When deciding what Yandere-chan's real name would be, YandereDev originally considered giving her a name that meant "murder", suggesting names like "Satsu Jinsha" or "Jinsha Satsu". He eventually narrowed down his options to three names: "Ayano", "Ayane", and "Ayana", all of which have "yan" in the name which is also in the word "Yandere". He ultimately went with Ayano, as it had the fewest Google search results, and thus was less likely to get confused with somebody else.