Kaari
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.
Kaari by the numbers
Kaari was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Kaari
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 Kaari. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kaari
Names that are said the same way as Kaari, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Carriefree woman; a form of Caroline128 in the US (2017)
- Cariflows like water or flowing8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Karriedear one; a form of Carrie or Kara14 in the US (2017)
- Kariepure; a form of Karen or Carey11 in the US (2017)
- Cariea form of carla or caroline, free woman
- Carria form of caroline or carol, free woman
Names about as common as Kaari
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