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.
- 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)
- Sources
- 110 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈54,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
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.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Aoi, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
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.
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 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)
- Aoi Nakajimab. 1945JPJapanese actress
- Aoi Hiiragib. 1962JPJapanese manga artist
- Aoi Tadab. 1981JPJapanese voice actress
- Miyazaki Aoib. 1985JPJapanese actress
- Aoi Teshimab. 1987JPJapanese singer and voice actress
- Aoi Nakamurab. 1991JPJapanese actor
- Aoi Yūkib. 1992JPJapanese voice actress (born 1992)
- Aoi Kogab. 1993JPJapanese voice actress
- Aoi Morikawab. 1995JPJapanese actress
- Aoi Kizakib. 1998JPJapanese association football player
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 25 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 300 | #24,393 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 95 | #24,393 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 26 | #20,854 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 14 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 14 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2013 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 9 | — |
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.
What do you want to know about Aoi?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/aoiThe 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, “Aoi” — the 434th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.