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Canonical reference record
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Japanese given name

Aoi

あおい

Female-classified given-name records.

あおいアオイAoi
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Reference coverage

Extended source depth

This reading group has a comparatively broad dictionary footprint across source-recorded spellings or records. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.

Distinct recorded spellings126

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows128

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Aoi

The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.

Source readingあおい

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formアオイ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationAoi

Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Aoi. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.

Mora segmentationあ · お · い

3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

Audio note: the play button uses Japanese text-to-speech provided by the visitor’s browser/device. It is a convenience preview, not a recorded native-speaker pronunciation or pitch-accent authority.

Meaning by written form

What can Aoi mean?

A Japanese name can be written in more than one way, and its meaning can change with the kanji used. Rather than assigning one English meaning to “Aoi”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings10

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings2

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

あおい

This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.

Characters and loaded glosses
あKana characterおKana characterいKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

あお依

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses
あKana characterおKana character依reliant, depend on, consequently
Kana-only spelling

あをい

This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.

Characters and loaded glosses
あKana characterをKana characterいKana character
Kanji spelling

亜生

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Kanji spelling

亜花

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling

仰

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 126. The recorded-spellings section below retains the wider source set.

How to read these meanings

The English words shown here are dictionary meanings of individual kanji. They help explain what a spelling can suggest, but they are not a guaranteed translation of the full name and do not establish why a particular person was given that name.

Reading profile

How Aoi is represented

These counts describe records in the imported name corpus. They are not a ranking of how popular a spelling is among people in Japan.

Recorded kana readings2

あおい · あをい

Kanji-based spellings124

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters3

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

Kana-only2

recorded spellings

1-kanji forms12

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms79

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms33

recorded spellings

JMnedict classification evidence

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

This separates dictionary classification from popularity. The same exact kana reading can be recorded as a given name, a surname, or both, and given-name records can carry male, female or unspecified source labels.

Primary reading recorded asGiven name + surname

あおい in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms125

125 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms11

11 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 125

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
あおいAoi125125 source rowsfemale 125source rows · distinct forms: female 1251111 source rows
あをいAoi33 source rowsfemale 3source rows · distinct forms: female 300 source rows

Classification boundary: male/female/unspecified are labels attached to imported JMnedict name records. They are not population shares, probabilities, identity claims, or evidence that a spelling is currently common in Japan. A source row can also be repeated across different written forms, so row counts and distinct-writing counts are shown separately.

JMnedict source text

Source-supplied text attached to Aoi records

JMnedict can attach trans_det text to a name-classification block. This may be a Latin spelling, label or descriptor. It is shown only when it adds information beyond this site’s generated romanization.

Written formSource readingJMnedict source text
あをいあをいAwoi
葵あをいAwoi
藍生あをいAwoi

Meaning boundary: this is text supplied by JMnedict for the associated name-classification block. It is not an inferred kanji meaning, a translation of the written characters as a whole, proof of a person’s preferred Latin spelling, or evidence of popularity.

128 source-text items were omitted because they are equivalent to the generated romanization and would add no distinct information.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Aoi

This section summarizes the exact source-recorded forms loaded for this reading group. Stroke and character-position statistics are descriptive corpus properties, not popularity or style scores.

Kanji forms with complete stroke data124

4–41 strokes observed span

Median total strokes21

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms124

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
緒衣6 analyzed forms生衣3 analyzed forms亜緒3 analyzed forms愛央3 analyzed forms桜衣3 analyzed forms愛緒3 analyzed forms

Shown only when the same adjacent two-kanji sequence occurs in at least two analyzed source forms. Open a sequence in Kanji Pair Research for corpus co-occurrence context.

Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

27 of 80 displayed written forms have more than one given-name reading somewhere in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.

Written forms checked80

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings27

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading53

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set52

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not yet meet the reference-depth standard used for the main library. Limited records are not promoted merely to create extra internal links.

Kanji role reference

How recurring characters function across Aoi spellings

Position counts are calculated only from the distinct written forms analyzed for this page. KANJIDIC2 nanori are character-level name-reading references; they are not used here to decompose or assert the reading of a specific multi-kanji name.

KanjiCharacter glossesFormsFirstFinalInternalSoloStrokesKANJIDIC2 nanoriLoaded class
生life, genuine, birth24020505あさ, いき, いく, いけ +21Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
衣garment, clothes, dressing20020006—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
碧blue, green181520114みどり, あお, たまJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
蒼blue, pale161401113—Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
葵hollyhock151130112まもる, けJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
依reliant, depend on, consequently14014008よ, よりJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
愛love, affection, favourite131200113あ, あし, え, かな +5Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
緒thong, beginning, inception120111014ほJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
藍indigo9800118—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
青blue, green980018おJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
亜Asia, rank next, come after880007や, つぎ, つぐJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
央center, middle702505あきら, え, お, さと +6Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3

Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.

Exact writing research map

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

These relationships are exact and source-backed. Whole-name readings shown in each card come from JMnedict within the current name class; exact-writing search can surface records from other name classes. Character links open KANJIDIC2-backed kanji pages. Sequence context means the same kanji string occurs contiguously in another recorded written form—it does not prove shared origin or meaning.

Exact written form

あおい

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Aoiあおい · this page
Characters in order
あKanaおKanaいKana
Exact written form

あをい

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Aoiあをい · this page
Characters in order
あKanaをKanaいKana
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence

The exact sequence 亜生 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 126. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Aoi spellings

Only characters appearing in at least two distinct analyzed spellings are shown here. Frequency describes this source-recorded spelling set, not real-world baby-name popularity.

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Aoi

125 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading あおい. Other source readings can appear in this romanized group when the imported records converge on the same index form. Use Compare to inspect exact spellings side by side.

あおい

あおい · Aoi

Katakana アオイMorae 3Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

あをい

あをい · Aoi

Katakana アヲイMorae 3Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 128 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 126 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Aoi forms side by side

Each exact written spelling appears once in this table even when JMnedict records more than one reading for that writing. Stroke totals and character glosses come from KANJIDIC2 when all component kanji are available.

SpellingOne source readingCharacter-level glossesTotal strokesLoaded character class
あおいあおいKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
あお依あおい依 — reliant, depend on8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
あをいあをいKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
亜生あおい亜 — Asia, rank next · 生 — life, genuine12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜生衣あおい亜 — Asia, rank next · 生 — life, genuine · 衣 — garment, clothes18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜緒伊あおい亜 — Asia, rank next · 緒 — thong, beginning · 伊 — Italy, that one27All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜緒依あおい亜 — Asia, rank next · 緒 — thong, beginning · 依 — reliant, depend on29All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜緒衣あおい亜 — Asia, rank next · 緒 — thong, beginning · 衣 — garment, clothes27All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜花あおい亜 — Asia, rank next · 花 — flower14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜麻依あおい亜 — Asia, rank next · 麻 — hemp, flax · 依 — reliant, depend on26All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜麻衣あおい亜 — Asia, rank next · 麻 — hemp, flax · 衣 — garment, clothes24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
仰あおい仰 — face-up, look up6All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
仰日あおい仰 — face-up, look up · 日 — day, sun10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
向葵あおい向 — yonder, facing · 葵 — hollyhock18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
夏葵あおい夏 — summer · 葵 — hollyhock22All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
安央依あおい安 — relax, cheap · 央 — center, middle · 依 — reliant, depend on19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

The comparison table shows the first 16 distinct written forms; the detailed cards above show up to 80 spelling/reading records.

What does Aoi mean?

There is not necessarily one fixed English meaning. The reading identifies the spoken name; different written forms can use different kanji. Character glosses describe individual kanji and should not be treated as proof of the intention behind a particular person’s name.

Related readings

More names beginning with あお

Related by the opening kana of the dictionary reading. This is a deterministic browsing relationship, not a claim that the names share the same meaning.

Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Aoi

These links are calculated from exact characters appearing in source-recorded spellings on this page. Sharing a kanji does not mean two names have the same reading, origin, gender or intended meaning.

Continue research

Where to go next from Aoi

Use literal reading, character and corpus relationships to continue without treating nearby records as automatically related.

Evidence on this page

What each source establishes

JMnedict establishes recorded written forms, readings and name classifications; where safely associated, this page can also show JMnedict-supplied trans_det source text without treating it as a whole-name meaning. KANJIDIC2 supplies character readings, nanori, stroke counts, grade classes and English character glosses. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for Japanese child-name character rules. The Agency for Cultural Affairs romanization guidance is the reference for generated Latin-script reading aids.

Source boundary

The spelling-frequency and structural counts on this page are calculated from imported JMnedict records. They are corpus counts, not population-frequency claims. KANJIDIC2 supplies the kanji metadata used in character and stroke comparisons.

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