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

Badaga

Ari in the

Badaga language Badaga is a southern Dravidian language spoken by the Badagas, Badaga people of the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu. The language is closely related to the Tamil language, Tamil and Kannada languages. Of all the tribal languages spoken in Nil ...

, "Ari" ("A:ri") 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 Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

names

Aristotle Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical Greece, Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatet ...

Ariadne Ariadne (; grc-gre, Ἀριάδνη; la, Ariadne) was a Cretan princess in Greek mythology. She was mostly associated with mazes and labyrinths because of her involvement in the myths of the Minotaur and Theseus. She is best known for havin ...

, Ariana,

Arietta Arietta may refer to: *a short aria *Arietta, New York Arietta is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 304 at the 2010 census. The town was named after the mother of one of the first settlers, Rensselaer Van Ren ...

Aristides Aristides ( ; grc-gre, Ἀριστείδης, Aristeídēs, ; 530–468 BC) was an ancient Athenian statesman. Nicknamed "the Just" (δίκαιος, ''dikaios''), he flourished in the early quarter of Athens' Classical period and is remembe ...

, Aristarchus,

Aristomenes Aristomenes ( grc-gre, Ἀριστομένης) was a king of Messenia, celebrated for his struggle with the Spartans in the Second Messenian War (685–668 BC), and his resistance to them on Mount Eira for 11 years. At length the mountain fell t ...

, Aristobulos,

Aristoxenos Aristoxenus of Tarentum ( el, Ἀριστόξενος ὁ Ταραντῖνος; born 375, fl. 335 BC) was a Greek Peripatetic philosopher, and a pupil of Aristotle. Most of his writings, which dealt with philosophy, ethics and music, have been ...

, Aristos,

Aristophanes Aristophanes (; grc, Ἀριστοφάνης, ; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme Kydathenaion ( la, Cydathenaeum), was a comic playwright or comedy-writer of ancient Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy. Eleven of his fo ...

Aristea ''Aristea'' is a genus of evergreen, perennial and rhizomatous species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described in 1789. The genus is distributed in tropical and southern Africa, as well as Madagascar. The genus name ...

, 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 Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury (planet), Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Mars (mythology), Roman god of war. Mars is a terr ...

. The archaic Greek prefix ''ari-'' (e.g. in ''Ariadne'', ''

Arimnestus Aeimnestus ( grc, Ἀείμνηστος) is an Ancient Greek word, also spelled and that means "unforgettable", literally "of everlasting memory". It was the name of multiple revered Greek warriors. A Spartan soldier Aeimnestus killed the Per ...

'' etc.) or ''eri-'', a cognate of ''áristos'', means "very" or "verily".

Hebrew

Ari is a common masculine given name in

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

(אריה/ארי). It means

lion The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphi ...

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".Nordic Names : "Ari

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People named Ari

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Ari Djepaxhia Ari Djepaxhia (born 4 October 1991) is an Albanian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder. Club career Vllaznia Djepaxhia made his debut for Vllaznia Shkodër in a home game against Kastrioti Krujë on 13 December 2009. He started t ...

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Ari Elon Ari Elon (Hebrew: ארי אלון) (born 1950) is an Israeli writer, a Talmud scholar and educator. Elon was born in Jerusalem in 1950. He is the son of former Israel Supreme Court Justice Menachem Elon. Elon's brothers include the late Israeli p ...

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Ari Haanpää Ari Eerik Haanpää (born November 28, 1965, in Nokia, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League with the New York Islanders between 1985 and 1988. The rest of his career, which lasted from 19 ...

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Ari Jósefsson Ari Jósefsson (28 August 1939 – 18 June 1964) was an Icelandic poet. He was a student of romance studies in Barcelona and Bucharest and published only one book of poetry during his lifetime. When he was on his way home to Reykjavík after c ...

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(born 1998), Icelandic footballer *

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Ari Lohenoja Ari Lohenoja (born May 13, 1958, in Helsinki) is a Finnish businessperson who has made a career in the music and television businesses. Since mid-2000s, he works for the Finnish Defence Forces as their marketing communications expert. After ...

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Ari Luotonen Ari Luotonen is a Finnish software developer and author. He studied for M.Sc. in Tampere University of Technology, but cut his studies short with an Equivalent of B.Sc. in Computer Science. In July 1993, he moved to Geneva to work for CERN. Ther ...

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(born 1987), Finnish javelin thrower *

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Ari Benjamin Meyers Ari Benjamin Meyers (born 1972 in New York) is an American artist and composer. Meyers received his training as a composer and conductor at the Juilliard School, Yale University, and Peabody Institute. His practice includes creating musical ...

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(born 1982), Canadian actor *

Ari Moisanen Ari Moisanen (born September 7, 1971) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently a goaltender coach with Tps turku in liiga. Moisanen served as goaltender coach for the Finland men's national ice hockey team at the 2 ...

(born 1971), Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender *

Ari Mustonen Ari Mustonen is a Finnish cross-country skier. He represented Finland at the 1984 Winter Paralympics The 1984 Winter Paralympic Games (german: Paralympische Winterspiele 1984) were the third Winter Paralympics. They were held from 14 to 20 Jan ...

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, British designer of silver jewellery and gifts *

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Ari Pakarinen Ari Pakarinen (born 14 May 1969) is a retired male javelin thrower from Finland. His personal best throw is 85.18 metres, achieved in July 1995 in Lapua Lapua (; sv, Lappo) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located next to the Lapua ...

(born 1969), Finnish javelin thrower *

Ari Palolahti Ari Palolahti (born 9 September 1968 in Rovaniemi) is a Finnish cross-country skier. He represented Finland at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, where he competed in the 15 km 15km or 15km may refer to: *15km, common course in Road runn ...

(born 1968), Finnish cross-country skier *

Ari Paunonen Ari Paunonen (born 10 March 1958) is a Finnish male former middle- and long-distance runner who competed over distances from 800 metres up to 10,000 metres. His best international performances at a major event were bronze at the 1977 European Cu ...

(born 1958), Finnish runner *

Ari Peltonen Paska is a Finnish a cappella rock singer who emerged in 1984. '' Paska'' is a Finnish word for feces, usually translated as " shit"; the idea behind the pseudonym was to prove that anybody can make music, no matter how "paska" (crappy) it happe ...

, Finnish a cappella rock singer known as Paska *

Ari Porth Ari Abraham Porth (born September 25, 1970, Washington, D.C.) is an American Attorneys in the United States, attorney, jurist, and politician. From 2004 to 2012, he served as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Florida H ...

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Ari Saarinen Ari Saarinen (born November 26, 1967) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey left winger. Saarinen played a total of 320 games in the SM-liiga for Ässät and SaiPa between 1993 and 1999. He also played in the Élite Ligue for Anglet H ...

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(1724–1773), Maharana of Mewar Kingdom *

Ari Sitas Ari Sitas (born 1952 in Limassol, Cyprus) is a South African sociologist, writer, dramatist and civic activist. Background Sitas studied sociology and political philosophy at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and was one of ...

(born 1952), South African sociologist, writer, dramatist and civic activist *

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(born 1965), American filmmaker * Ari Taub (wrestler) (born 1971), Canadian Greco-Roman wrestler * Ari Telch (born 1962), Mexican actor * Ari Þorgilsson (1067–1148), Icelandic medieval chronicler *

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(born 1951), Finnish footballer * Ari Torniainen (born 1956), Finnish politician and MP * Ari Up (1962–2010), German-born singer *

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(born 1947), Finnish long jumper *

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Ari Joshua Zucker Ari Joshua is an American guitarist, songwriter, founding member of the bands Big High. Acidophilus Culture, The Fort Project, ((Echo)), Cadillac Arrest, Slow Bunny, Space Owl, & RAaR. History Ari Joshua was born in Cape Town, South Africa ...

, American guitarist and songwriter

Fictional characters

* Ari, the main protagonist of the mobile game Super Phantom Cat * Ari Ben Canaan, protagonist in the novel ''Exodus'' by Leon Uris and the 1960 film adaptation, played by Paul Newman * Ari Gold, on the comedy-drama television series '' Entourage'' * Ari Haswari, an antagonist in ''

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'' * Ari Tasarov, from the TV series '' Nikita'' * Ari Tenenbaum, character in ''Wes Anderson's'' 2001 movie '' The Royal Tenenbaums'' * Ari, one of two friends who often accompany Elinor in '' Elinor Wonders Why''.

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