<p>There doesn't seem to be any official word on why both romanizations are used. However, Funimation's official name for the show is <a href="https://www.funimation.com/shows/my-hime/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">My-Hime</a>, while the technical romanization of 舞 is mai. As such, it seems as though sites use Mai-Hime because that is the technically correct romanization of "舞 Hime" and use My-Hime because that's the title that companies such as Funimation and Bandai use for the show (just as how Attack on Titan is also listed as Shingeki no Kyojin).</p>

<p>EDIT: to add/expand on what Aki Tanaka mentioned from <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%88%9E-HiME#%E6%A6%82%E8%A6%81" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Japanese Wikipedia</a>, it seems the name is also a pun, where because it's about moe characters, the creator wanted people to "please find (My) princess (HiME) for oneself" (approximate translation, because my Japanese is rusty and direct translations are hard). <a href="http://mai-otome-hime.wikia.com/wiki/Mai-HiME_terminology" rel="nofollow noreferrer">HiME</a> is also a backronym for Highly-advanced Materializing Equipment, which is the ability that the main characters have.</p>

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2018-02-07T02:32:49.440Z
Perhaps it's really a pun. [Japanese Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%88%9E-HiME#%E6%A6%82%E8%A6%81) mentioned the reason behind the title that "「自分自身にとっての (My) お姫様 (HiME) を見つけて下さい」という制作者の主張が込められている（北米でのタイトルが "My-HiME" であることからも分かる）"
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kuwaly
<p>When we look at the title for <em>Mai-HiME</em> and <em>Mai-Otome</em> it's written in 2 ways</p>

<ul>
<li>Mai-HiME/Otome</li>
<li>My-HiME/Otome</li>
</ul>

<p>We can see this in <a href="https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=114" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Manga Updates</a>, <a href="https://myanimelist.net/anime/98/Mai-HiME" rel="nofollow noreferrer">My Anime List</a>, <a href="https://www.anime-planet.com/anime/my-hime" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Anime Planet</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My-HiME" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia</a> where either they list the alternate names showing both Mai and My to making a choice between My or Mai.</p>

<p>When we look at the list of Associated names on Manga Updates it shows</p>

<ul>
<li>舞-HiME</li>
<li>Dancing Princess</li>
<li>Mai HiME</li>
<li>My HiME</li>
<li>My Princess</li>
<li>My-HiME</li>
<li>Princess Mai</li>
</ul>

<p>considering that one of the characters (the main one in Mai-HiME) is Tokiha Mai and the Japanese used for the title is 舞-HiME with <a href="https://translate.google.com.au/#ja/en/%E8%88%9E" rel="nofollow noreferrer">google translate</a> showing 舞 is pronounced as "mai" which it translates to "dance", the associated names have different 3 different meanings</p>

<ul>
<li>Possession of a Princess/Hime</li>
<li>Referring to Mai as a Princess/Hime</li>
<li>matching the google translation of 舞 (mai)</li>
</ul>

<p>I am wondering why does sites associate "My" and "Mai" for the title? to me it seems both "My" and "Mai" give the title different meanings</p>

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2018-02-07T02:37:42.013Z
Just FYI, Mai's name is 舞衣, not 舞.
Aki Tanaka
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2018-02-07T02:39:06.130Z
@AkiTanaka is that just the Mai part of her name? or could the second part be Tokiha? (i don't recall seeing Mai's name written in japanese)
Memor-X
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2018-02-07T02:41:51.283Z
I should have been clearer... but yes, her name is 鴇羽 舞衣 (Tokiha Mai). This is according to [Japanese Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%88%9E-HiME%E3%81%AE%E7%99%BB%E5%A0%B4%E4%BA%BA%E7%89%A9#%E9%B4%87%E7%BE%BD%E8%88%9E%E8%A1%A3).
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Why is it both "Mai" and "My" used for the title?
# Why is it both "Mai" and "My" used for the title?
Posted by: username_0 on 2018-02-07
When we look at the title for *Mai-HiME* and *Mai-Otome* it's written in 2 ways

* Mai-HiME/Otome
* My-HiME/Otome

We can see this in [Manga Updates](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=114), [My Anime List](https://myanimelist.net/anime/98/Mai-HiME), [Anime Planet](https://www.anime-planet.com/anime/my-hime) and [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My-HiME) where either they list the alternate names showing both Mai and My to making a choice between My or Mai.

When we look at the list of Associated names on Manga Updates it shows

* 舞-HiME
* Dancing Princess
* Mai HiME
* My HiME
* My Princess
* My-HiME
* Princess Mai

considering that one of the characters (the main one in Mai-HiME) is Tokiha Mai and the Japanese used for the title is 舞-HiME with [google translate](https://translate.google.com.au/#ja/en/%E8%88%9E) showing 舞 is pronounced as "mai" which it translates to "dance", the associated names have different 3 different meanings

* Possession of a Princess/Hime
* Referring to Mai as a Princess/Hime
* matching the google translation of 舞 (mai)

I am wondering why does sites associate "My" and "Mai" for the title? to me it seems both "My" and "Mai" give the title different meanings
**Tags:** mai-hime
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Just FYI, Mai's name is 舞衣, not 舞.  
> **username_0**: @AkiTanaka is that just the Mai part of her name? or could the second part be Tokiha? (i don't recall seeing Mai's name written in japanese)  
> **username_1**: I should have been clearer... but yes, her name is 鴇羽 舞衣 (Tokiha Mai). This is according to [Japanese Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%88%9E-HiME%E3%81%AE%E7%99%BB%E5%A0%B4%E4%BA%BA%E7%89%A9#%E9%B4%87%E7%BE%BD%E8%88%9E%E8%A1%A3).  
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## 1 answers
### Answer by username_2 on 2018-02-07. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
There doesn't seem to be any official word on why both romanizations are used. However, Funimation's official name for the show is [My-Hime](https://www.funimation.com/shows/my-hime/), while the technical romanization of 舞 is mai. As such, it seems as though sites use Mai-Hime because that is the technically correct romanization of "舞 Hime" and use My-Hime because that's the title that companies such as Funimation and Bandai use for the show (just as how Attack on Titan is also listed as Shingeki no Kyojin).

EDIT: to add/expand on what Aki Tanaka mentioned from [Japanese Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%88%9E-HiME#%E6%A6%82%E8%A6%81), it seems the name is also a pun, where because it's about moe characters, the creator wanted people to "please find (My) princess (HiME) for oneself" (approximate translation, because my Japanese is rusty and direct translations are hard). [HiME](http://mai-otome-hime.wikia.com/wiki/Mai-HiME_terminology) is also a backronym for Highly-advanced Materializing Equipment, which is the ability that the main characters have.
> **Comments:**
> **username_1** (2018-02-07): Perhaps it's really a pun. [Japanese Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%88%9E-HiME#%E6%A6%82%E8%A6%81) mentioned the reason behind the title that "「自分自身にとっての (My) お姫様 (HiME) を見つけて下さい」という制作者の主張が込められている（北米でのタイトルが "My-HiME" であることからも分かる）"  
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