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:
Airi Eino (永野 愛理, born 1993), Japanese voice actress and singer
Airi Furukawa (古川 愛李, born 1989), Japanese illustrator and former singer
Airi Hatakeyama (畠山 愛理, born 1994), Japanese rhythmic gymnast
Airi Kinoshita (木下 あいり, 1998–2005), Japanese murder victim
Airi Matsui (松井 愛莉, born 1996), Japanese model, actress, and former singer
Airi Miyabe (宮部 藍梨, born 1998), Japanese volleyball player
Airi Nakajima (中島 愛里, born 1990), Japanese actress and gravure idol
Airi Shimizu (清水 あいり, born 1992), Japanese gravure idol, actress and television personality
Airi Shikawa [ja] (白川愛梨, born 1999), Japanese gravure idol and tallent
Airi Suzuki (鈴木 愛理, born 1994), Japanese singer, actress, model and radio personality