Cari is an
English,
Welsh and
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
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feminine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
and
surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
. As an English given name, Cari is diminutive form of
Caroline and an alternate form of
Carrie both derived from
Karl Karl may refer to:
People
* Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name
* Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne
* Karl of Austria, last Austrian Emperor
* Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cac ...
. Cari is a Spanish given name that is a short form of
Caridad, a derivative of Caritas.
Notable people referred to by this name include the following:
Given name
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Cari Beauchamp (1949–2023), American author and filmmaker
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Cari Champion
Cari Champion (born June 1, 1978) is an American broadcast journalist and television personality. She was the host of The Cari Champion Show on Amazon Prime Video Sports Talk. She has worked as an anchor and reporter for the Tennis Channel an ...
(born 1975), American journalist
* Cari Cucksey, star of the television show ''
Cash and Cari
''Cash and Cari'' is a television show starring estate sale expert Cari Cucksey produced by Cineflix. The show airs on W Network in Canada and HGTV in the U.S.A. Cari searches through homes, looking for items to sell and refurbishing as she prep ...
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Cari Domínguez (handballer) (born 1992), Dominican handball player
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Cari M. Dominguez (born 1949), American administrator
* Cari Elise Fletcher, real name of
Fletcher (singer)
Cari Elise Fletcher (born March 19, 1994), known mononymously by her last name (stylized in all caps), is an American singer. Her breakthrough song " Undrunk", released in 2019, was her first single to chart on the U.S ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Un ...
(born 1994), American actress, singer, and songwriter
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Cari Groce, American tennis coach
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Cari Higgins (born 1976), American racing cyclist
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Cari Johnson (born 1977), Canadian sport shooter
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Cari Lekebusch
Cari Lekebusch (born 1972) is a Swedish electronic music producer and disc jockey, DJ based in Stockholm. His productions range from techno to hip hop music, hip hop. He owns a record label, H. Productions, founded and managed by himself. The orig ...
(born 1972), Swedish music producer
* Cari Lightner woman whose death led her mother to found
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is a non-profit organization in the United States, Canada ( MADD Canada) and Brazil that seeks to stop driving with any amount of alcohol in the bloodstream, support those affected by drunk driving, prevent un ...
in 1980
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Cari Read (born 1970), Canadian synchronised swimmer
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Cari Roccaro (born 1994), American football player
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Cari Batson Thomas, United States Coast Guard rear admiral
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Caris Tiivel (born 1993), Australian model and beauty queen
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Cari Tuna
Cari Tuna (born October 4, 1985) is an American philanthropist. Formerly a reporter for ''The Wall Street Journal'', she is the co-founder and Chair of the philanthropic organizations Good Ventures and Open Philanthropy. She is married to Facebo ...
, American nonprofit businessperson
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Cari Zalloni (1937–2012), Austrian designer
Nickname
*Cari Corrigan, nickname of Catherine Margaret Corrigan (born 1972), American scientist
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Cari Q, stagename of Cari Quoyeser (born 1990), American musician
Surname
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Gaetano Cari (fl. 18th century), Italian scientific instrument maker
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Joseph Cari Jr. (born 1952), American investor
See also
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Cai (surname)
Cài () is a Chinese surname, Chinese-language surname that derives from the name of the ancient Cai state. In 2019 it was the 38th most common surname in China, but the 9th most common in Taiwan (as of 2018), where it is usually romanized as "T ...
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Cali (surname)
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Car (surname)
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Cara (given name)
Cara is a feminine given name with multiple origins in different languages. It is often considered a spelling variant of the name Kara (given name), Kara. As an English name, it is usually considered a modern spelling variant of the Italian langua ...
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Card (surname)
Card is an English surname.
Persons
Notable people with the surname include:
*Andrew Card (born 1947), American politician
* Charles Ora Card (1839–1906), American Mormon missionary and founder of Cardston, Alberta
*David Card (born 1956), Ca ...
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CariDee English
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Carie Graves
Carie Brand Graves (June 17, 1953 – December 19, 2021) was an American rower and collegiate rowing coach. Competing in the women's eights, she won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics and a bronze in 1976. She was also in the crew that in 1975 w ...
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Caris (name) Caris is a given name.
Given name
* Caris LeVert (born 1994), American basketball player
* Caris Roane, American writer
* Caris Sima, a pseudonym of Clara Mountcastle (1837–1908), Canadian artist and author
* Caris Tiivel, Australian model and be ...
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Carl (name)
Carl is a North Germanic masculine name meaning "free man". The name originates in Old Norse. It is the first name of many Kings of Sweden including Carl XVI Gustaf. It is a variant of the English Charles, and the Latin Carolus (name), Carolus.
L ...
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Carli (given name) Carli is a nickname and given name. Notable people referred to by this name include the following:
Given name
* Carli Biessels (1936–2016), Dutch writer of children's literature
* Carli Hermès (born 1963), Dutch photographer and director
* Car ...
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Carli (surname)
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Caro (surname) Caro is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Abraham ben Raphael Caro, Turkish rabbi
* Alberto Caro (born 1937), Venezuelan chess master
* Annibale Caro (1507–1566), Italian poet
* Anthony Caro (1924–2013), British sculptor
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Carpi (surname)
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Carr (surname)
Carr is a common surname in northern England, a variant of Kerr, meaning "brushwood wet ground" in Middle English. The Old Norse ' means a "brushwood, thicket or copse" and may also come from the ancient Norse Kjarr translation meaning Kaiser fro ...
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Carri Carri is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
* Albertina Carri (born 1973), Argentine screenwriter, film director and producer
* Daniele Delli Carri (born 1971), Italian footballer
Given name
* Carri Leig ...
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Cary (given name)
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Cary (surname) Cary is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alexander Cary, Master of Falkland (born 1963), son of Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland
* Alice Cary (1820–1871), American poet
* Annie Louise Cary (1842–1921), American singer
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Chari (surname)
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Kari (name) Kari is either a male or female given name, or a surname.
Given name
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 female na ...
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Spanish feminine given names
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