Mari (first name)
Mari (Japanese: 真理 or 真 里) is a female given name .
Origin and variants
The name is the Welsh , Breton , Estonian, and Finnish forms of Maria. It's also the Hungarian diminutive of Mária and the Scandinavian form of Marie .
Other variants are Mair / Mairwen (Welsh), Maarja (Breton), Maija / Marika / Marita / Maritta (Finnish), Marica / Marietta / Marika / Mariska (Hungarian), Maria / Marie (Swedish), Maria / Marie (Norwegian) , Maria / Marie (Danish).
The name is also used in Japanese as a female name. It is formed from the Kanji 真 (ma) for real / real , combined with 理 (ri) for reason / logic or 里 (ri) for village . Other Kanji combinations are possible.
The name can also be found in Basque mythology . It was the name of the goddess of weather and fertility. The name may come from the Basque emari (donation) or amari (mother).
Well-known namesake
- Marí Bin Amude Alkatiri (* 1949), East Timorese politician
- Mari Boine (* 1956), Norwegian-Sami musician
- Mari Eder (* 1987), Finnish biathlete and cross-country skier
- Mari Jászai (1850–1926), Hungarian actress
- Mari Holm Lønseth (* 1991), Norwegian politician
- Mari Motohashi (* 1986), Japanese curler
- Mari Ozaki (* 1975), Japanese long-distance runner
- Mari Pehkonen (* 1985), Finnish ice hockey player
- Mari Saat (* 1947), Estonian writer
- Mari Takano (* 1960), Japanese composer
- Mari Törőcsik (* 1935), Hungarian actress
- Mari-Doris Vartmann (* 1988), German figure skater
- Mari Yonehara (1950–2006), Japanese writer
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Mari (1). Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Mari (2). Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Mari (3). Retrieved April 24, 2019 .