Kari (name)

Kari (name)

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.

Famous people named Kari

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

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

People with the surname

*Dagur Kári, Icelandic filmmaker
*Jarkko Kari, Finnish mathematician

People with the nickname

*Sundaram Karivardhan, a legendary figure of Indian motorsports

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

ee also

*Kari (disambiguation)


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