Cairi

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Cairi by the numbers

Cairi was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Cairi

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cairi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Caprifrom the island of Capri162 in the US (2017)
  • Cariflows like water or flowing8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Carria form of caroline or carol, free woman
  • Camri18 in the US (2017)
  • Caira5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Claireclear, bright4,683 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Cairi

Names that are said the same way as Cairi, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Karipure; a form of Katherine153 in the US (2017)
  • Carriefree woman; a form of Caroline128 in the US (2017)
  • Karriedear one; a form of Carrie or Kara14 in the US (2017)
  • Kariepure; a form of Karen or Carey11 in the US (2017)
  • Kaurikauri tree of new zealand10 in the US (2017)
  • Cariea form of carla or caroline, free woman

Names about as common as Cairi

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