Entry № 7185 · Japanese origin

Nanami Nanami — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ nah-NAH-mee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
"Seven seas"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Modern (Japanese)

A name that means "seven seas".

Nanami is widely used in modern Japan. Nanami Kento is a beloved character in Jujutsu Kaisen.

Seven seas. The Japanese vastness.

The name in its native script.

七海
Transliteration
Nanami
Pronunciation
/ nəˈnɑː.mi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nanami stands.

Nanami 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.

Nanamis before her.

Real people
Nanami Hashimoto
J-pop singer (Nogizaka46).
born 1993
In fiction
Nanami
Character in Jujutsu Kaisen.
2018 manga

Names connected to Nanami.

The number behind Nanami.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nanami reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.