Surname

Yaoi

Yaoi is a surname from Japanese.

Original Japanese矢追

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Yaoi comes from Japanese.

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How it developed

From Japanese 矢追 (Yaoi).

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Yaoi’s family of names

In Japanese usage, Yaoi as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 矢追. In English usage, Yaoi as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 矢追.

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Yaoi矢追

The ring: spellings.

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