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أَيُو
Ayu
AH-yoo
“Beautiful, graceful.”
About Ayu
Ayu is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "beautiful, graceful" — an Indonesian name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Indonesian/Javanese for 'beautiful, graceful'. Very common Indonesian feminine name.
Origin & roots
Origin
Indonesian
Gender
Girl
Root letters
Across the Malay world, names with these consonants arrived alongside Islam itself — first by sea, then by family lineage.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Ayu
- What does the name Ayu mean?
- Ayu (أَيُو) means "Beautiful, graceful". Indonesian/Javanese for 'beautiful, graceful'. Very common Indonesian feminine name.
- Is Ayu a name from the Qur'an?
- Ayu does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Indonesian name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Ayu a boy or a girl name?
- Ayu is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Ayu come from?
- Ayu is an Indonesian name, built on the root letters —.
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