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Across the world, ヤヨイ (Yayoi , ヤヨイ ) is a rare primarily girly, but very infrequently boy's first name. The forename ヤヨイ is habitual in Qatar, where it is a rare girly name, Japan, and the United States, where it is a very rare dominantly feminine, but seldom male name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Japan, the United States, and China. More prevalently, ヤヨイ is the last name as well as the forename.
ヤヨイ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Yayoi Kise , the Pretty Cure character, Smile PreCure!; Yayoi Akikawa , the fictional character from Uma Musume Pretty Derby; Yayoi Noda , character in Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari; Yayoi Aoba , the fictional person from Captain Tsubasa and Yayoi Takatsuki , character in The Idolmaster.