Karri
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.
Karri by the numbers
Karri was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 202 babies in 1976, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Karri
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 Karri. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Karipure; a form of Katherine153 in the US (2017)
- Karlifree man; a form of Carla or Karl135 in the US (2017)
- Kaorifragrance; scent46 in the US (2017)
- Kerridark-haired; form of kerry32 in the US (2017)
- Karriedear one; a form of Carrie or Kara14 in the US (2017)
- Kaurikauri tree of new zealand10 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Karri
Names that are said the same way as Karri, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Karri
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