{{Infobox given name2 | name = Ayumi | pronunciation= Á-yú-mí | gender = Female | meaning = many different meanings depending on the kanji used | language = Japanese | seealso = Ayumu<br>Yumi }} {{Nihongo|'''Ayumi'''|あゆみ, アユミ}} is a feminine Japanese given name. It is rarely used as a surname.
== Written forms == Ayumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *歩み, "course" "walking" "progress" ;as a given name *歩, "progress", "walking", "a step" *歩美, "walking, beauty" *歩実, "walking, truth" *鮎己, "sweetfish, oneself" *亜由美, "Asia, reason, beauty" *安愉海, "peaceful, pleasure, sea" *明征魅, "bright, conquer, fascination" *充裕実, "provide, abundant, truth" *歩未, "walking", "not yet" The given name can also be written in hiragana and katakana. *あゆみ, in hiragana *アユミ, in katakana *あゆ美, mixture of hiragana and kanji ;as a surname *漢人 *阿弓
==People with the name== *Ayumi Beppu (別府 あゆみ, born 1983), Japanese actress, tarento, and model *{{Nihongo|Ayumi Endō|遠藤 あゆみ}}, Japanese artist *Ayumi Fujimura (藤村 歩, born 1982), Japanese voice actress *Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎 あゆみ, born 1978), Japanese singer *Iconiq (real name Ayumi Itō 伊藤 亜由美, born 1984), Zainichi Korean singer who was a member of the Korean girl group Sugar *Ayumi Ishida (actress) (いしだ あゆみ, born 1948), Japanese actress and singer *Ayumi Ishida (Morning Musume member) (石田 亜佑美, born 1997), Japanese singer who is a member of the J-pop girl group Morning Musume *Ayumi Ito (伊藤 歩, born 1980), Japanese actress *Ayumi Kaihori (海堀あゆみ, born 1986) Japanese association footballer *Ayumi Karino (狩野 亜由美, born 1984), Japanese softball player *Ayumi Kida (喜田あゆ美, born 1966), Japanese actress *Ayumi Kinoshita (木下 あゆ美, born 1982), Japanese actress and model *Ayumi Komura (小村 あゆみ), Japanese manga artist *Ayumi Kurashima (倉島亜由美, born 1977), Japanese freelance animator *Ayumi Kurihara (栗原 亜弓, born 1984), ''joshi puroresu'' wrestler *Ayumi Miyazaki (宮崎歩, born 1971), Japanese singer *Ayumi Morita (森田 あゆみ, born 1990), Japanese tennis professional *Ayumi Murata (村田あゆみ, born 1982), Japanese singer *Ayumi Nagashii (永椎 あゆみ, born 1974), alias for the Japanese voice actress Ryoka Yuzuki *{{Nihongo|Ayumi Nakamura|中村 亜友美||born 1990}}, Japanese volleyball player *Ayumi Niekawa (born 1994), Japanese male association footballer *Ayumi Oka (岡あゆみ, born 1983), Japanese actress *Ayumi Oka (岡あゆみ, born 1986), Japanese tennis player *Okinoumi Ayumi (born 1985), sumo wrestler *Ayumi Onodera (born 1978), Japanese curler *{{Nihongo|Ayumi Sato|佐藤 あゆみ||born 1977}}, Japanese ice hockey player *Ayumi Shibata (柴田 あゆみ, born 1984), Japanese singer *Ayumi Shigemori (茂森 あゆみ, born 1971), Japanese actress and pop star *Ayumi Shiina (椎名 あゆみ, born 1969), Japanese shōjo manga artist *Ayumi Tanimoto (谷本 歩実, born 1981), Japanese female judoka *Ayumi Tsuji (辻 あゆみ, born 1984), Japanese voice actress *Ayumi Tsunematsu (恒松 あゆみ, born 1981), Japanese actress *Ayumi Yasutomi, (安冨 歩, born 1963), Japanese economist and politician ===Fictional characters=== *Ayumi Shinozaki (篠崎 あゆみ), a main character from the ''Corpse Party'' franchise. *Ayumi Yoshida (吉田 歩美), a secondary character from ''Detective Conan'' who is renamed Amy Yeager in some English adaptations. *The Groovy Girls doll line, by Manhattan Toy, features a doll named Ayumi. *Ayumi Tachibana, main character from video game series ''Famicom Detective Club''. *Ayumi Takahara (高原 歩美), supporting character in the anime ''Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai''. *Ayumi Otosaka (乙坂 歩未), main character in the anime ''Charlotte''. *Ayumi Sakagami (坂上 あゆみ), a character from the ''Pretty Cure All Stars'' films
==See also== *Ayumu
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