Kari (name)

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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 popular female name. This name is diminutive of Katharine, 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 or Kaare.

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. Kari can also be spelt Kahri.

Kari is also a Finnish surname, meaning a small island, islet, or an underwater rock.

Famous people named Kari

Females with the given name

Kari Anderson, American actress
Kari Berg, Swedish/Norwegian singer/model/actress
Kari Bremnes, Norwegian singer
Kari Byron, member of the MythBusters team
Kari Corbett, Scottish actress
Kari Henneseid Eie, Norwegian biathlete
Kari Jobe, American singer
Kari Köster-Lösche, German author
Kari Matchett, Canadian actress
Kari Rueslåtten, Norwegian singer
Kari Traa, Norwegian skier
Kari Wahlgren, American voice actress
Kari Wührer, American actress

Males with the given name

Kari Arkivuo, Finnish footballer
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
Kári P. Højgaard, Faroese politician
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 Dallas Stars
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, Archbishop of Turku
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
Kari Streymoy, drummer of Faeroese Viking metal band Tyr
Kári Stefánsson, Icelandic 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 Tyson, Australian legendary fighter and musician from Perth
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

People with the surname

Dagur Kári, Icelandic filmmaker
Jarkko Kari, Finnish mathematician
Mauno Kari, Finnish inventor
Tamla Kari, British actress
Tommi Kari, Finnish footballer

People with the nickname

Sundaram Karivardhan, Indian motor sports promoter

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 Ragnarsson, a character in the book Snow-walker by Catherine Fisher