Given name
Ayu
Ayu is a feminine given name from Malay. It is used in Atayal and Malay.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2020. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ayu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 153 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ayu’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Ayu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of あゆ. In Japanese usage, Ayu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 亜由. In Japanese usage, Ayu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 愛.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Ayu
- Ayu UtamiIndonesian writerborn 1968
- Ayu Ting TingIndonesian singerborn 1992
- Ayu SakuraiJapanese actressborn 1991
- Ayu NakadaJapanese association football playerborn 1993
- Ayu MaulidaIndonesian People's Consultative Assembly Ambassador, model and beauty pageant titleholderborn 1997
- Ayu AzhariIndonesian actressborn 1968
- Ayu YonedaJapanese astronautborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.