"Minami" meaning in English

See Minami in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Minamis [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 南 (Minami). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|南|tr=Minami}} Japanese 南 (Minami) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Minami (plural Minamis)
  1. A unisex given name from Japanese.
    Sense id: en-Minami-en-name-SLQnc9sS Categories (other): English female given names, English given names, English male given names, English unisex given names, English unisex given names from Japanese, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29
  2. A surname from Japanese.
    Sense id: en-Minami-en-name-rHUjO6wz Categories (other): English surnames

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "南",
        "tr": "Minami"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese 南 (Minami)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Japanese 南 (Minami).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Minamis",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Minami (plural Minamis)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English female given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English unisex given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English unisex given names from Japanese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A unisex given name from Japanese."
      ],
      "id": "en-Minami-en-name-SLQnc9sS",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname from Japanese."
      ],
      "id": "en-Minami-en-name-rHUjO6wz",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Minami"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Japanese",
    "English terms derived from Japanese",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "南",
        "tr": "Minami"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese 南 (Minami)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Japanese 南 (Minami).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Minamis",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Minami (plural Minamis)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English female given names",
        "English female given names from Japanese",
        "English given names",
        "English male given names",
        "English male given names from Japanese",
        "English unisex given names",
        "English unisex given names from Japanese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A unisex given name from Japanese."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English surnames",
        "English surnames from Japanese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname from Japanese."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Minami"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Minami meaning in English (1.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (d1270d2 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.