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
Euonymeia of Gaia with either Uranus or Cephissus. The name itself derives from the Greek root-words "eû" () "good, well", and "onoma" () "name". Alternative interpretations for the origin of the name are that it is a direct reference to the area being "well named" or "of good repute", or that it comes from the spindle tree "Euonymus europaeus". The medieval name "Trachones" derives from the word "trachoni" () meaning "rock", derived from the ancient Greek adjective "trachys" () meaning "coarse". The modern colloquial name "Ano Kalamaki" (upper Kalamaki) arose in 1968 when Euonymeia was administratively linked with the coastal settlement