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 [ 3 syll. a-ma-ri, am-ari ] The boy name Amari is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is aaMAARiy KEY. Amari is used chiefly in the English language and it is derived from African-Yoruban origins. Derived literally from the element 'amari' which means strength. Amari is fairly popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also viewed as trendy. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1990s; before that, it was of irregular use only. Its usage peaked modestly in 2008 with 0.044% of baby boys being given the name Amari. Its ranking then was #344. Among all boy names in its group, Amari was the most widely used in 2008. Though Amari is currently more often than not a boy name, there was a period from 1996 to 2004 when more girls were given the name. From 2005 on, increasingly more boys than girls were named Amari. In 2007, 25% more boys than girls were given the name Amari. Baby names that sound like Amari include Amenra (English), Amery (English), Amiri (Arabic), Anaru (Maori), Anraoi (Irish), Iomhair (Scottish), Iomhar (Irish), Amar (Indian), Ameer (Arabic and English), Ameir (Arabic), Amir (Arabic and English), Ammar (Arabic), Ammer (Arabic), Amor (English), Amr (Arabic), Anraí (Irish), Anwar (Arabic and Urdu), Einar (English, German, and Scandinavian), Einrí (Irish), and Éinrí (Irish). 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)"   |
