Àî

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Àî is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country, where it is the 63rd most common given name. Recorded meaning: Originated 1685–95, from Brazilian Portuguese aí, from Old Tupi.

rarermore common
  • JPJapan≈1 in 681(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 1K
  • CNChina≈1 in 17K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Japan (inferred from the name graph)

≈180,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
180 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 681 (inferred from the name graph)

Japan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ÀîLatin(measured from records)
애희Hangul(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Ai in JP Japan, US United States, MY Malaysia and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Àî: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Àî
  1. Brazilian Portugueseaí(measured from records)
  2. OldTupi(measured from records)

Originated 1685–95, from Brazilian Portuguese aí, from Old Tupi.

Sources 7

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
  • A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese
  • Wiktionary
  • Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2)

Attested across 36 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Àî counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Àî is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
JP Japan#63≈180,000 est.≈1 in 681listedAi154
CN China—≈83,000 est.≈1 in 17K—Ai108
MY Malaysia—≈31,000 est.≈1 in 1K—Ai35
TW Taiwan—≈7,900 est.≈1 in 3K—Ai79
US United States—3,4831 in 96K2.9KAi180
SG Singapore#816≈1,900 est.≈1 in 3.3K—Ai55
HK Hong Kong#782≈670 est.≈1 in 11K—Ai27

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Àî is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name72 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, Australia, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Ai, Aei, A-I, Ái, Ãi

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Àî under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Àî mean, and where does it come from?
Originated 1685–95, from Brazilian Portuguese aí, from Old Tupi. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples) and 5 other sources.
Is Àî a male or female name?
Àî is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Àî have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 184 thousand people named Àî in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ai.
How common is the name Àî?
In the United States, the national register counted 3,483 people named Àî in 2020, about 1 in 96 thousand residents.
How common is Àî compared with other names?
In Japan, Àî is the 63rd most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Àî” — the 63rd most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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