Aino
Minako may be a simple name to you but it really is a name
of a truly memorable character. For all you know, names aren't
just labels for persons, rather, it is a title to ourselves
which we should also consider to be endearing.
Many have
translated it as "Beautiful Child of Love"
of "Love of Everybody", this, we don't really
know but what we would really want to know is the significance
of the name to the character herself. Minako-chan has many nicknames
that her friends use to address her. They call her V-chan
since she was known as SailorV before. Other 'pet'names (not
necessarily for pets ^_-) used for her is Mina-P, shortening
her name even more and, since it sounds very kawaii (ne?), it
also sounds very much like a sweet specification to her. If
ever her name is changed, it would be like trying to change
her world for everybody knows her in that name.
'Aino' very
much means love of since Ai = love and no = of but acts
as a suffix. It all depends on the kanji and then you would be able to translate and not just transcribe her first name, Minako.
Her element
is also love and beauty, Takeuchi-san made her and the others
according to their element (not only their names but many other
stuff).
The spirited
goddess of love is basically like her name because in her whole
life, love is what it's all about, ne?