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 name is a girl name! For short people call me Ari :} 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 friend's name is arianna and its a girl!! it means lions of GOD! PRAISE THE LORD! THATSS MY NAME TOO FREAKYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY |