Kazumi (かずみ)

Kazumi is read かずみ and has 3 beats; かづみ is an older kana spelling of the same sound. Our data lists 2 spellings: 一海 and 一美. All two are feminine.

Reading

か·ず·み (3 beats)

Kanji spellings

2 in our data

Gender

Feminine

Source

JMnedict, the open name dictionary

Kanji spellings of Kazumi

One sound can be written with different kanji. Each spelling below is a different name on paper.

  • 一海
    かずみ
    Feminine

    One + sea

    • 一(かず)— one
    • 海(み)— sea
  • 一美
    かづみ
    Feminine

    One + beauty

    • 一(かづ)— one
    • 美(み)— beauty

The kana づ, ぢ and を are older spellings that sound the same today as ず, じ and お. So かずみ (か·ず·み) and かづみ (か·づ·み) are said the same way.

The kanji in Kazumi

What each kanji means on its own, and in how many of the spellings above it appears.

  • 一one2 spellings
  • 海sea1 spelling
  • 美beauty1 spelling

Kazumi with common surnames

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Questions about Kazumi

Is Kazumi a boy's or a girl's name?

In our data every spelling of Kazumi is feminine.

What does Kazumi mean?

Kazumi is a sound, so the meaning comes from the kanji: 一海 reads as "one + sea" and 一美 reads as "one + beauty". Those come from what each kanji means by itself, and parents may have had a fuller picture in mind.

How many ways can Kazumi be written in kanji?

Our data lists 2: 一海 and 一美. Other spellings exist, so ask how a person writes their own name before you write it for them.

How do you pronounce Kazumi?

かずみ is 3 beats: か · ず · み. Give every beat the same length and keep vowels short and clear; Japanese has no stressed syllable the way English does.

Where this comes from

The spellings are from our hand-reviewed list of everyday names and from JMnedict, the open Japanese name dictionary. Meanings are built from what each kanji means on its own, so they describe the characters, not what a particular family had in mind.

How we check names · Content last reviewed: 2026-11-08.

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