Mayumi (まゆみ, マユミ) is a common Japanese given name for females.
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Written forms
Mayumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
檀, "spindle tree"
麻弓, "linen, bow"
真弓 or 眞弓, "truth, bow" or "spindle tree"
雅弓, "elegant, bow"
真由美 or 眞由美, "truth, reason, beauty"
麻由美, "linen, reason, beauty"
真有美, "truth, exist, beauty"
真優美, "truth, gentle, beauty"
The name can also be written in hiragana as まゆみ or katakana as マユミ.
People
Given name
Mayumi Aoki (青木 まゆみ; born 1953), Japanese swimmer
Mayumi Asaka (朝加 真由美; born 1955), Japanese actress
Mayumi Asano (浅野 まゆみ; born 1969), Japanese voice actress
Mayumi Asano (archer) (浅野 真弓; born 1976), Japanese archer
Mayumi Azuma (東 まゆみ; born 1975), Japanese manga artist
Mayumi Gojo (五條 真由美; born 1972), Japanese singer
Mayumi Hachiya (真由美), Kim Hyon-hui's Japanese cover name
Mayumi Heene, see Balloon boy hoax
Mayumi Hirase (平瀬 真由美; born 1969), Japanese professional golfer
Mayumi Horikawa (堀川 まゆみ; born 1958), Japanese model and singer-songwriter
Mayumi Ichikawa (市河 麻由美; born 1976), Japanese long-distance runner
Mayumi Iizuka (飯塚 雅弓; born 1977), Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer
Mayumi Inaba (稲葉 真弓; 1950–2014), Japanese writer and poet
Mayumi Inoue (井上 真由美; born 1970), Japanese softball player
Mayumi Itsuwa (五輪 真弓; born 1951), Japanese vocalist, composer, lyricist, and keyboardist
Mayumi Kaji (加治 真弓; born 1964), Japanese football player
Surname
Akinobu Mayumi (真弓 明信; born 1953), Japanese former manager for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team
Fictional characters
Mayumi (マユミ), a character in the Psychiatrist Irabu series of short stories
Mayumi, a character in the film Urduja
Mayumi Kino (真弓), a character in the manga and OVA Blue Submarine No. 6
Mayumi Kisumi (まゆみ), a character in the anime Smile PreCure!
Mayumi Kubota (真弓), a character in the Nickelodeon/Netflix series Glitch Techs
Mayumi Kinniku (真弓), a male character in the comic Kinnikuman and its sequel Ultimate Muscle
Mayumi Tendo (真弓), a character in the novel, comic and film Battle Royale
Mayumi Thyme (真弓), a character in the visual novel SHUFFLE!
Mayumi Saegusa (真由美), a character in the light novel series The Irregular at Magic High School
Mayumi Joutouguu (磨弓), a character in Wily Beast and Weakest Creature from the video game series Touhou Project
Mayumi Nishikino (麻弓), a character in the manga and anime series The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior