
Ari Behn (1972–2019), Norwegian author and husband of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway.Ari Aster, American filmmaker and screenwriter.Ari Ankorin (1908–1986), Israeli politician and lawyer.Ari Anjala, Finnish orienteering competitor.Ari Angervo (born 1944), Finnish classical violinist and conductor.Ari Ahonen (born 1981), Finnish ice hockey goaltender.Scandinavian Īri is a given name in Old Norse, Icelandic, Faroese, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish and means eagle or is the pet form of the names starting with Arn- or Old Norse ari "eagle".

in Ariadne, Arimnestus etc.) or eri-, a cognate of áristos, means "very" or "verily".Īri is a common masculine given name in Hebrew (אריה/ארי).

They are also modern Greek transliterations for Ares, the god of war and the name for the planet Mars. Greek Īri or Aris is a common shortened version of the Greek names Aristotle, Ariadne, Ariana, Arietta, Aristides, Aristarchus, Aristomenes, Aristobulos, Aristoxenos, Aristos, Aristophanes, Aristea, Aristotelis, and others, the majority of which are compounds of the adjectival superlative áristos, "best" or "superior". Finnic languages Īri is thought to be a Finnic form of Adrian. Ari in the Badaga language, "Ari" ("A:ri") has a literal meaning of "sun-like" and is used as a male name, sometimes changed to " Harry" in the case of converts to Christianity.
