Ari is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “lion.” In 2024 it was given to 805 boys in the United States.
Ari belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “lion” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Ari first appears in Social Security records in 1958. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #328 in 2022, and in 2024 805 babies received the name — 19,781 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Ari means “lion” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Ari is a boy name. In 2024, 805 babies received the name in the US.
Ari comes from the Biblical & Christian tradition.
Ari first appears in US records in 1958. Its best-ever ranking was #328 in 2022, and 805 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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