Ari

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Eri in JP Japan, IN India, IT Italy, Arie in NL Netherlands, 애리 in KR South Korea and Aeri in AU Australia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ari is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian given name167K records spelled Ari22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Spain

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Ari, ARi', Ǻri, Arî, Àrï

• Finnish given name156K records spelled Ari10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Sweden, Spain

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Arį, Arî, Àri, Ärï, Äri

• English given name134K records spelled Ari28 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Australia, Iceland

  Languages: English, German, Icelandic

  Also written Arí, Arî, Ári, ARi', Arï

• Hindi given name50K records spelled Ari10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Finland, Malaysia

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Ãrí, Åri, Arï, Ãri, Āřï

• Turkish given name14K records spelled Ari7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Finland, Syria

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Arì, Ãrï, Åri, Ãrį

• a separate given name12K records spelled Ari4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Finland, United Kingdom

  Also written Arī, Arí, Arî

• French given name8.7K records spelled Ari21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Finland, Spain

  Also written Ãrï, Ârî, Arï, Arì, Ăŕį

• Hebrew given name6.3K records spelled Ari16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Israel, Canada, United Kingdom

  Also written קרי, Cary, ערי, Eri, Cree

72 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Ari is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A male given name from Hebrew, of Jewish usage, variant of Arieh (also transcribed as Aryeh, Arye). Ari derives directly from Hebrew: אֲרִי (arí, “lion”); compare Yiddish: לייב (leyb, “Leib”), English: Leo, Leon, French: Léo, Léon, Czech: Lev, Polish: Lew, Russian: Лев (Lev), and Ukrainian: Лев (Lev).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Indonesian, a male given name from Old Javanese

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Malay, Javanese form of adik

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, long., Ethiopia; pers. name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• eagle

  as a name·African Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 68 years between 1958–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ari Handelb. 1957USAmerican neuroscientist
• Ari Fleischerb. 1960USAmerican media consultant (born 1960)
• Ari Folmanb. 1962ILIsraeli film director, screenwriter, animator and film score composer (b. 1962)
• Ari Behnb. 1972NONorwegian author (1972–2019)
• Ari Sandelb. 1974USAmerican filmmaker
• Ari Wegnerb. 1984AUUK-based cinematographer from Australia
• Arib. 1985BRBrazilian-born Russian footballer (born 1985)
• Lauvb. 1994USnot in their usual nameAmerican musician
• Ari Ólafssonb. 1998ISIcelandic singer
• Ari CohenCACanadian actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,187 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ari?

We estimate roughly 81 thousand people bear Ari (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Ari have the most bearers?

Ari is most frequently recorded in Japan, where it is most often spelled eri.

Where is Ari most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ari is densest in Finland — about 1 in 195 people — even though Japan holds more of our records for it.

How common is Ari compared with other names?

In Japan, Ari is the 75th most common given name of 355,102 given names recorded there.

Is Ari a male or female name?

Ari is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Ari mean?

Recorded meaning: Côte d’Ivoire Kwa: place/people name; also Germanic 'eagle' and Hebrew 'lion'