Ai (given name)

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Ai
PronunciationSimilar to the English word "Eye"
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameChinese
MeaningIn Japanese love 愛 or indigo 藍, in Chinese love, affection (愛), or mugwort (艾).
Region of originChina, Japan

Ai is a Japanese and Chinese 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 (愛), or indigo (藍). 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 (愛), or mugwort (艾).

Notable people from Japan with the name[]

Athletes[]

  • Ai Fujinuma (藤沼 亜衣, born 1982), Japanese table tennis player.
  • Ai Fukuhara (福原 愛), Japanese professional table tennis player.
  • Ai Miyazato (宮里藍, born 1985), Japanese professional golf player.
  • Ai Otomo (大友 愛), Japanese volleyball player.
  • Ai Sugiyama (杉山愛, born 1975), retired Japanese professional tennis player.
  • Ai Shibata, (柴田 亜衣), Japanese professional swimmer.
  • Ai Shishime, (志々目愛), Japanese professional judoka.

Singers[]

  • Ai (singer) (植村 愛 カリーナ, born 1981), Japanese-American singer and songwriter.
  • Ai Kago (加護 亜依, born 1988), Japanese pop singer, actress, author and former member of J-pop group Morning Musume.
  • Ai Kawashima (川嶋 あい), Japanese pop singer, songwriter and pianist.
  • Ai Otsuka (大塚 愛, born 1982), Japanese pop singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, and actress.
  • Ai Takahashi (高橋 愛, born 1986), Japanese pop singer and former member of Morning Musume.
  • Ai Takaoka (高岡 亜衣, born 1982), Japanese singer-songwriter.

Voice actresses[]

  • Ai Furihata (降幡 愛), Japanese voice actress.
  • Ai Kakuma (加隈 亜衣), Japanese voice actress.
  • Ai Kayano (茅野 愛衣, born 1987), Japanese voice actress and singer.
  • Ai Kobayashi (小林愛), Japanese voice actress.
  • Ai Maeda (voice actress) (前田 愛 born 1975), Japanese voice actress.
  • Ai Nagano (永野 愛, born 1974), Japanese voice actress.
  • Ai Nonaka (野中 藍 born 1981), Japanese voice actress.
  • Ai Orikasa (折笠 愛 born 1963), Japanese voice actress.
  • Ai Shimizu (清水 愛), Japanese voice actress.

Other[]

  • Ai Iijima (飯島 愛, 1972 – 2008), Japanese media personality, writer, and actress.
  • Ai Iino (飯野 愛, born 1986), Japanese shogi player.
  • Ai Haruna (はるな 愛), Japanese TV personality and singer.
  • Ai Hashimoto (橋本 愛), Japanese actress and model.
  • Ai Iwamura (岩村愛), Japanese actress.
  • Ai Kato (加藤 あい), Japanese actress and model.
  • Ai Kidosaki (城戸崎 愛, 1925–2020), Japanese chef.
  • Ai Kume (久米 愛, 1911–1976), Japanese lawyer.
  • Ai Kuwabara, Japanese jazz pianist.
  • Ai Maeda (actress) (前田 愛), Japanese model, actress, and singer.
  • Ai Morinaga (森永あい), Japanese manga artist.
  • Ai Moritaka (森高 愛, born 1990), Japanese model and actress.
  • Ai Ogawa (愛小川, 1947–2010) American poet.
  • Ai Shinozaki (gravure idol) (篠崎 愛), Japanese singer, gravure idol, and actress.
  • Ai Takabe (高部 あい), Japanese actress and voice actress.
  • Ai Tominaga (冨永 愛), Japanese fashion model and actress.
  • Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist and activist.
  • Ai Yazawa (矢沢あい), Japanese manga author.

Mythical and fictional[]

  • Ai (Aria), a character in the anime series Aria.
  • Ai (Digimon Tamers), a character in the anime series Digimon Tamers.
  • Ai (DokiDoki! PreCure), a character in the anime series DokiDoki! PreCure.
  • Ai (Tick! Tack!), a character in the visual novel Tick! Tack!.
  • Ai, a character in Darling In The FranXX.
  • Ai Amano, the main character in the manga and anime series Video Girl Ai.
  • Ai Enma, the main character of the anime and manga Hell Girl.
  • Ai Haibara a.k.a. Shiho Miyano, a character in Detective Conan.
  • Ai Mori, a character in The Law of Ueki.
  • Ai Shindou, a character in the anime and light novel series Beyond the Boundary.
  • Ai Tanabe, a character in Planetes.
  • Ai Yazawa, a character in Battle Royale II: Requiem.
  • 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 Mikami, a character in the manga and anime series Future Diary.
  • Ai Ebihara, a character in Persona 4.
  • Ai, the main character in Dōbutsu no Mori (film).
  • Ai Myoujin, the Fighter of the Breathless team in the anime Loveless.
  • Ai Nanasaki, a character in Amagami SS (Anime) and the game Amagami.
  • or Ai-chan, a character in Transformers: Robots in Disguise.
  • Ai, a character in InuYasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island.
  • Ai Fuyuumi, a character in Oreshura.
  • Ai Mikaze, a character in Uta no Prince-sama.
  • Ai Miyashita (宮下 愛), a character in the media project Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
  • Ai Mizuno, a character from the MAPPA idol anime series Zombie Land Saga.
  • Wang Ai Ling, a character in the Chinese Lilo & Stitch spin-off series Stitch & Ai.
  • Ai Kaga, a character in the manga/anime series Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei
  • Ai Coleman, a character from Dorohedoro.
  • Kizuna AI, Japanese Virtual YouTuber and channel host.
  • Ai Hayasaka, a character in the anime and manga series Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai.


Notable people from China with the name[]

Philosophy[]

Xu Ai was a Chinese philosopher during the mid-late Ming Dynasty.

Sports[]

Zhang Ai is a female Chinese softball player.

References[]

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