Ayume

Ayume is a girl name of Japanese origin, meaning Pupil (of eye).

What Ayume means

Pupil (of eye).

Ayume 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 Ayume 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.

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

How popular is Ayume?

Ayume is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Ayume 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 Ayume

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