Ai (given name)

Ai

Pronunciation	Similar to the English word "Eye"
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Chinese and Japanese and Vietnamese
Meaning	In Japanese love 愛 or indigo 藍, in Chinese/Vietnamese love, affection (愛), or mugwort (艾).
Region of origin	China, Japan, Vietnam

Ai is a Japanese and 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 (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).

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 (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.
• Ai Ogura, (小椋 藍, born 2001), Japanese male motorcycle racer.

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), born 1994
• Ai Kakuma (加隈 亜衣), born 1988
• Ai Kayano (茅野 愛衣) born 1987
• Ai Kobayashi (小林 愛), born 1973
• Ai Maeda (前田 愛), born 1975
• Ai Nagano (永野 愛), born 1974
• Ai Nonaka (野中 藍), born 1981
• Ai Orikasa (折笠 愛), born 1963
• Ai Shimizu (清水 愛), born 1981, also a singer and professional wrestler
• Ai Kakuma, born 1988
• Fairouz Ai (ファイルーズあい), born 1993, Japanese-Egyptian 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 Sayama (佐山 愛, born 1989), Japanese AV actress
• 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 Yazawa (矢沢あい), Japanese manga author.

Notable people from China with the name

• Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist and activist.

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, Poet

Mythical 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, 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 (Tick! Tack!), a character in the visual novel Tick! Tack!.
• 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 Haibara a.k.a. Shiho Miyano, a character in Detective Conan.
• Ai Hoshino, one of main characters in manga and anime series Oshi no Ko.
• Ai Mikami, a character in the manga and anime series Future Diary.
• 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 Amagami SS (Anime) and the game Amagami.
• 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 Tanabe, a character in Planetes.
• Ai Yazawa, a character in Battle Royale II: Requiem.
• T-AI 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.