Kari

Kari is a name with roots in multiple traditions. In Old Norse, it derives from the word for a curly-haired person or carries associations with the wind, making it a traditional Scandinavian masculine name that later became widely used as a feminine name in Norway and Finland. It also functions as a Finnish and Estonian short form of names beginning with Kari-, including Kaarina, the Finnish cognate of Katherine, itself derived from the Greek Aikaterine of uncertain origin. Related forms include Kare, Karianne, and Kaarle.