Kari (name) South India. In Andhra Pradesh the village of Karivari Palem is named after the surname; in the village Inkollu,Gangavaram almost 60% families have this surname. Kari can also be spelt Kahri. Kari is also a Finnish surname, meaning a small island, islet, or an underwater rock. There are currently 2242 holders of the name (2015). Kari (name) Kari is either a male or female given name, or a surname. 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
Stachys ("S. affinis"), is grown for its edible tuber. Several species are cultivated as ornamentals. Woolly Betony ("S. byzantina") is a popular decorative garden plant. "Stachys" was named by Linnaeus in "Species Plantarum" in 1753. The name is derived from the Greek word σταχυς ("stachys"), meaning "an ear of grain", and refers to the fact that the inflorescence is often a spike. The name woundwort derives from the past use of certain species in herbal medicine for the treatment of wounds. "Stachys" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including the moths "Coleophora auricella", "C.