Mei (given name)

Possible writings

• , "sprout, garment"
• , "sprout, reliant"
• , "bright, reliant"
• , "ring or echo"

• 美, "beautiful"
• 梅, "Chinese plum"

  People with the given name Mei

From Japan

• Mei , a 12th-century Japanese female puppeteer, prostitute, and imayō-style singer. She taught imayō to Otomae, who in turn taught Emperor Goshirakawa.
• May J., a Japanese R&B singer
• Mei Miura, Japanese ice hockey player
• May Nakabayashi, a Japanese J-Pop artist
• Mei Kurokawa,, a Japanese actress and singer
• Mei Nagano, a Japanese actress
• Mei Shigenobu, the daughter of Japanese Red Army communist Fusako Shigenobu

  From China

• Mei Fong, a Chinese-American journalist.
• Mei Lin, a Chinese actress.
• Mei Xu, a Chinese-American businesswoman.
• Mei Hong, a Chinese-American chemist.
• Hong Mei , a female Chinese athlete.

  Fictional characters with the given name Mei

Japanese characters

• Mei, a playable character in Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm
• List of Black Butler characters#Supporting characters, a character in the manga series Black Butler
• Mei, a character in the picture book and animated movie Arashi no Yoru ni
• List of characters in 666 Satan#Mei, a character in the manga series O-Parts Hunter
• List of Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger characters#Mei, a character in the tokusatsu television series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger
• Mei Aihara, a character in the manga Citrus
• Mei Etoh, a character in the manga series Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!
• Mei Irizaki, a character in the anime series High School Fleet
• Mei Kusakabe, a character in the anime film My Neighbor Totoro
• Mei Misaki, a character in the novel Another
• List of Ace of Diamond characters#Inashiro Industries, a character in the manga series Ace of Diamond
• List_of_Love_Hina_characters#Mei_Narusegawa, a character in the manga series Love Hina
• List of Clannad characters#Mei Sunohara, a character in the visual novel Clannad
• Mei Tachibana, protagonist of the manga series Say "I love you"
• List of Naruto characters#Mei Terumi, a character in the manga and anime series Naruto
• List_of_Ouran_High_School_Host_Club_characters#Mei_Yasumura, a character in the manga and anime series Ouran High School Host Club
• List of Fullmetal Alchemist characters#May Chang, a main character in the manga series Fullmetal Alchemist
• Mei Hayakawa, a character in the manga series Scum's Wish
• Mei Hatsume a character in the manga series "My Hero Academia"

  Chinese characters

• Mei Chang. a Chinese woman who runs the prison commissary in the series Orange Is the New Black.
• Li Mei, a character in the Mortal Kombat series