What is the Japanese meaning of mei?

This Word, "mei", means a lot of different things such as: a name, light, cheerful, sound, life, lose, vow, signature, dark, deep, and so on. It changes depending on it's kanji though as well as the context. http://www.saiga-jp.com/cgi-bin/dic.cgi?m=search&sc=0&f=0&j=mei&g=&e=&s=&rt=0&start=1&sid=1247258015_62716 If you are talking about the name mei. It is usually spelled like this * 芽衣, "sprout, garment" * 芽依, "sprout, reliant" * 明依, "bright, reliant" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mei_(Japanese_name)