Eri (given name)

Eri
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
Meaningdifferent meanings depending on the kanji
Other names
Related namesEriko, Erika, Rie, Andrea

Eri (えり, エリ) is a common feminine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Eri can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

  • 恵理, "blessing, reason"
  • 絵里, "picture, hometown"
  • 絵梨, "picture, pear"
  • 絵理, "picture, reason"
  • 江里, "inlet, hometown"
  • 恵里, "blessing, hometown"
  • 恵利, "blessing, profit"
  • 江利, "inlet, profit"
  • 恵梨, "blessing, pear"
  • 枝里, "branch, hometown"
  • 英梨, "excel, pear"
  • 英里, "excel, hometown"
  • 愛利, "love, clever"
  • 愛理, “loving reason”

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

  • Eri Fukatsu (絵里, born 1973), Japanese actress
  • Eri Ishida (born 1960), Japanese actress
  • Eri Itō (恵里), Japanese vocalist
  • Eri Kamei (絵里, born 1988), member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume
  • Eri Kawai (英里, 1965–2008), Japanese singer
  • Eri Kikuchi (born 1965), 1980s Japanese AV idol
  • Eri Kimura (木村 衣里, born 1973), Japanese swimmer
  • Eri Kitamura (英梨, born 1987), Japanese voice actress and singer
  • Eri Murakawa (絵梨, born 1987), Japanese actress
  • Eri Natori (名取 英理, born 1985), Japanese speed skater
  • Eri Nitta (恵利, born 1968), Japanese idol and singer
  • Eri Nobuchika (エリ, born 1985), Japanese pop singer and songwriter
  • Eri Sendai (仙台 エリ, born 1981), Japanese voice actress
  • Eri Shingyōji (恵里, born 1974), Japanese rock singer
  • Eri Tokunaga (born 1962), Japanese politician and former TV reporter
  • Eri Tokunaga (actress) (born 1988), Japanese actress
  • Eri Uchinaga (内永 枝利,[1][2] born 2000) stage name Giselle, Japanese-Korean member of South Korean girl group Aespa
  • Eri Yamada (山田 恵里, born 1984), Japanese softball player
  • Eri Yamaguchi (衛里, born 1973), Japanese long-distance runner
  • Eri Yamanoi (絵理, born 1978), Japanese former freestyle swimmer
  • Eri Yanetani (born 1984), Japanese snowboarder
  • Eri Yoshida (吉田 えり, born 1992), Japanese baseball player
  • Eri Yukimura (幸村 恵理, born 1998), Japanese voice actress

Non-Japanese people with the name Eri

Fictional characters

References

  1. ^ "【全文】GISELLE(aespa)、"不適切な口パク"に謝罪…流れる曲に合わせて口ずさんだ単語に指摘殺到". Yahoo Japan (in Japanese). October 25, 2021. Archived from the original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  2. ^ "aespa". Apple Music China (in Chinese). Archived from the original on March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022. Giselle (内永 枝利/金枝利)