Mari (given name)
| 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, Syriac-Aramaic language, 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 is a shortened variety of proper names like Marianne; in Estonian it is 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 Syriac-Aramaic this is the name of a male saint.
In Japanese it appears as Mari (まり, マリ), or can be written using different kanji characters so that it means, respectively:
- 真理, "truth"
- 万里, "long distance"
- 茉莉, "jasmine"
- 麻里, "hemp, village"
- 麻莉, "hemp, white jasmine"
- 愛莉, "love, white jasmine" (This kanji can also be read as Airi.)