Nanami (ななみ)

Nanami is read ななみ and has 3 beats. Our data lists 2 spellings: 七海 and 菜々実. All two are feminine. Some of them are on our hand-reviewed list of everyday names.

Reading

な·な·み (3 beats)

Kanji spellings

2 in our data

Gender

Feminine

Source

Hand-reviewed list of everyday names and JMnedict, the open name dictionary

Kanji spellings of Nanami

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

  • 七海
    ななみ
    CommonFeminine

    Seven seas

    • 七(なな)— seven
    • 海(み)— sea
  • 菜々実
    ななみ
    Feminine

    Greens + truth

    • 菜(な)— greens
    • 実(み)— truth

The kanji in Nanami

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

  • 七seven1 spelling
  • 海sea1 spelling
  • 菜greens1 spelling
  • 々name ending1 spelling
  • 実truth1 spelling

Nanami with common surnames

Full names with a different spelling and surname on each card. Tap a card for the kanji breakdown.

Names that sound similar

Names that start or end with the same sounds.

Nanako (ななこ)Nanao (ななお)Nana (なな)Nami (なみ)Minami (みなみ)

Nanami on our lists

Topic pages that include a spelling of this name.

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Questions about Nanami

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

In our data every spelling of Nanami is feminine.

What does Nanami mean?

Nanami is a sound, so the meaning comes from the kanji: 七海 reads as "seven seas" and 菜々実 reads as "greens + truth". Those come from what each kanji means by itself, and parents may have had a fuller picture in mind.

How many ways can Nanami be written in kanji?

Our data lists 2: 七海 and 菜々実. Other spellings exist, so ask how a person writes their own name before you write it for them.

How do you pronounce Nanami?

ななみ is 3 beats: な · な · 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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