Ari

Where Ari comes from

Of the first sense, derives directly from Hebrew: אֲרִי (arí, “lion”); compare Yiddish: לייב (leyb, “Leib”), English: Leo, Leon, French: Léo, Léon, Czech: Lev, Polish: Lew, Russian: Лев (Lev), and Ukrainian: Лев (Lev).
— Wiktionary's entry for Ari
  • Hebrew
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1067
    Ari Þorgilsson born
    Icelandic writer
  2. 1958
    First appearance
    #2,818 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1987
    Ari Freyr Skúlason born
    Icelandic footballer
  4. 2022
    Peak, #328
    1,030 babies named Ari — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew, of Jewish usage, variant of Arieh (also transcribed as Aryeh, Arye).
  • A diminutive of the female given names Arianna, Ariana, Ariel, Ariella, and Arielle, also used as a formal given name.
Namesakes
  • Ari Þorgilsson · Icelandic writer, 1067–1148
  • Ari Freyr Skúlason · Icelandic footballer, born 1987
  • Ari Behn · Norwegian author, 1972–2019
  • Ari Vatanen · politician and rally driver, Member of the European Parliament, winner of the 1981 World Rally Championship for Drivers, born 1952

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.