Ai (艾)

Ai in Chinese character
Pronunciation	Ài (Mandarin)
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Old Chinese
Meaning	"mugwort"

Ai 艾 is the pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname 艾. It is listed 334th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.^[1] As of 2008, it is the 215th most common surname in Taiwan, shared by 400,000 people.^[2]

Notable people

• Ai Nanying (艾南英; 1583–1646), Ming dynasty essayist
• Ai Nengqi (艾能奇; died 1647), rebel general and adopted son of Zhang Xianzhong
• Ai Yuanzheng (艾元征; 1624–1676), Qing dynasty Minister of Justice
• Ai Ai (艾靉; 1906–1982), Republic of China lieutenant general, Deputy Minister of Defense
• Ai Qing (艾青; 1910–1996), pen name of poet Jiang Zhenghan
• Ai Siqi (艾思奇; 1910–1966), pen name of Mongol-Chinese philosopher Li Shengxuan
• Ai Xia (艾霞; 1912–1934), silent film actress
• Ai Xing (艾兴; 1924–2008), mechanical engineer, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
• Ai Zhisheng (艾知生; 1928–1997), Minister of Broadcast, Film, and Television
• Ai Weiren (艾维仁; 1932–2018), PLA lieutenant general
• Sarah Allan (艾兰; born 1945), American paleographer and sinologist
• Ai Xuan (艾軒; born 1947), artist, son of Ai Qing
• Ai Husheng (艾虎生; born 1951), PLA lieutenant general
• Ai Xiaoming (艾晓明; born 1953), writer and director
• Ai Wei (艾伟; born 1955), Taiwanese actor
• Ai Weiwei (艾未未; born 1957), artist, son of Ai Qing
• Ai Baojun (艾宝俊; born 1960), former vice mayor of Shanghai
• Randy Ai (艾雷迪; 1969–2013), Taiwanese cartoonist
• Ai Jing (艾敬; born 1969), singer and painter
• Ai Fei (艾芬; born 1974), Chinese physician
• Ai Jingjing (艾晶晶; born 1978), writer
• Ai Zhibo (艾志波; born 1982), football player
• Ai Mengmeng (艾梦萌; born 1983), singer
• Eve Ai (艾怡良; born 1987), Taiwanese singer
• Ai Fei (艾菲; born 1987), singer
• Gloria Ai (艾诚; born 1987), bilingual business anchorwoman