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Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts ほなみ(Japanese Hiragana) ホナミ(Japanese Katakana) 保奈美, 穂奈彌, 本阿弥, 穂南, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced Pron. HO-NA-MEE  [key]

Meaning & History

From Japanese 保 (ho) meaning "to protect, to safeguard, to defend" or 穂 (ho) meaning "grain" and 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree, Nara, what?" combined with 美 (mi) "beautiful, pretty". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Added 3/25/2016 by lilolaf
Edited 3/16/2025 by ShioTanbo1 and lilolaf