this name means lion in hebrew Ari is a Hewbrew name for Males that means 'Lion' in the language. The Female version is Ariella, which means 'Lioness of God'. Lioness of god if ur a girl my friend's name is arianna and its a girl!! For a girl, it is a nick name for Arianna. Lion in hebrew, extremely attractive, and gets more cat in a day than you do in your lifetime. My name is a girl name! For short people call me Ari :} it means lions of GOD! PRAISE THE LORD! My name is Arianna.. i Was also dropped on my head at 6 weeks ..everybody calls me ari |