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Kari (name)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, searchKari is either a male or female given name.
In Finland, Kari is a male name, which was particularly popular in the 1940s and 1950s. The name is derived from the Greek Makarios (or Macarius).
In Norway, Kari is a very popular female name. This name is diminutive of Katharine, meaning "pure". The corresponding Swedish and German name is Karin.
In Iceland, Kári is a male name, based on a Scandinavian god of wind of the same name. The corresponding Norwegian male name is Kåre or Kaare.
Kari can also be spelt Kahri.
Famous people named Kari
Males with the given name
- Kari Aronpuro, Finnish poet
- Kari Eisenhut, Swiss glider pilot
- Kari Eloranta, Finnish footballer and ice hockey player
- Kari Enqvist, Finnish physicist and writer
- Kari Franck, Finnish actor
- Kari Hakala, Finnish actor
- Kari Heiskanen, Finnish actor and director
- Kari Hietalahti, Finnish actor
- Kari Hirvonen, Finnish actor and tango dancer
- Kari Hotakainen, Finnish writer
- Kari Häkämies, Finnish politician
- Kari Härkönen, Finnish skier
- Kari Jalonen, Finnish ice hockey coach
- Kari Kairamo, former CEO of Nokia
- Kari Ketonen, Finnish actor
- Kari Korhonen, Finnish cartoonist
- Kari Kriikku, Finnish clarinet player
- Kari Kuivalainen, Finnish musician
- Kari Kuuva, Finnish singer and composer
- Kari Lehtomäki, Finnish musician
- Kari Lehtonen, Finnish NHL Goaltender for the Atlanta Thrashers
- Kari Levola, Finnish writer and critic
- Kari Liimo, Finnish basketball player
- Kari Louramo, Finnish runner
- Kari Makkonen, Finnish ice hockey player
- Kari Mannerla, Finnish game designer
- Kari Mäkinen, bishop of Turku
- Kari Paljakka, Finnish film writer, director and producer
- Kari Peitsamo, Finnish musician
- Kari Rahkamo, Finnish triathlete and politician
- Kari Rajamäki, Finnish politician
- Kari Ristanen, Finnish skier
- Kari Rydman, Finnish composer
- Kari Salmelainen, Finnish TV show host
- Kari Sohlberg, Finnish film director
- Kari Streymoy, drummer of Faeroese Viking metal band Tyr
- Kári Stefánsson, founder of deCODE genetics
- Kari Suomalainen, Finnish cartoonist
- Kari Takko, Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper
- Kari Tapio, Finnish singer
- Kari Tiainen, Finnish motorcycle rider
- Kari S. Tikka (1944 - 2006), Finnish legal scholar, murdered
- Kari Toivonen, Finnish TV news presenter
- Kari Ukk
