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藍
あい
Ai
AH-ee · a female name
“Indigo”
Deep · Artisanal · Serene
The story of Ai
The indigo Ai — love in Japan's deepest blue.
Ai is Japanese naming at its most essential: the word for love, said in a single breath. Loved across generations and effortless in any language.
Kanji by kanji
indigo
The plant and the dye of Japan's beloved deep blue — aizome, indigo dyeing.
How it feels
The full story
About 藍
藍 trades the word for a color: the hand-dyed blue that deepens with every dip. It suits a quiet devotion that darkens beautifully with time.
Popularity in Japan
Ai has appeared near the top of girls' charts repeatedly since the 1980s — a small name that never fades.
Through the decades
A steady favorite across three decades, at home in every generation.
Deep dive
Few cultures name daughters 'Love' outright; Japan does, without embarrassment, because 愛 is understood as something given rather than demanded. Its quieter twin, 藍 — indigo — dyes the same sound in deep blue.
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