Comments for ARI (1):

In Armenian it means brave, and it is also a masculine name.

-- bravelioneagle  6/5/2005

In the movie "Rigoletto," Ari is the name of the main character. Great movie!

-- beautyofwords9  3/7/2006

I have a close friend named Ari. He is a bit of an original, you could say. He's quite nerdy and has extremely long hair. I think my impression of the name has been imprinted forever.

-- lisjose  5/16/2006

Ari was the first name of Ari Ben Canaan, the main character in the novel 'Exodus' by Leon Uris.

-- n-dogg  6/11/2006

Pronounced ah-ree.

-- Miss Claire  7/29/2006

The name Ari has a detestable nickname in elementary and middle school, 'Air'.

-- stormy_lovegood  3/6/2007

What's so "detestable" about the word "AIR"?

-- Anonymous User  11/3/2007

Actually, I don't even think it's pronounced Air-ee. The two people I saw with it were AR-ee. I knew one in elementary school, but I think he moved. The next year, a substitute teacher was taking attendence and called out, Ari, prounouncing it Air-ee. He said his name was AR-ee, but when I got to match people's names and faces, I saw that this was someone else.

-- Brianna Angela  6/21/2007

Ari was the name of one of Chas Tenenbaum's sons in the Wes Anderson film "The Royal Tenenbaums".

-- So Be It  7/12/2007

In the "Maximum Ride" series (I don't recall who wrote it, sorry), there is an Eraser (wolf/human thing) named Ari.

-- Anonymous User  8/7/2007

I also knew a girl, Ariana, who went by Ari. I think it's a gorgeous name that works equally well for both sexes.

-- dark  8/14/2007

I like this name a lot for a girl or guy, but a guy moreso.

-- Chloever33  8/17/2007

In the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ari is Lena Kaligaris's mother. Her real name is Ariadne.

-- Anonymous User  11/2/2007

I actually love this as a girl's name, although it's very cute on other people's boys. Just too feminine-sounding for my taste.

-- LuzDeTuVida  8/10/2008

Hearing, "I'm Ari Shapiro" every morning on NPR kind of makes the name grow on you.

Another bearer, though fictional, is Ari Ruka of Okage: Shadow King. The game is a spoof of Japanese role-playing games.

-- Veronica_Mignon  8/12/2008

Ari Batchelder (not sure I spelled that right) is a character in the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson. He is an eraser, which means he can turn into a wolf at will, kinda like the Twilight shapeshifters.

-- thecookiemonster  2/13/2009

It's a decidedly more masculine to use Ari instead of Ariel. While I really like both, Ariel is much more feminine in my eyes. Ari's a really strong name for a boy that he'll be able to grow up with. I like it.

-- magicalhannah7  3/7/2009

I actually really love this name-- the only reason why I wouldn't consider it as a name, if I ever had a son, is because the only Ari I know is the freakiest young man I've ever seen in my life. Otherwise, it's a really unique sounding name-- it's a cute nickname for Ariel, too.

-- LittleMissWeekender  3/16/2009

Comments for ARI (2):

Ari Huber is the central character in Simon French's novel Where in the World.

-- Anonymous User  1/15/2008

Ari Boulogne (born 1962), son of Nico (Christa Päffgen) and (allegedly) French actor Alain Deloin, is a French photographer.

-- scholasticastewart  2/24/2008

This name works wonderfully on both sexes! It's brilliant.

-- Anonymous User  6/22/2008

Ari Mikael Behn (né Bjørshol, born 30 September 1972) is a Norwegian author and husband of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway.

-- Anonymous User  9/30/2008

This is a name for dogs in Croatia.

-- enchy  7/23/2009

Comments for ARI (3):

May be a (dialectal?) variation of Ara, which means 'kingly'.

-- Anonymous User  2/22/2006

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