Ai (given name)

Ai is a Japanese and Chinese 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).

Athletes

 * Ai Fujinuma (藤沼 亜衣), 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.
 * Ai Takaoka (高岡 亜衣), 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
 * Ai Kakuma, born 1988
 * 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.
 * Ai Iino (飯野 愛), 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.
 * Ai Kume (久米 愛), 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.
 * Ai Moritaka (森高 愛), Japanese model and actress.
 * Ai Ogawa (愛小川, 1947–2010) American poet.
 * Ai Sayama (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

 * Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist and activist.

Philosophy

 * Xu Ai, Chinese philosopher during the mid-late Ming Dynasty.

Sports

 * Zhang Ai, female Chinese softball player.

Mythical and fictional

 * Ai (Aria), a character in the anime series Aria.
 * Ai, a character in Darling In The FranXX.
 * Ai (Digimon Tamers), a character in the anime series Digimon Tamers.
 * Ai, the main character in Dōbutsu no Mori (film).
 * Ai (DokiDoki! PreCure), a character in the anime series DokiDoki! PreCure.
 * Ai, the female protagonist of the SNK Playmore fighting game Neo Geo Battle Coliseum.
 * Ai, one of the main characters in the anime and eroge game Popotan.
 * Ai (Tick! Tack!), a character in the visual novel Tick! Tack!.
 * Ai Amano, the main character in the manga and anime series Video Girl Ai.
 * Ai Doruyashi, a rival in the video game Yandere Simulator
 * Ai Ebihara, a character in Persona 4.
 * Ai Enma, the main character of the anime and manga Hell Girl.
 * Ai Haibara a.k.a. Shiho Miyano, a character in Detective Conan.
 * Ai Hoshino, one of main characters in manga and anime series Oshi no Ko.
 * Ai Mikami, a character in the manga and anime series Future Diary.
 * Ai Mori, a character in The Law of Ueki.
 * Ai Myoujin, the Fighter of the Breathless team in the anime Loveless.
 * Ai Nakashima, a sister is Makoto Nakashima and character in Haikyū!!.
 * Ai Nanasaki, a character in Amagami SS (Anime) and the game Amagami.
 * Ai Natsuki, a character in Yes! Pretty Cure 5.
 * Ai Omori, a character in Happiness Charge PreCure!.
 * Ai Shindou, a character in the anime and light novel series Beyond the Boundary.
 * Ai Tanabe, a character in Planetes.
 * Ai Yazawa, a character in Battle Royale II: Requiem.
 * T-AI or Ai-chan, a character in Transformers: Robots in Disguise.
 * Ai, a character in InuYasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island.
 * Ai Fuyuumi, a character in Oreshura.
 * Ai Mikaze, a character in Uta no Prince-sama.
 * Ai Miyashita (宮下 愛), a character in the media project Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
 * Ai Mizuno, a character from the MAPPA idol anime series Zombie Land Saga.
 * Wang Ai Ling, a character in the Chinese Lilo & Stitch spin-off series Stitch & Ai.
 * Ai Kaga, a character in the manga/anime series Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei
 * Ai Coleman, a character from Dorohedoro.
 * Kizuna AI, Japanese Virtual YouTuber and channel host.
 * Ai Hayasaka, a character in the anime and manga series Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai.