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Ai (given name)

Ai is a Japanese, 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

  • , 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
  • , 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
  • 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
  • , 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
  • , 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
  • , Japanese model and actress
  • Ai Ogawa (愛小川, 1947–2010) American poet
  • (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

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

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