Airi Explained

Airi
Gender:	Female
Meaning:	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Origin:	Japanese

Airi
Gender:	Female
Meaning:	Messenger, herald
Origin:	Estonian, Finnish
Related Names:	Aire, Aira
Name Day:	2 December (Estonia)^[1] 4 December (Finland)

Airi is a feminine given name used in Estonian, Finnish and Japanese. The Japanese name can be written as 愛里, 愛李, 愛莉, 愛理, 愛梨, 藍梨 or あいり in hiragana.^[2] In Finnish and Estonian, the name is derived from airut, meaning messenger or herald. As of 1 January 2022, Airi is the 240th most popular feminine given name in Estonia.^[3]

Notable Japanese people with the name include:

• , Japanese voice actress and singer
• , Japanese illustrator and former singer
• , Japanese rhythmic gymnast
• , Japanese murder victim
• , Japanese model, actress, and former singer
• , Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese actress and gravure idol
• , Japanese gravure idol, actress and television personality
• , Japanese singer, actress, model and radio personality
• , Japanese violinist
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese singer
• , Japanese actress and singer
• AiRI, Japanese singer

Other people

• Airi L, British singer
• Airi Mikkelä (born 1993), Finnish badminton player

Fictional characters

• , a character in the media franchise Queen's Blade
• Airi Ban, a character in the video game Devil Survivor 2
• Airi Hayashida, a character in the anime series Wake Up, Girls!
• , a character in the anime series Tenchi Muyo!
• Airi Momoi, a character from the game
• Airi Nogami, a character in the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Den-O
• Airi Sakura, a character in the light novel series Classroom of the Elite

Notes and References

1. Web site: Estonian Name Days. 2017. Behind the Name. 14 February 2022.
2. https://www.babynamescube.com/airi-name-meaning Babynamescube
3. Web site: Eesnime Airi statistika. 1 January 2022. Eesti statistika. 1 March 2022. et.