Mari
Usage of Mari in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Mari against each list of names.
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Albanian
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English
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Mari is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Featured in baby name books
Mari is Japanese for “ball,” with Mariko as a related form. Mari is also given the Hebrew meaning “bitterness.”
Mari in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 129 girls were named Mari, making it the #1611 girls' name in the US. Since 1897, 16,579 girls have been named Mari, with the most (412) in 1957. It is most common, relative to births, in Minnesota, Washington and California.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
| Where | Rank | Count | Source |
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| Austria | #742 girls | 5 | Statistik Austria, 2025 |
| Norway | #94 girls | 63 | Statistics Norway (SSB), 2025 |
| Brazil | #487 girls (all ages) | 25,678 | Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), 2010 |
| Estonia | #89 girls (all ages) | 1,847 | Statistics Estonia (Statistikaamet), based on the Population Register, 2026 |
| Finland | #42 girls (all ages) | 15,044 | Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), 2026 |
| Kosovo | #427 girls (all ages) | 112 | Kosovo Agency of Statistics (ASK), name search tool based on Civil Registration Agency data, 2025 |
| Norway | #44 girls (all ages) | 11,200 | Statistics Norway (SSB), 2025 |
| Sweden | #132 girls (all ages) | 15,572 | Statistics Sweden (SCB), 2020 |
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Mari in other languages
- Maria Arabic, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, German, Italian, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish
- Marie Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, Swedish
- Marija Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Slovenian
- Mary Dutch, English
- Meri Finnish, Slovenian
- My Finnish, Swedish
- Mária Hungarian, Slovak
- Мария Bulgarian, Russian
- Mair Welsh
- Marri Icelandic
- Marí Icelandic
- María Spanish
- Марія Ukrainian
- まり Japanese
- 真理 Japanese
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Mari
There are 444 towns and villages with Mari in their name, in 45 countries.
🇵🇰 Pakistan 213🇷🇺 Russia 44🇮🇳 India 41🇷🇴 Romania 18🇾🇪 Yemen 15🇳🇪 Niger 13🇧🇷 Brazil 11🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 10
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Mari | Paraíba, 🇧🇷 Brazil | 21,512 | Map |
| Puchenii Mari | Prahova, 🇷🇴 Romania | 8,869 | Map |
| Corbii Mari | Dâmbovița County, 🇷🇴 Romania | 8,257 | Map |
| Mari-Turek | Mariy-El Republic, 🇷🇺 Russia | 5,900 | Map |
| Băţanii Mari | Covasna County, 🇷🇴 Romania | 4,454 | Map |
| Dolheștii-Mari | Suceava, 🇷🇴 Romania | 2,024 | Map |
| Bordenii Mari | Prahova, 🇷🇴 Romania | 1,638 | Map |
| Vânătorii Mari | Giurgiu County, 🇷🇴 Romania | 1,482 | Map |
| Porumbenii Mari | Harghita County, 🇷🇴 Romania | 1,203 | Map |
| Plopenii Mari | Botoșani County, 🇷🇴 Romania | 788 | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Mari
There are 14 lakes and reservoirs with Mari in their name, in 10 countries.
🇧🇷 Brazil 2🇨🇦 Canada 2🇫🇮 Finland 2🇷🇴 Romania 2🇦🇷 Argentina 1🇮🇩 Indonesia 1🇮🇷 Iran 1🇰🇷 South Korea 1
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| Ala-Mari | North Karelia, 🇫🇮 Finland | Map |
| Embung Mari | West Nusa Tenggara, 🇮🇩 Indonesia | Map |
| Lagoa Mari | Amazonas, 🇧🇷 Brazil | Map |
| Lagoa Mari | Amazonas, 🇧🇷 Brazil | Map |
| Mari Bangou | Tillabéri Region, 🇳🇪 Niger | Map |
| Mari Lake | Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Mari Lake | East Sepik Province, 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | Map |
| Mari-soryuji | Gyeongsangnam-do, 🇰🇷 South Korea | Map |
| Ylä-Mari | North Karelia, 🇫🇮 Finland | Map |
| Lacul Babinţii Mari | Tulcea County, 🇷🇴 Romania | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Mari songs
28 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Mari in their title. The best known:
- Badator Mari Jaia – Gorka Sarriegi (1997)
- Palais de Mari – Morton Feldman
- Hino do município de Mari
- Le Mari de mama – Jean-Claude Petit (1972)
- Mari – Ensi (2020)
- Mari
- Mari Kelenn
- Mari Pili – Ejecutivos Agresivos (1980)
- Mari Vastrouilh
- Mon mari est parti – Anne Sylvestre (1961)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Mari
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Mari.
Mari Fasting
Mari Iijima
Mari Laukkanen
Mari Maurstad
Fictional characters named Mari
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Mari as a pet name
FurryName has found 40 dogs named Mari in public pet registers, making it the #2,259 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Seattle (6), Port Moody (1), Maple Ridge (1). Mari as a dog name →
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