Entry № 6654 · Filipino origin

Mayumi Mayumi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mah-YOO-mee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Filipino
Meaning
"Gentle, modest"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Japanese)

A name that means "gentle, modest".

Mayumi has parallel origins. In Tagalog (Filipino), it means "gentle" or "modest." In Japanese (真弓), it means "true bow" — referring to the longbow used in archery.

Mayumi is widely used in both the Philippines and Japan.

Gentle. The Filipino-Japanese convergence.

The name in its native script.

真弓
Transliteration
Mayumi
Pronunciation
/ məˈjuː.mi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mayumi stands.

Mayumi does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Mayumis before her.

Real people
Mayumi Kojima
Japanese singer.
born 1972
In fiction
Mayumi
Common in Japanese and Filipino fiction.

Names connected to Mayumi.

The number behind Mayumi.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mayumi reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.