Entry № 1249 · Japanese origin

Kasumi Kasumi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-SOO-mee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Japanese

Meaning

"Mist (Japanese)"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Ancient (Japanese)

The meaning

A name that means "mist (japanese)".

Kasumi (霞) is the Japanese word for **"mist" or "haze"** — specifically the soft mist of spring mornings, central to Japanese aesthetic tradition. Featured in countless classical poems as the veil that obscures Mount Fuji or the cherry blossoms.

Used widely in modern Japan.

Mist. The Japanese spring veil over Mount Fuji.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

霞

Transliteration: Kasumi
Pronunciation: / kəˈsuː.mi /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Kasumi stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Kasumi · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Kasumis before her.

Real people

Kasumi

Common Japanese name.

In fiction

Kasumi

Featured in Pokémon ("Misty").

Names connected to Kasumi.

Numerology

The number behind Kasumi.

The Pioneer

Kasumi reduces to one — the number of Japanese mist.

Parents on Kasumi

Why families chose this name.

"Japanese mist. Six letters. Kasumi."

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