| Pronunciation | Mah-ree |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Language(s) | Japanese, Latin |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese |
| Meaning | Different depending on the kanji |
| Region of origin | Japanese, Norwegian, Swedish, Hungarian, Estonian, Armenian |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Mariko Mary |
Mari is a feminine given name in the Breton, Japanese, Armenian, Estonian, Georgian, Hungarian, Finnish, Welsh, Swedish and Norwegian languages. It is also a devotional given name in Tamil. It can be seen as a cognate of Mary in Danish, Finnish, Norwegian or Swedish. In Estonian it was shortened variety of proper names like Marianne; in Estonian it's often perceived as a derivation of "mari"(berry). In the countries of Georgia and Armenia, Mari is a shortened version of the name Mariam. In Armenia, Mari (Մարի) was the 2nd-most-common female given name of 2013.
In Japanese it appears as Mari (まり, マリ), or can be written using different kanji characters so that it means, respectively:
Kimura is the 17th most common Japanese surname.
Mari may refer to:
Rie is a Japanese and Dutch feminine given name. It is also an uncommon masculine short form of Henri and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Yuri is a Japanese given name. Although it sounds similar, it is completely unrelated to the Slavic name Yuri.
Yukari is a feminine Japanese given name.
Marie or Marié (まりえ、マリエ) is a feminine Japanese given name.
Eri is a common feminine Japanese given name.
Maki is a very common feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.
Eriko is a feminine/neutral Japanese given name.
Rieko is a feminine Japanese given name.
Mami is a feminine Japanese given name.
Mao is a feminine Japanese given name. People with the name include:
Mayu is a Japanese feminine given name. People with this name include:
Mariko is a feminine Japanese given name.
Airi is a feminine given name used in Estonian, Finnish and Japanese. The Japanese name can be written as 愛里, 愛李, 愛莉, 愛理, 愛梨, 藍梨 or あいり in hiragana)..
Machiko is a feminine given name of Japanese origin. It can be written with the characters for know; wisdom (machi) and child (ko), although it can have a number of other different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write it. Machiko may also be written using the katakana or hiragana writing systems.
Aikawa is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Rina is a feminine given name with multiple origins. In Japanese kanji, it could be written as. It is also a feminine name in the Sanskrit language meaning "melted" or "dissolved", and is also a Hebrew name meaning "song; joy". The name Rina is also a hypocoristic for various names ending with 'rina' and is a feminine given name of Japanese origins. Rina is also a similar name of Rena.
Akari is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
Erina is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: