Kari (name)
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Kari is either a male or female 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 very popular female name. This name is diminutive of Katharine, meaning "pure". The corresponding Swedish and German name is Karin.
In Iceland, Kári is a male name, based on a Scandinavian god of wind of the same name. The corresponding Norwegian male name is Kåre or Kaare.
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[edit] Famous people named Kari
[edit] Males with the given name
- Kari Aronpuro, Finnish poet
- Kari Eisenhut, Swiss glider pilot
- Kari Eloranta, Finnish footballer and ice hockey player
- Kari Enqvist, Finnish physicist and writer
- Kari Franck, Finnish actor
- Kari Hakala, Finnish actor
- Kari Heiskanen, Finnish actor and director
- Kari Hietalahti, Finnish actor
- Kari Hirvonen, Finnish actor and tango dancer
- Kari Hotakainen, Finnish writer
- Kari Häkämies, Finnish politician
- Kari Härkönen, Finnish skier
- Kari Jalonen, Finnish ice hockey coach
- Kari Kairamo, former CEO of Nokia
- Kari Ketonen, Finnish actor
- Kari Korhonen, Finnish cartoonist
- Kari Kriikku, Finnish clarinet player
- Kari Kuivalainen, Finnish musician
- Kari Kuuva, Finnish singer and composer
- Kari Lehtomäki, Finnish musician
- Kari Lehtonen, Finnish NHL Goaltender for the Atlanta Thrashers
- Kari Levola, Finnish writer and critic
- Kari Liimo, Finnish basketball player
- Kari Louramo, Finnish runner
- Kari Makkonen, Finnish ice hockey player
- Kari Mannerla, Finnish game designer
- Kari Mäkinen, bishop of Turku
- Kari Palaste, Finnish architect
- Kari Paljakka, Finnish film writer, director and producer
- Kari Peitsamo, Finnish musician
- Kari Rahkamo, Finnish triathlete and politician
- Kari Rajamäki, Finnish politician
- Kari Ristanen, Finnish skier
- Kari Rydman, Finnish composer
- Kari Salmelainen, Finnish TV show host
- Kari Sohlberg, Finnish film director
- Kári Stefánsson, founder of deCODE genetics
- Kari Suomalainen, Finnish cartoonist
- Kari Takko, Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper
- Kari Tapio, Finnish singer
- Kari Tiainen, Finnish motorcycle rider
- Kari S. Tikka (1944 - 2006), Finnish legal scholar, murdered
- Kari Toivonen, Finnish TV news presenter
- Kari Ukkonen, Finnish footballer
- Kari Uotila, Finnish politician
- Kari Uusitalo, Finnish writer
- Kari Virtanen, Finnish carpenter
- Kari Virtanen, Finnish football coach
- Kari Väänänen, Finnish actor and director
- Kari Ylianttila, Finnish ski-jumper
[edit] Females with the given name
- Kari Bremnes, Norwegian singer
- Kari Byron, member of the MythBusters team
- Kari Henneseid Eie, Norwegian biathlete
- Kari Köster-Lösche, German author
- Kari Matchett, Canadian actor
- Kari Rueslåtten, Norwegian singer
- Kari Traa, Norwegian skier
- Kari Wahlgren, American voice actor
- Kari Wührer, American actor
[edit] People with the surname
- Dagur Kári, Icelandic filmmaker
- Jarkko Kari, Finnish mathematician
[edit] People with the nickname
- Sundaram Karivardhan, a legendary figure of Indian motorsports
[edit] Fictional and mythological characters
- Kári, son of Fornjót, the personification of wind in Norse mythology
- Kari Grandi, Finnish advertising character
- Kari Kamiya, a character in Digimon media
- Kari Nordmann, Norwegian placeholder name
