Ayu
given name · Latin script
Meaning: dainty (Delicately small and pretty)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈaju/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ayu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country, where it is the 19th most common given name.
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 683(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 4.6K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 9.1K
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.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 235 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 683 (inferred from the name graph)
≈390,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Indonesia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
dainty (Delicately small and pretty)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ayu 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | #19 | ≈390,000 est. | ≈1 in 683 | #4 | Ayu | 235 |
| MY Malaysia | #459 | ≈7,100 est. | ≈1 in 4.6K | 4 | Ayu | 55 |
| TW Taiwan | — | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 4.6K | — | Ayu | 25 |
| HK Hong Kong | #634 | ≈990 est. | ≈1 in 7.3K | — | Ayu | 13 |
| SG Singapore | #517 | ≈680 est. | ≈1 in 9.1K | — | Ayu | 29 |
| US United States | — | 153 | 1 in 2.2M | 128 | Ayu | 113 |
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: the id-github-names register; This page lists the top 100 names in Malaysia for boys and girls, published by Students of the World.; 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Ayu is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Indonesian, beautiful, pretty
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In roa-leo, garlic
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, A sweetfish, an amphidromous fish of East Asia, the only member of its genus and family, Plecoglossus altivelis, named and prized for its sweet-tasting flesh. It is a game fish and is also subject to extensive aquaculture.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Hausa, manatee, (in particular) the African manatee
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of あゆ
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Watanabe Ayub. 1953JPJapanese manga writer and illustrator
- Ayu Utamib. 1968IDIndonesian writer
- Ayu Yamanouchib. 1976JPJapanese announcer
- Ayu Wadab. 1977JPJapanese actor
- Ayu Ogawab. 1977JPJapanese actor and seiyū
- Ayu Manakab. 1987JPJapanese actor
- Ayu Sakuraib. 1991JPJapanese actress
- Ayu Nakadab. 1993JPJapanese association football player
- Ayu Maulidab. 1997IDIndonesian People's Consultative Assembly Ambassador, model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Ayu Makiharab. 1998JPJapanese former junior idol
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 34 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 128 | #44,846 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 25 | #44,846 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 5 | — |
| ID Indonesia | KPU voter-roll name tokens (GitHub) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Ayu?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈaju/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
- What does the name Ayu mean, and where does it come from?
- dainty (Delicately small and pretty) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Ayu have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 391 thousand people named Ayu in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ayu.
- Is Ayu a male or female name?
- Ayu 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.
- How common is the name Ayu?
- In the United States, the national register counted 153 people named Ayu in 2020, about 1 in 2.2 million residents.
- How common is Ayu compared with other names?
- In Indonesia, Ayu is the 19th most common given name of 270,909 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Ayu?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ayuThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Ayu” — the 19th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.