Aoi

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Malva,

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈaʊi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Aoi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • JPJapan≈1 in 2.3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • HKHong Kong≈1 in 128K
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 379K

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)

≈54,000 people, est.

Sources
110 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Japan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Malva,

Sources 1

  • 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Aoi 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 Aoi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
JP Japan#434≈54,000 est.≈1 in 2.3K—Aoi110
US United States—3951 in 842K300Aoi98
MY Malaysia—≈86 est.≈1 in 379K—Aoi11
HK Hong Kong—≈57 est.≈1 in 128K—Aoi5
AU Australia—≈56 est.≈1 in 454K—Aoi25
SE Sweden—261 in 392K26—1

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; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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)

Aoi is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, United States, Brazil, Philippines

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Äoi, Äöį, Ãoi, Aöi

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Aoï, Áȍȉ

39 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Aoi is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, Initialism of area of interest.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Irish, guest, lodger

    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)

1940196019802000Aoi Nakajima, b. 1945Aoi Hiiragi, b. 1962Aoi Tada, b. 1981Miyazaki Aoi, b. 1985Aoi Teshima, b. 1987Aoi Nakamura, b. 1991Aoi Yūki, b. 1992Aoi Koga, b. 1993Aoi Morikawa, b. 1995Aoi Kizaki, b. 1998

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)

Informalこんにちは、AoiさんHi Aoi, (English)

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 25 sources across 17 countries.

Official registers attesting Aoi
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020300#24,393
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202095#24,393
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—26#20,854
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201714—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201414—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201611—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200811—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201610—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201310—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201110—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200610—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20259—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

What does the name Aoi mean, and where does it come from?
Malva, Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado.
Is Aoi a male or female name?
Aoi 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 do you pronounce Aoi?
A machine transcription gives /ˈaʊi/ (IPA) for Japanese.
In which country does Aoi have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 54 thousand people named Aoi in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled aoi.
How common is the name Aoi?
In the United States, the national register counted 395 people named Aoi in 2020, about 1 in 842 thousand residents.
How common is Aoi compared with other names?
In Japan, Aoi is the 434th 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, “Aoi” — the 434th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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