Satomi
PronunciationSá-tó-mí
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
Meaningdifferent meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of originJapan
Other names
Related namesSatoko

Satomi (さとみ, サトミ) is a feminine Japanese given name which is also a surname.

Possible writings

Satomi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

  • 里美, "hometown, beauty"
  • 怜美, "wise, beauty"
  • 聡美, "wise, beauty"
  • 智美, "wisdom, beauty"
  • 理美, "intelligence, beauty"
  • 叡美, "intelligence, beauty"
  • 聖美, "holy, beauty"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

as a surname
  • 里見, "hometown, look"

Satomi Clan

  • Satomi clan (里見氏), a Japanese clan originating in the Sengoku period
  • Satomi Yoshihiro (里美義弘, 1530-1578), a samurai of the Satomi clan
  • Satomi Yoshiyori (里見義頼, 1543-1587), the son of Yoshihiro
  • Satomi Yoshiyasu (里見義康, 1573-1603), the son of Yoshiyori and the father of Tadayoshi
  • Satomi Tadayoshi (里見忠義, 1594-1622), a retainer of the Okubo clan

Places

People

Given name

Surname

Pseudonym

Fictional characters

See also

  • Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (南総里見八犬伝), a Japanese 106 volume epic novel by Kyokutei Bakin
    • Satomi Hakkenden (里見八犬伝), a 1983 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku loosely based on the above

Notes

  1. In hiragana.
  2. A real person with this name is Satomi Takasugi.
  3. In katakana.
  4. No canonical Japanese name as character in American series.
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