Ayame

Ayame is a girl name of Japanese origin, meaning Bud.

What Ayame means

Bud.

Ayame sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.

Where Ayame 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.

Ayame is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.

How popular is Ayame?

Ayame is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Ayame is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.

Names like Ayame

These share Ayame's themes, origin, or both — closest first.

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