Etymology in the sources
Source-reportedAfter previous births of female children, a name given to a female child in the hope that she will be the last female child and next will be a male child. Later, by extension, a name given to either male or female children to express that he or she will be the last child. Etymology is unknown, but dialectal forms equivalent to 溢れる (afuru, “overflow”) and 余り (amari, “surplus”) have been proposed.
Sources for this account (3)
- Wiktionary: あぐりCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- JMnedict entry 5000273CC-BY-SA-4.0 · rev. 2026-10-15 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Turkish Wiktionary: あぐりCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
