Nanami
A girls’ name of Japanese origin, meaning seven seas or seven waves.
Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Nanami by the numbers
Nanami was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nanami. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Naomipleasantness3,828 in the US (2017)
- Nalanicalm skies, heavens335 in the US (2017)
- Nahomipleasantness; variant spelling of naomi80 in the US (2017)
- Nayomipleasantness; a respelling of Naomi64 in the US (2017)
- Nataliborn on Christmas day; a form of Natalia53 in the US (2017)
- Naiomipleasantness; a form of Naomi44 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the sea
Like Nanami, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Nanami
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