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Akemi Akemi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-KEH-mee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
"Bright beauty"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Modern (Japanese)
The meaning

A name that means "bright beauty".

Akemi (明美) combines the Japanese ake (bright, dawn) and mi (beauty) — meaning "bright beauty" or "dawn beauty."

Akemi Takada (born 1959) is the Japanese anime character designer (Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku).

Bright beauty. The Japanese anime designer.
In its original form

The name in its native script.

明美
Transliteration
Akemi
Pronunciation
/ əˈkɛ.mi /
Root
—
Grammatical form
—
Popularity

Where Akemi stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Akemi · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —
Namesakes

Akemis before her.

Real people
Akemi Takada
Japanese anime character designer.
born 1959
In fiction
Akemi Homura
Character in Madoka Magica.
2011 anime
Related

Names connected to Akemi.

Variants & spellings
  • Akemii
Similar meaning
Sister suggestions
Sounds alike
  • Akemii
Numerology

The number behind Akemi.

8

The Authority

Akemi reduces to eight — the number of Japanese bright beauty.

Parents on Akemi

Why families chose this name.

"Bright beauty. Five letters. Akemi."
Yuko · Mother of one · Tokyo