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 [ 3 syll. a-ma-ri, am-ari ] The girl name Amari is also used as a boy name, and more often so. It is pronounced aaMAARiy KEY. Amari is of African-Yoruban origin and it is used mainly in English. Derived literally from the word amari with the meaning 'strength'. Amari is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only irregular use. At the modest peak of its usage in 2008, 0.040% of baby girls were named Amari. It had a ranking of #393 then. Out of all girl names in its family, Amari was the most popular in 2008. Although Amari is used more commonly as a boy name today, there was a period from 1996 to 2004 that it was more popular with girls. After 2005, increasingly the name became more popular with boys than with girls. There were 25% more boys than girls who were named Amari in 2007. Baby names that sound like Amari include the English Amara, the Arabic Amira, the Arabic Amirah, the Spanish Amora, the Dutch, English, and German Annemarie, the English Anora, the English Anorah, the Indian Anura, the French Énora, the English and Irish Honora, the French Honorée, the Arabic Amar, the Arabic Ameera, the French Amour, the German Amrei, the German Anna Marie, the German Annemaria, the English Annmarie, the Irish and Scottish Eimear, and the Scottish Eimhear. KEY: Pronunciation for Amari: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
