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Japanese · Girl name

Ai

“love”

About the name Ai

Ai is a Japanese girl’s name most often written 愛, meaning ‘love’ or ‘affection’. Other characters with the same reading are also used, such as 藍 ‘indigo’ and 亜衣. The character 愛 also appears in longer names such as Aiko (‘love child’) and Manami. Ai Fukuhara, a table tennis player who won Olympic medals for Japan, and the singer Ai Otsuka are well-known bearers. In Chinese, the same character is read ài and also means love.

Meaning
love
Origin
Japanese
Gender
Girl
Pronunciation
EYE(1 syl.)

Variants and spellings

No common variant spellings are widely recorded.

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Middle names for Ai

  • Ai Yuki
  • Ai Sakura
  • Ai Miyuki
  • Ai Haruko
  • Ai Aiko

Questions about Ai

What does Ai mean?
Ai is a Japanese name meaning "love".
How do you pronounce Ai?
Ai is pronounced EYE, with emphasis on the first syllable.

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