—2024 rank
1975peak year
59,495babies named Kari since 1880
▼ 23%5-year trend
Kari popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Kari mean?
A Norwegian feminine form of Karl, from Old Norse karl meaning 'free man'. In English it also reads as a variant of Carrie, from Caroline.
OriginScandinavian
Syllables2
Gendergirl
Stylevintage, classic
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Spellings & variants
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