I call my mother "Mami" sometimes. It's a slang word, primarily used in Central America, and it means mommy or mother. It feels too much like a nickname to be an actual name.
― Anonymous User 6/1/2016
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Mami sounds way too close to "mommy". It might have a nice meaning in Japanese, but in plenty of other languages someone named Mami would get teased. That, and the fact that it also reminds me of the word "mammary".