Ayaka (given name)
Appearance
Pronunciation | Japanese: [ajaka] |
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Gender | female |
Language(s) | Japanese |
Origin | |
Meaning | different meanings depending on the kanji used |
Other names | |
See also | Aya Ayako Ayane |
Ayaka (あやか, アヤカ) is a common feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Ayaka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 彩華, "colorful, flower"
- 彩夏, "colorful, summer"
- 彩霞, "colorful, mist"
- 彩香, "colorful, scent"
- 彩風, "colorful, wind"
- 綾花, "design, flower"
- 綾香, "design, scent"
- 綾風, "design, wind"
- 綾夏, "design, summer"
- 絢花, "kimono design, flower"
- 絢香, "kimono design, scent"
- 彩花, "colorful flower"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People with the name
- Ayaka, a Japanese singer whose real name is Ayaka Iida (飯田 絢香)
- Ayaka Fukuhara (福原綾香, born 1989), a Japanese voice actress
- Ayaka Hibiki (響 綾香), a Japanese stage and voice actress
- Ayaka Hirahara (平原 綾香), a Japanese pop singer
- Ayaka Hironaka (弘中 綾香, born 1991), Japanese TV announcer
- Ayaka Imamura (今村 彩夏,born 1993), a former Japanese voice actress
- Ayaka Kikuchi (singer) (菊地 あやか, born 1993), Japanese singer, actress, model and idol
- Ayaka Kikuchi (speed skater) (菊池 彩花, born 1987), Japanese speed skater
- Ayaka Kimura (木村 絢香), an actress who was a former member of the Hello! Project group Coconuts Musume
- Ayaka Kitazawa (北沢 綾香), a Japanese pop singer
- Ayaka Komatsu (小松 彩夏), a Japanese model/actress
- Ayaka Kōra (高良 彩花, born 2001), Japanese long jumper
- Ayaka Maekawa (前川 綾香, born 1983), Japanese tennis player
- Ayaka Matsumoto (松本 亜弥華, born 1988), Japanese volleyball player
- Ayaka Miyoshi (三吉 彩花, born 1996) a Japanese idol, singer, model and actress
- Ayaka Nanase, a Japanese voice actress
- Ayaka Nishiwaki (西脇 綾香), a member of the Japanese electropop group Perfume
- Ayaka Ohashi (大橋 彩香), a Japanese voice actress
- Ayaka Okuno (奥野 彩加, born 1995), Japanese tennis player
- Ayaka Saitō (齋藤 彩夏, born 1988), Japanese voice actress
- Ayaka Saito (karateka) (齊藤 綾夏), Japanese karateka
- Ayaka Suwa, a Japanese voice actress
- Ayaka Toko (床 亜矢可, born 1994), Japanese ice hockey player
- Ayaka Yamashita (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ayaka Yoshimura, a member of Japanese pop group SweetS
- Ayaka Sasaki, Japanese Singer, Idol
- Ayaka Wada (和田 彩花), a former member of the Hello! Project group Angerme
Fictional characters
- Ayaka Kuroe, a character from the anime/manga series/light novel Strike Witches
- Ayaka Shindou, a character from anime and light novel series Beyond the Boundary
- Ayaka Usami, a main character from anime and manga series Gravitation
- Ayaka Yukihiro, a supporting character in the anime and manga series Mahou Sensei Negima
- Ayaka Kagari, a main character from the anime and manga series Witch Craft Works
- Ayaka Kamisato (Chinese: 神里绫华), a main character from the Japanese-inspired region of Inazuma in Genshin Impact
- Ayaka Sunohara, a main character from the anime and manga series Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou