Ai (given name)
Ai is a Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese given name.
In Japanese, it is almost always used as a feminine Japanese given name, written as あい in hiragana, アイ in katakana, 愛, 藍 or 亜衣 in kanji. It could mean love, affection, or indigo. The kanji 亜衣 is only associated as a proper noun; it could mean Asian clothes.
In Chinese, it is commonly used as a feminine given name, but it also is given as a male name, written as "爱/愛", "艾" or other characters. It could mean love, affection, or mugwort.
In Vietnamese, it is commonly used as a feminine given name, but it also is given as a male name, written as "Ái" it could mean love, sentimental love, affection.
Notable people from Japan with the name
Athletes
- Ai Fujinuma, Japanese table tennis player.
- Ai Fukuhara, Japanese professional table tennis player.
- Ai Miyazato, Japanese professional golf player.
- Ai Otomo, Japanese volleyball player.
- Ai Sugiyama, retired Japanese professional tennis player.
- Ai Shibata,, Japanese professional swimmer.
- Ai Shishime,, Japanese professional judoka.
- Ai Ogura,, Japanese male motorcycle racer.
Singers
- Ai (singer), Japanese-American singer and songwriter.
- Ai Kago, Japanese pop singer, actress, author and former member of J-pop group Morning Musume.
- Ai Kawashima, Japanese pop singer, songwriter and pianist.
- Ai Otsuka, Japanese pop singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, and actress.
- Ai Takahashi, Japanese pop singer and former member of Morning Musume.
- Ai Takaoka, Japanese singer-songwriter.
Voice actresses
- Ai Furihata, born 1994
- Ai Kakuma, born 1988
- Ai Kayano born 1987
- Ai Kobayashi, born 1973
- Ai Maeda, born 1975
- Ai Nagano, born 1974
- Ai Nonaka, born 1981
- Ai Orikasa, born 1963
- Ai Shimizu, born 1981, also a singer and professional wrestler
- Fairouz Ai, born 1993, Japanese-Egyptian voice actress
Other
- Ai Iijima, Japanese media personality, writer, and actress.
- Ai Iino, Japanese shogi player.
- Ai Haruna, Japanese TV personality and singer.
- Ai Hashimoto, Japanese actress and model.
- Ai Iwamura, Japanese actress.
- Ai Kato, Japanese actress and model.
- Ai Kidosaki, Japanese chef.
- Ai Kume, Japanese lawyer.
- Ai Kuwabara, Japanese jazz pianist.
- Ai Maeda (actress), Japanese model, actress, and singer.
- Ai Morinaga, Japanese manga artist.
- Ai Moritaka, Japanese model and actress.
- Ai Ogawa American poet.
- , Japanese AV actress
- Ai Shinozaki (gravure idol), Japanese singer, gravure idol, and actress.
- Ai Takabe, Japanese actress and voice actress.
- Ai Tominaga, Japanese fashion model and actress.
- Ai Yazawa, Japanese manga author.
Notable people from China with the name
Philosophy
- Xu Ai, Chinese philosopher during the mid-late Ming Dynasty.
Sports
- Zhang Ai, female Chinese softball player.
Notable people from Vietnam with the name
Võ Văn Ái, Human Rights Activist, PoetMythical and fictional
- Ai (Aria), a character in the anime series Aria.
- Ai, a character in Darling In The FranXX.
- Ai (Digimon Tamers), a character in the anime series Digimon Tamers.
- Ai, the main character in Dōbutsu no Mori (film).
- Ai (DokiDoki! PreCure), a character in the anime series DokiDoki! PreCure.
- Ai, an African American character in the book series Just Roll With It.
- Ai, the female protagonist of the SNK Playmore fighting game Neo Geo Battle Coliseum.
- Ai, one of the main characters in the anime and eroge game Popotan.
- Ai, a non-playable Mii opponent in the Wii series
- Ai (Tick! Tack!), a character in the visual novel Tick! Tack!.
- Ai, a character in Tawawa on Monday.
- Ai, a character in InuYasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island.
- Ai Amano, the main character in the manga and anime series Video Girl Ai.
- Ai Doruyashi, a rival in the video game Yandere Simulator
- Ai Ebihara, a character in Persona 4.
- Ai Enma, the main character of the anime and manga Hell Girl.
- Ai Fuyuumi, a character in Oreshura
- Ai Haibara a.k.a. Shiho Miyano, a character in Detective Conan.
- Ai Hayasaka, a character in the anime and manga series Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai
- Ai Hoshino, one of main characters in manga and anime series Oshi no Ko.
- Ai Kaga, a character in the manga/anime series Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei
- Ai Mikami, a character in the manga and anime series Future Diary.
- Ai Mikaze, a character in Uta no Prince-sama.
- Nijigasaki High School Idol Club#Characters, a character in the media project Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
- Ai Mizuno, a character from the MAPPA idol anime series Zombie Land Saga.
- Ai Mori, a character in The Law of Ueki.
- Ai Myoujin, the Fighter of the Breathless team in the anime Loveless.
- Ai Nakashima, a sister is Makoto Nakashima and character in Haikyū!!.
- Ai Nanasaki, a character in the game Amagami and the anime Amagami SS.
- Ai Natsuki, a character in Yes! Pretty Cure 5.
- Ai Omori, a character in Happiness Charge PreCure!.
- Ai Shindou, a character in the anime and light novel series Beyond the Boundary.
- Ai Sorakado, a character in the visual novel series Summer Pockets.
- Ai Tanabe, a character in Planetes.
- Ai Yazawa, a character in Battle Royale II: Requiem.
- Ai Uozumi, a character in the tokusatsu series Chouseishin Gransazer
- T-AI or Ai-chan, a character in Transformers: Robots in Disguise..
- Wang Ai Ling, a character in the Chinese Lilo & Stitch spin-off series Stitch & Ai.
- Ai Coleman, a character from Dorohedoro.
- Kizuna Ai, Japanese Virtual YouTuber and channel host.