# Mai (name)

Mai is a name that is used as a given name and a surname.

## People with the given name

* Mai (Arabic name)
* Mai (singer) (born 1984), formerly known as Ruppina, a J-Pop singer
* Omai, also known as Mai, the first person from the Pacific Islands to visit Europe
* Mai Atafo, Nigerian fashion designer
* Mai Charoenpura, Thai pop singer from Bangkok
* Mai Fuchigami (born 1987), Japanese voice actress and singer
* Mai Fujisawa (藤澤 麻衣, born 1980), Japanese singer and songwriter
* Mai Fukagawa (born 1991), Japanese actress and former singer
* Mai Gehrke (born 1964), Danish mathematician
* Mai Kadowaki, Japanese voice actress
* Mai Kolossova (born 1937), Estonian politician
* Mai Kuraki (born 1982), J-pop singer
* Mai Hagiwara (born 1996), J-pop singer under Hello! Project and a member of the Japanese band, Cute
* Mai Hoshimura (born 1981), J-pop singer under the Sony Music Japan label
* Mai Ito (born 1984), Japanese marathon runner
* Mai Kondo (近藤 真衣, born 1992), Japanese ice hockey player
* Mai Matsumuro, (born 1983), Japanese singer, composer and a former member of J-pop girl band, Dream
* Mai Mihara (三原 舞依, born 1999), Japanese figure skater
* Mai Miyagi (宮城 舞, born 1988), Japanese model and television personality
* Mai Mukaida (向田 麻衣, born 1982), Japanese make-up artist and businesswoman
* Mai Murakami, Japanese artistic gymnast
* Mai Murdmaa (born 1938), Estonian choreographer, ballet dancer, ballet master and director
* Mai Nakahara (born 1981), Japanese voice actress and singer
* Mai Narva (born 1999), Estonian chess player
* Mai Raud-Pähn (1920–2024), Estonian-Swedish art historian, editor and journalist
* Mai Shiraishi (born 1992), Japanese singer and actress
* Mai Traore (born 1999), Guinean footballer
* Mai Villadsen (born 1991), Danish politician
* Mai Yamada, Taiwanese politician
* Mai Yamamoto (山本 麻衣, born 1999), Japanese women's basketball player
* Mai Yamane, (born 1958), Japanese English-language blues singer
* Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress and film director

## People with the surname

* Mai (Chinese surname), the Chinese surname 麥 (simplified 麦), pronounced Mak in Cantonese
* Mai (Vietnamese surname) (梅), Vietnamese pronunciation of Mei
* Ella Mai, British singer and songwriter
* Iris Mai (born 1962), German chess master
* Jeannie Mai, American makeup artist, fashion expert, actress, and TV personality
* Josef Mai, German World War I flying ace
* Lukas Mai, German footballer
* Mai Huu Xuan, general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam
* Vanessa Mai, German singer

## Fictional characters

* Mai, a supporting character in the animated show Avatar: The Last Airbender and the graphic novels.
* Mai, one of Pilaf's henchmen in Dragon Ball
* Mai, a main character from the anime and eroge game in Popotan
* Mai Kazami (Trixie in the english dub), a character from the anime Speed Racer X
* Mai Kawasumi, a character from the visual novel, anime, and manga in Kanon
* Mai Kawakami, a character in the novel and anime Myriad Colors Phantom World who serves as the main protagonist's training partner
* Mai Kobayashi, a character in Super Robot Wars: Original Generations
* Mai Kuju, from Mai the Psychic Girl, a 1985 manga
* Mai Midorikawa, a character in Ultraman Dyna
* Mai Minakami, a main character from the anime and manga series Nichijou
* Mai Mishō, co-protagonist of Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star
* Mai Natsume, a character in the video game series BlazBlue
* Mai Nametsu, a manager of Date Teach High in manga series Haikyū!!
* Mai Shiranui, a character in the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series of video games
* Mai Taniyama, a character in the anime and manga Ghost Hunt
* Mai Tokiha, the title character in the anime and manga My-HiME (originally Mai-HiME), and a supporting character in My-Otome
* Mai Tsubasa (aka Change Phoenix), a character in Dengeki Sentai Changeman
* Mai Valentine (Mai Kujaku in the Japanese version), a character from the anime Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
* Mai Tateno, a character in Inazuma Eleven
* Mai Hakua, a character in Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger
* Mai Sakura, a character in Photo Kano
* Mai Sakurajima, a character in Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
* Mai from Senran Kagura video game franchise
* Mai Kanzaki, a character in Idol x Warrior Miracle Tunes!
* Mai Zenin, a character in Jujutsu Kaisen
* Mai, a character from Touhou Project
* Mai Teireida, a character in Touhou Project