Kari

Where Kari comes from

From Norwegian Kari, diminutive of Katrine.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kari
  • Swedish
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1934
    First appearance
    #3,802 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1974
    Kari Byron born
    television host, artist, ''MythBusters'' build team member
  3. 1976
    Peak, #127
    2,180 babies named Kari — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1977
    Kari Wahlgren born
    American voice actress
  5. 1991
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #289.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Swedish, of recent usage, equivalent to English Carrie or Cary.
Namesakes
  • Kari Wahlgren · American voice actress, born 1977
  • Kari Byron · television host, artist, ''MythBusters'' build team member, born 1974
  • Kari Wuhrer · American actress, born 1967
  • Kari Hotakainen · Finnish writer, born 1957
  • Kari Aalvik Grimsbø · Norwegian female handball goalkeeper, born 1985

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.