Kari

Kari is a female and male given name .

Origin and meaning

Kari is a female Nordic given name as the Norwegian form of Karin or Katharina .
Kari is a masculine Finnish given name.
Kari is a Swiss nickname for Karl .
Kári is an Old Norse male name, which means Kåre in modern Norwegian .

Kari is an abbreviation of the Japanese name Hikari

Kari Bremnes (* 1956), Norwegian singer and songwriter
Kari Henneseid Eie (* 1982), Norwegian biathlete
Kari Gjesteby (* 1947), Norwegian politician
Kari Henriksen (* 1955), Norwegian politician
Kari Elisabeth Kaski (* 1987), Norwegian politician
Kari Kjønaas Kjos (* 1962), Norwegian politician
Kari Köster-Lösche (* 1946), German writer
Kari Matchett (* 1970), Canadian film and television actress
Kari Nordheim-Larsen (* 1948), Norwegian politician
Kari Rueslåtten (* 1973), Norwegian singer
Kari Simonsen (born 1937), Norwegian actress
Kari Skogland , Canadian film and television director
Kari Traa (* 1974), Norwegian skier
Kari Wuhrer (* 1967), American actress and singer
Kari Byron (* 1974), American sculptor, painter and actress, member of the Mythbusters
Kari Erlhoff (* 1979), German author for children and young people (including "The Three Question Marks")

Kari Arkivuo (born 1983), Finnish football player
Kari Eisenhut (* 1972), Swiss paraglider pilot
Kari Härkönen (* 1959), Finnish cross-country skier
Kari Hotakainen (* 1957), Finnish writer
Kari Kapsch (* 1964), Austrian manager
Kari Karhunen (1915–1992), Finnish mathematician
Kari Lehtonen (* 1983), Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper
Kari Sallinen (* 1959), Finnish orienteer
Kari Tiainen (* 1966), Finnish motorcyclist
Kari Ukkonen (* 1961), Finnish football player
Kari Ylianttila (* 1953), Finnish ski jumper
Kári Kristján Kristjánsson (* 1984), Icelandic handball player
Dällebach Kari, actually Karl Tellenbach (1877–1931), Swiss hairdresser and Bernese city original