Aoi
Aoi is a girl name of Japanese origin, ranked #93 in popularity, meaning Hollyhock; the color blue.
What Aoi means
Hollyhock; the color blue.
Aoi is short — 3 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Aoi comes from
Japanese given names are written in kanji, and the characters chosen carry the meaning as much as the sound does. The same pronunciation can be written several different ways, each shading the sense differently, so parents pick characters as deliberately as they pick the name itself.
Aoi is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Aoi?
Aoi is ranked #93, near the outer edge of the top hundred. Names here are often on the way up or on the way down, so this is the band where a name can feel fresh and established at the same time.
The character of Aoi
Aoi spans flowers and growing things and Color, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Aoi
These share Aoi's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.
- Violet — The violet flower; the color purple.
- Bluebell — The woodland bell flower.
- Hyacinth — The fragrant purple bloom.
- Ianthe — Violet flower.
- Lavender — The fragrant purple flower.
- Lilac — The pale-purple blossom.
- Poppy — The bright red poppy flower.
- Tulip — The tulip flower; turban.
- Viola — Violet flower.
- Zinnia — The bright zinnia flower.
- Aika — Flower.