Kari

See also karı, kari, and Kári

English

Proper noun

Kari

1. A female given name of recent usage, from the Norwegian form of Catherine, or a variant of Carrie or Cary.

Anagrams

• ikra, Irak, Kira, krai, raik, raki, rika

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ka‧ri
• Rhymes: -ɑri
• IPA: [ˈkɑri]

Etymology 1

Karelian form of the Russian saint's name Макарий, Макар, from Ancient Greek meaning "happy", cognate to the English historical name Macarius. Also a short form of Sakari and Oskari.

• Kari became known as a character in Juhani Aho's novel Panu (1897), at the time, like Panu and Jorma, mistaken for an ancient Finnish name.

Proper noun

Kari

1. A male given name.

Declension

Declension of Kari (type risti) singular plural nominative Kari Karit genitive Karin Karien partitive Karia Kareja accusative Kari Karin Karit inessive Karissa Kareissa elative Karista Kareista illative Kariin Kareihin adessive Karilla Kareilla ablative Karilta Kareilta allative Karille Kareille essive Karina Kareina translative Kariksi Kareiksi instructive – Karein abessive Karitta Kareitta comitative – Kareineen

Usage notes

• Popular in the 1950s and the 1960s. The most common first name of men born in Finland in 1954 - 1959.

Related terms

• (surnames) Makkonen

Etymology 2

From kari.

Proper noun

Kari

1. A topographic surname.

Declension

Declension of Kari (type risti) singular plural nominative Kari Karit genitive Karin Karien partitive Karia Kareja accusative Kari Karin Karit inessive Karissa Kareissa elative Karista Kareista illative Kariin Kareihin adessive Karilla Kareilla ablative Karilta Kareilta allative Karille Kareille essive Karina Kareina translative Kariksi Kareiksi instructive – Karein abessive Karitta Kareitta comitative – Kareineen

Anagrams

• arki, Irak, rikša

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Norwegian

Etymology

Medieval contraction of Katrine (“Catherine”).

Proper noun

Kari

1. A female given name.

Usage notes

• One of the most common given names in Norway since the 17th century.

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 27 761 females with the given name Kari living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.