Ami
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: Japanese: friend; Hebrew: the lord of my people
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɑmi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ami is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 7.5Kas Amie(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 8.9Kas Amie
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 10Kas Amie
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ami itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 426 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈62,000 named Amie, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Amie in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The name Ami (Hebrew: אָמִי, 'āmî) is often interpreted as "my people" or "trustworthy". The name Amon (Hebrew: אָמוֹן, 'āmôn) can mean 'master workman', 'skilled artisan', or 'faithful', which is fitting for an ancestor of Solomon's servants who were involved in building projects.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
How Ami is read(measured from records)
Ami is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English41%
Japanese: friend; Hebrew: the lord of my people
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as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Hindi16%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Ami in Hindi.
- Japanese10%
Rōmaji transcription of あみ
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Ami, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ami counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈62,000 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Ami | 17 |
| JP Japan | — | ≈56,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | — | Amie | 20 |
| US United States | #985 | 18,454as Amie | 1 in 18K | 18K | Amie | 426 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.5K | — | Amie | 74 |
| GB United Kingdom | #693 | ≈6,500 est. | ≈1 in 10K | 5 | Amie | 229 |
| AU Australia | #776 | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 8.9K | 4 | Amie | 152 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 2,263as Ammy | 1 in 7.5K | 2.3K | — | 7 |
| IE Ireland | #489 | ≈490 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Amie | 55 |
| FI Finland | — | 325 | 1 in 17K | 303 | Ami | 13 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); INEC — civil registry names; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ami is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The name Ami (Hebrew: אָמִי, 'āmî) is often interpreted as "my people" or "trustworthy". The name Amon (Hebrew: אָמוֹן, 'āmôn) can mean 'master workman', 'skilled artisan', or 'faithful', which is fitting for an ancestor of Solomon's servants who were involved in building projects.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In dag, part. Amen. 1 . introductory particle you for yesterday’s favour (or hospitality). [Amii a sa ni labna bieyu bee
as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD
In Basque, Bonito (pez). " Atuntxikia, amia, bonito, bonitulo" Izt C 205. "Petit thon" Hb . "( Thynnus pelamys ), bonito" Arzdi Peces. .
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ami Bouéb. 1794DEAustrian geologist, physician and botanist (1794-1881)
- Ami Berab. 1965USAmerican physician and politician
- Ami Canaan Mannb. 1969USAmerican film director
- Ami Jamesb. 1972USAmerican tattoo artist and television personality
- Ami Ayukawab. 1981JPJapanese adult video actress
- Ami Suzukib. 1982JPJapanese recording artist; J-pop singer
- Ami Koshimizub. 1986JPJapanese voice actress
- Dream Amib. 1988JPJapanese singer and dancer
- Ami Maeshimab. 1997JPJapanese female idol and actress
- Ami Tōmab. 2006JPJapanese actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 83 sources across 44 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 8.5K | #2,623 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 593 | #2,623 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 303 | #1,438 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 254 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 122 | #2,516 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 71 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 29 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 13 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2024 | 5 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2011 | 5 | #579 |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Ami?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɑmi/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Ami a male or female name?
- Ami is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Ami mean?
- In English, Japanese: friend; Hebrew: the lord of my people
- Where does the name Ami come from?
- The name Ami (Hebrew: אָמִי, 'āmî) is often interpreted as "my people" or "trustworthy". Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- What are other forms of the name Ami?
- In the etymology graph, Amy, Aimee and Amie are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Ami have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 62 thousand people named Amie in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Ami?
- In Finland, the national register counted 325 people named Ami, about 1 in 17 thousand residents.
- How common is Ami compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Ami is the 489th most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Ami?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/amiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ami” — the 489th most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.