English
Kari
Kari comes from Norwegian Kari, and goes back to Katrine ‘Catherine’.
- NorwegianmodernKatrine‘Catherine’
- Norwegian, derivedmodernKari
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- NorwegianmodernKatrine‘Catherine’
- Norwegian, derivedmodernKari
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Norwegian Katrine
Another origin of Kari
- FinnishmodernKari‘rock, skerry’
- Englishtodaysame form
Today it means
name A female given name from Swedish, of recent usage, equivalent to English Carrie or Cary.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Norwegian Katrine / Kari