group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings24 Source spelling/reading rows24 Coverage levelExtended
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.
records contributing to this reading group
based only on the imported source footprint
Pronunciation & romanization
How to read Ayoko
The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.
Normalized to hiragana for comparison.
The same reading converted to katakana.
Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Ayoko. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.
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Meaning by written form
What can Ayoko 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 “Ayoko”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
あよこ
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よKana characterこKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling
あよ子
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
Kanji spelling
亜与子
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
亜世子
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
亜代子
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
亜夜子
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
亜誉子
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
吾与子
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
吾世子
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
吾代子
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
吾夜子
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
吾誉子
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 24. 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 Ayoko 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.
あよこ
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spelling
recorded spelling
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.
あよこ in the imported JMnedict corpus
24 source spelling/reading rows
0 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| あよこAyoko | 2424 source rows | female 24source rows · distinct forms: female 24 | 00 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.
Spelling anatomy
Corpus structure behind Ayoko
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.
3–24 strokes observed span
among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data
all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes
contains at least one character outside that loaded classification
| Reading | Romanization | Morae | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|
| あよこ | Ayoko | 3 | 24 |
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
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?
2 of 24 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.
distinct spellings displayed on this page
exact written forms with 2+ source readings
within this active given-name corpus
distinct kana readings for one displayed writing
亜夜子
2 source-recorded readings
AyakoあやこAyokoあよこ · this page
阿由子
2 source-recorded readings
AyukoあゆこAyokoあよこ · this page
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 Ayoko 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.
| Kanji | Character glosses | Forms | First | Final | Internal | Solo | Strokes | KANJIDIC2 nanori | Loaded class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 子 | child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | い, き, ぎ, く +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 阿 | Africa, flatter, fawn upon | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ほとり, あず, あわ, おか +2 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 亜 | Asia, rank next, come after | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | や, つぎ, つぐ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 吾 | I, my, our | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | あ, あが | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 安 | relax, cheap, low | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | あ, あす, あず, あっ +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 与 | bestow, participate in, give | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | とも, ゆ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 世 | generation, world, society | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | とし, ゆ, ゆき | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 代 | substitute, change, convert | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | す | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 夜 | night, evening | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 誉 | reputation, praise, honor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | え, たか, たけ, ほまれ +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 天 | heavens, sky, imperial | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | あき, あも, た, たかし +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 陽 | sunshine, yang principle, positive | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | あき, あきら, あけ, はる +3 | Jōyō · 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
あよこ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ayokoあよこ · this page
Characters in order
あKanaよKanaこKana
Exact written form
あよ子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ayokoあよこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
亜与子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ayokoあよこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
亜世子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ayokoあよこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
亜代子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ayokoあよこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
亜夜子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
AyakoあやこAyokoあよこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
亜誉子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ayokoあよこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
吾与子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ayokoあよこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
吾世子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ayokoあよこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
吾代子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ayokoあよこ · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 24. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Ayoko 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.
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM23 of 24 analyzed forms阿Africa, flatter, fawn upon6 of 24 analyzed forms亜Asia, rank next, come after5 of 24 analyzed forms吾I, my, our5 of 24 analyzed forms安relax, cheap, low5 of 24 analyzed forms与bestow, participate in, give4 of 24 analyzed forms世generation, world, society4 of 24 analyzed forms代substitute, change, convert4 of 24 analyzed forms夜night, evening4 of 24 analyzed forms誉reputation, praise, honor4 of 24 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Ayoko
24 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading あよこ. 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.
あよこ
あよこ · Ayoko
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
あよ子
あよこ · Ayoko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
亜与子
あよこ · Ayoko
亜Asia, rank next, come after, -ous与bestow, participate in, give, award子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
亜世子
あよこ · Ayoko
亜Asia, rank next, come after, -ous世generation, world, society, public子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
亜代子
あよこ · Ayoko
亜Asia, rank next, come after, -ous代substitute, change, convert, replace子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
亜夜子
あよこ · Ayoko
亜Asia, rank next, come after, -ous夜night, evening子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
亜誉子
あよこ · Ayoko
亜Asia, rank next, come after, -ous誉reputation, praise, honor, glory子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
吾与子
あよこ · Ayoko
吾I, my, our, one's own与bestow, participate in, give, award子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
吾世子
あよこ · Ayoko
吾I, my, our, one's own世generation, world, society, public子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
吾代子
あよこ · Ayoko
吾I, my, our, one's own代substitute, change, convert, replace子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
吾夜子
あよこ · Ayoko
吾I, my, our, one's own夜night, evening子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
吾誉子
あよこ · Ayoko
吾I, my, our, one's own誉reputation, praise, honor, glory子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
天陽子
あよこ · Ayoko
天heavens, sky, imperial陽sunshine, yang principle, positive, male子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
安与子
あよこ · Ayoko
安relax, cheap, low, quiet与bestow, participate in, give, award子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
安世子
あよこ · Ayoko
安relax, cheap, low, quiet世generation, world, society, public子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
安代子
あよこ · Ayoko
安relax, cheap, low, quiet代substitute, change, convert, replace子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
安夜子
あよこ · Ayoko
安relax, cheap, low, quiet夜night, evening子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
安誉子
あよこ · Ayoko
安relax, cheap, low, quiet誉reputation, praise, honor, glory子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
阿与子
あよこ · Ayoko
阿Africa, flatter, fawn upon, corner与bestow, participate in, give, award子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
阿世子
あよこ · Ayoko
阿Africa, flatter, fawn upon, corner世generation, world, society, public子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
阿代子
あよこ · Ayoko
阿Africa, flatter, fawn upon, corner代substitute, change, convert, replace子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
阿夜子
あよこ · Ayoko
阿Africa, flatter, fawn upon, corner夜night, evening子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
阿由子
あよこ · Ayoko
阿Africa, flatter, fawn upon, corner由wherefore, a reason子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
阿誉子
あよこ · Ayoko
阿Africa, flatter, fawn upon, corner誉reputation, praise, honor, glory子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Spelling comparator
Compare Ayoko 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.
| Spelling | One source reading | Character-level glosses | Total strokes | Loaded character class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| あよこ | あよこ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| あよ子 | あよこ | 子 — child, sign of the rat | 3 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亜与子 | あよこ | 亜 — Asia, rank next · 与 — bestow, participate in · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亜世子 | あよこ | 亜 — Asia, rank next · 世 — generation, world · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亜代子 | あよこ | 亜 — Asia, rank next · 代 — substitute, change · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亜夜子 | あよこ | 亜 — Asia, rank next · 夜 — night, evening · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亜誉子 | あよこ | 亜 — Asia, rank next · 誉 — reputation, praise · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 23 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吾与子 | あよこ | 吾 — I, my · 与 — bestow, participate in · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吾世子 | あよこ | 吾 — I, my · 世 — generation, world · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吾代子 | あよこ | 吾 — I, my · 代 — substitute, change · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吾夜子 | あよこ | 吾 — I, my · 夜 — night, evening · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吾誉子 | あよこ | 吾 — I, my · 誉 — reputation, praise · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 23 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 天陽子 | あよこ | 天 — heavens, sky · 陽 — sunshine, yang principle · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 安与子 | あよこ | 安 — relax, cheap · 与 — bestow, participate in · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 安世子 | あよこ | 安 — relax, cheap · 世 — generation, world · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 安代子 | あよこ | 安 — relax, cheap · 代 — substitute, change · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 14 | All 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 Ayoko 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 あよ
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 Ayoko
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.
Given-name relationship
Akiyo
与世亜代夜安誉阿
8 shared kanji · 158 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAkiko
亜吾子安誉阿
6 shared kanji · 264 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKayoko
与世代夜子誉
6 shared kanji · 140 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKiyoko
与世代夜子誉
6 shared kanji · 123 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAyako
亜吾夜子安阿
6 shared kanji · 99 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoriko
与世代夜子誉
6 shared kanji · 86 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSayoko
与世代夜子誉
6 shared kanji · 86 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMiyoko
与世代夜子誉
6 shared kanji · 66 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMasayo
与世代夜子誉
6 shared kanji · 59 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAi
与亜吾子安阿
6 shared kanji · 58 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKiyomi
与世代夜子誉
6 shared kanji · 49 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipChiyoko
与世代夜子誉
6 shared kanji · 34 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →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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