Ari Name Meaning | NameChef

Meaning

Ari is a gender-neutral name and is of Hebrew origin. It can be used for both girls and boys. It means lion, Sun, Gold, Sea or water. Though a unisex name, this name is trendier as a girl’s name than as a boy’s. Pronounced as AR-ee, the name is currently in the top 100 of NameChef Most Popular Baby Names and in the top 500 of U.S birth chart of the year 2022.

Ari is a name that exists in many cultures and languages. In Albanian, it means “gold”. Ari in the Badaga language literally means "sun-like". Ari is believed to be a Finnic form of Adrian. While in Greek, Ari is often used as a short form for names like Aristotle, Ariadne, Ariana, Arietta, Aristos and others, which most of them has the meaning “superior”. In Scandinavian, Ari means eagle.