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How to Pronounce Ai
Pronounced eye /ΛaΙͺ/Medium
Meaning: Ai is a short Japanese and Chinese girl's name whose meaning depends on the character written: in Japanese it most often means love, and can also mean indigo, while the Chinese reading likewise centers on love or affection.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Ai is a genuine East Asian name carried to the United States chiefly by Japanese and Chinese families. Because it is written with different characters, its exact meaning varies, but love is by far the most common sense.
The name stayed rare in America, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak, though it is familiar in Japan and China. A girl named Ai around nineteen-ninety-one would be in her mid-thirties today. Its brevity makes it clear and striking in English, said simply like the word eye.
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What does the name Ai mean?
It is a Japanese and Chinese name most often meaning love, and in one Japanese writing indigo.
How do you pronounce Ai?
It is said eye /ΛaΙͺ/, a single syllable like the English word eye.
Is Ai a boy or girl name?
Ai is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Ai?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties, though it is common in Japan and China.