# Ayumi

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
* 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
* 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
* 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, main character in video game Corpse Party.
* Ayumi Yoshida, a secondary character from Detective Conan.
* 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