Sumire
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- soo-MEE-reh
- Origin
- Japanese
Sumire is a girls' name of Japanese origin, meaning “violet (flower)”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sumire mean?
Japanese: Japanese word
“violet (flower)”
The Japanese word for the violet flower, written 菫 or in hiragana すみれ.
Is Sumire a girl's or a boy's name?
Sumire is a girls' name.
How popular is Sumire in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Sumire in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sumire in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Sumire
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sariyah Zaniyah Safa Salem Safiya Aaliyah Hadassah Zaliyah Kaliyah Samiyah Naziyah Kamiyah
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sumire: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sumire, updated 20 October 2026.