Same here. Did you watch reruns of Ayashi no
Ceres by any chance :D It was how I was first introduced to the name and also to
Aki (boy) which I like as well. It brings back such childhood memories.
But
Aya was a crazy common name in Japan (#1 in many years) and I have met quite a few people with it by now. Still it has this charm to me and I love the meaning.
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