Ari (name)

Ari is a given name in many languages and cultures, for both men and women. It also may be a nickname for a wide variety of unrelated names.
Etymology.
Albanian.
In Albanian Language Ari is a male name meaning gold. Ari is also used as measuring unit for land, where 100 Ar = 1 hectare.
Badaga.
Ari in the Badaga language, "Ari" ("A:ri") has a literal meaning of "sun-like" and is used as a male name, sometimes changed to "Harry" in the case of converts to Christianity.
Finnic languages.
Ari is thought to be a Finnic form of Adrian.
Greek.
Ari or Aris is a common shortened version of the Greek names Aristotle, Ariadne, Ariana, Arietta, Aristides, Aristarchus, Aristomenes, Aristobulos, Aristoxenos, Aristos, Aristophanes, Aristea, Aristotelis, and others, the majority of which are compounds of the adjectival superlative "áristos", "best" or "superior". They are also modern Greek transliterations for Ares, the god of war and the name for the planet Mars. The archaic Greek prefix "ari-" (e.g. in "Ariadne", "Arimnestus" etc.) or "eri-", a cognate of "áristos", means "very" or "verily".
Hebrew.
Ari is a common masculine given name in Hebrew (אריה/ארי). It means lion.
Scandinavian.
Ari is a given name in Old Norse, Icelandic, Faroese, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish and means eagle or is the pet form of the names starting with "Arn-" or Old Norse "ari" "eagle".