Ai

Meaning

Proper Noun

• An ancient Canaanite royal city mentioned in the Joshua Book of Joshua, popularly believed to be the modern archeological site Et-Tell.
• An ancient city mentioned in Jeremiah 49:3 of unknown location, possibly the same city as definition 1.
• A female given name from Japanese.

Origin

• From Hebrew הָעַי ("the heap of ruins").
• From Japanese あい.
• Borrowed from Chinese 艾.