Ari (name)


Ari is a given name in many languages and cultures, for both men and women. It also may be a nickname for a wide variety of unrelated names.

Etymology

Albanian

In the Albanian language, "Ari" means "gold" and is used as a male name.

Armenian

In Armenian, Ari is a boy's name meaning brave.

Badaga

Ari in the Badaga language, "Ari" has a literal meaning of "sun-like" and is used as a male name, sometimes changed to "Harry" in the case of converts to Christianity.

Finnic languages

Ari is thought to be a Finnic form of Adrian.

Greek

Ari or Aris is a common shortened version of the Greek names Aristotle, Ariadne, Ariana, Arietta, Aristides, Aristarchus, Aristomenes, Aristobulos, Aristoxenos, Aristos, Aristophanes, Aristea, Aristotelis, and others, the majority of which are compounds of the adjectival superlative áristos, "best" or "superior". They are also modern Greek transliterations for Ares, the god of war and the name for the planet Mars. The archaic Greek prefix ari- or eri-, a cognate of áristos, means "very" or "verily".

Hebrew

Ari is a common masculine given name in Hebrew. It means lion.

Scandinavian

Ari is a given name in Old Norse, Icelandic, Faroese, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish and means eagle or is the pet form of the names starting with Arn- or Old Norse ari "eagle".

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