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Aoi is used as a surname too, though more often taking the kanjis "蒼井". Erika Aoi is a character from the game Heaven Burns Red for instance.
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Aoi has been very common in Japan since the mid 1990s.
It entered the top 10 for the first time in 1994. It was #1 in 2002, 2007, 2015 and 2016. It was at #7 in 2018.
The most common spelling is 葵.
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It entered the top 10 for the first time in 1994. It was #1 in 2002, 2007, 2015 and 2016. It was at #7 in 2018.
The most common spelling is 葵.
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Aoi was given to 11 girls and 10 boys in America in 2016.
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Aoi was given to 8 girls in America in 2015 and was last given to 7 boys in America in 2012, possibly because of Japanese descent.
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With regards to my previous comment, Aoi was the most popular girl name last year based on both the kanji/kana & sound combination and kanji/kana. In terms of sound, however, Haruka was the most popular last year.
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Aoi, using the kanji 葵, is 2014's most popular girl name in Japan while the one using 碧 is in 113th place.
Other kanji used for Aoi for girls include (in order), 蒼 (247th), 葵衣 (332nd), 碧衣 (530th), 蒼依 (533rd), 蒼衣 (590th), 葵依 (870th) and 碧依 (895th).
Aoi, using the phonetic characters (あおい) is in 83rd place for girls.
Aoi for boys, meanwhile is popular as well with 葵 (48th) being the most popular. Other kanji used include 碧 (164th), 蒼 (197th), 蒼生 (296th) and 碧生 (655th).
Aoi, for both genders, have risen in popularity for some time, more rapidly on boys where the name with the most popular kanji was in 907th place in 1989.
Popularity sources: http://5go.biz/sei/cgi/ninki2.htm, http://5go.biz/sei/cgi/ninki1.htm, http://www.namaejiten.com/h01/girl01.html & http://www.namaejiten.com/h01/boy01.html.
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Other kanji used for Aoi for girls include (in order), 蒼 (247th), 葵衣 (332nd), 碧衣 (530th), 蒼依 (533rd), 蒼衣 (590th), 葵依 (870th) and 碧依 (895th).
Aoi, using the phonetic characters (あおい) is in 83rd place for girls.
Aoi for boys, meanwhile is popular as well with 葵 (48th) being the most popular. Other kanji used include 碧 (164th), 蒼 (197th), 蒼生 (296th) and 碧生 (655th).
Aoi, for both genders, have risen in popularity for some time, more rapidly on boys where the name with the most popular kanji was in 907th place in 1989.
Popularity sources: http://5go.biz/sei/cgi/ninki2.htm, http://5go.biz/sei/cgi/ninki1.htm, http://www.namaejiten.com/h01/girl01.html & http://www.namaejiten.com/h01/boy01.html.
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It's kinda popular among girls right now, but I've never encountered a boy with the name (I live in Japan). It's a very feminine sounding name to me as someone who actually has been living in Japan a while and speaks the language. Though with parents doing all sorts of weird things with names and kanji and such these days (which rather frustrates school-teachers even if they're native speakers), you never know what parents will do with their children's names.
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