) a playable character in "Honkai Impact 3rd"
 * Mei Yoneme (米女 メイ), a character in the media franchise Love Live! Superstar!!

Other characters

 * Mei Chang, a Chinese woman who runs the prison commissary in the series Orange Is the New Black
 * Li Mei, a character in the Mortal Kombat series
 * Mei (Overwatch), a playable character in Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm
 * Mei Lee, a fictional character from Turning Red
 * Mei, a character in the anime series Endro!
 * Mei, a character in ER
 * Mei Fong (born 1972), female character who passes as a boy in Hell on Wheels
 * Mey-Rin, a character in the manga series Black Butler
 * Mei Meido from the manga Kimi no koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo
 * Liu Mei Fan, a character in the Revue Starlight franchise