Ayu is a ♀ girl’s name.
Ayu is a girl’s name from Japan, but also from the Indonesian island Java.
Ayu means “beautiful” or “pretty” in Javanese. The Japanese name Ayu derived from Japanese kanji “a/亜” meaning “second”, “Asia”, “a/愛” meaning “love”, “affection” in combination with “yū/優” meaning “gentleness”, “superiority”, “yu/結” meaning “to tie”, “to bind” or “yu/友” meaning “companion”, “friend”.
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