Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Mai

舞まい

A girl name with 3 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 舞, combines dance.

Hiragana
まい
Katakana
マイ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Mai
Morae
2 まい
Gender
Girl

Kanji spellings

The same name can be written with different characters. Parents choose the kanji for its meaning.

Nicknames

How friends and family might shorten Mai. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • まいちゃんmai-chan
  • まーちゃんma-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji