Entry № 1174 · Indonesian origin

Ayu Ayu — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AH-yoo /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Indonesian
Meaning
"Beautiful"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Indonesian)

A name that means "beautiful".

Ayu is the Indonesian and Javanese word for "beautiful." Often a title for noblewomen in Javanese tradition (Raden Ayu = "noble lady").

Ayu Utami (born 1968) is the Indonesian novelist.

Beautiful. The Javanese title of nobility.

The name in its native script.

Ayu
Transliteration
Ayu
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑː.juː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ayu stands.

Ayu does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Ayus before her.

Real people
Ayu Utami
Indonesian novelist.
born 1968
In fiction
Ayu
Common in Indonesian fiction.

Names connected to Ayu.

The number behind Ayu.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ayu reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.