Kari m

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Male Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Kari f for the female version of this name.

Usage

Old Danish
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Old Danish form of Kári ^[1]

2) Finnish short form of names ending in -kari ^[2]

3) Finnish pet form of Karl ^[2]

Related Names

Kari	♂

Name Days

Finland

11 January

Norway

25 November

Further Information

See also Kari (female name)

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Norway[3]		16922	27761	0	54
Sweden[4]		606	919	2004	2629
Denmark[5]		480	n.a.	46	n.a
Finland[6]		n.a.	35	n.a	56820
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Kari (m).

However, statistics data has been found for the female variant. This indicates that this name is more common as a female name in the Nordic countries, see Kari (female name).

Sources: ^{[4] [5] [3] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi