| Pronunciation | Ná-rú-mí |
|---|---|
| Gender | Unisex |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese |
| Meaning | It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. |
Narumi (鳴海) is a Japanese word for "the roaring of the sea". Narumi (なるみ, ナルミ) is also a unisex Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.
Possible writings
Narumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 鳴海, "the roaring of the sea"
- as a given name
- 成美, "achieve, beauty"
- 成実, "achieve, truth"
- as a surname
- 成実
- 成海
- 鳴海
The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People with the name
Given name
- Narumi Kakinouchi (成美, born 1962), Japanese manga artist, animator, director, and character designer
- Narumi Miura (三浦 成美, born 1997), Japanese women's footballer
- Narumi Takahashi (成美, born 1992), Japanese pair skater
- Narumi Takahira (成美, born 1989), Japanese voice actress
- Narumi Tsunoda (なるみ, born 1962), Japanese voice actress
- Narumi Yasuda (成美, born 1966), Japanese actress
- Narumi Hidaka (奈留美, born 1968), Japanese voice actress
- Narumi Okawa (大川 成美, born 1990), Japanese AV idol
Surname
- August S. Narumi, Bronze Wolf recipient
- Riko Narumi (成海, born 1992), Japanese actress and model
- Takeshi Narumi (鳴海), a Japanese novelist and scriptwriter
Fictional characters
Given name
- Narumi (鳴海), a character from the manga and anime series Alice Academy
- Narumi Yatadera, a character from the Touhou Project
Surname
- Ayumu Narumi (鳴海), the main character in the manga and anime series Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning
- Kiyotaka Narumi (鳴海), the brother of Ayumu Narumi from the manga and anime series Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning
- Kiyotaka Narumi (成実), a character in the anime series Lucky Star
- Shogo Narumi (鳴海), a character in the manga series Beauty Pop
- Shizuto Narumi (成海), a minor character in the manga and anime series Yakitate!! Japan
- Yui Narumi (成実), a character in the anime series Lucky Star
- Shōhei Narumi (鳴海), a character in the video games Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army and Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon
- Akiko Narumi (鳴海), the lead female character of Kamen Rider W
- Soukichi Narumi (鳴海), Akiko's father and former boss of one of the lead characters in Kamen Rider W
- Daisuke Narumi, a character in the Kuroko no Basuke
See also
- Narumi-juku (鳴海宿), the fortieth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō
- Narumi Station (鳴海駅), a train station located in Nagoya