Kari is either a male or female given name, or a surname.

Given name

In Finland, Kari is a male name, which was particularly popular in the 1940s and 1950s. The name is derived from the Greek Makarios (or Macarius).

In Norway, Kari is a female name. The name is diminutive of Katherine, meaning "pure". The corresponding Swedish and German name is Karin.

In Iceland and Faroe Islands, Kári is a male name, based on a Scandinavian god of wind of the same name. The corresponding Norwegian male name is Kåre.

Surname

Kari is a popular surname in South India. In Andhra Pradesh the village of Karivari Palem is named after the surname; in the village Inkollu, Gangavaram almost 60% families have this surname and belongs to Kamma/Chowdary caste. Kari can also be spelt Kahri.

Kari is also a Finnish surname, meaning a small island, islet, or an underwater rock. There are currently 2242 holders of the name (2015).^[1]

Notable people named Kari

Fictional and mythological characters

• Kári, son of Fornjót, the personification of wind in Norse mythology
• Kari Grandi, Finnish advertising character
• Hikari "Kari" Kamiya, a character in Digimon media
• Kari Nordmann, Norwegian placeholder name
• Kari Sorjonen, main character in Bordertown, a Finnish crime drama TV series

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Kari
• All pages with titles containing Kari
• Kari (disambiguation)
• Cari (name)
• Kali (name)
• Karie (name)
• Karli (name)
• Karri (name)

References