Meaning & Origin
An ethnic and linguistic group in Morogoro Region, Tanzania.
Kami is a girl's and boy's baby name of Japanese origin, meaning 'god', 'spirit,' or 'divine,' from the Japanese concept of kami — the sacred spirits that inhabit all things in Shinto belief, from mountains and rivers to ancestral presences and divine forces.
In Shinto, kami are everywhere: in the rustle of sacred trees, in the flow of mountain streams, in the fire at the hearth. As a given name, Kami declares that this child carries something of the sacred within her. The name is also used as a short form of Kamila or Kamiyah in non-Japanese contexts, giving it broad multicultural appeal.