Jari

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Finnish

Etymology

Originally a pet form of Jalmari, from Swedish Hjalmar and, rarely, of Jarl.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Jari

  1. a male given name
    • 1945, Aino Räsänen, “Soita minulle, Helena”, in Soita minulle, Helena..Ja Helena soittaa, Karisto, published 2014, →ISBN, page 19:
      Jarl Junkkeri eli Jari, joksi hän aina poikaa nimitti, oli hänen veljenpoikansa, myös kummilapsensa ja lisäksi ainoa nuori, johon hän ei ulottanut sitä hallitsevaa auktoriteettiaan, jota käytti omiaan ja myös muita nuoria kohtaan.
      Jarl Junkkeri or Jari, as he always called the boy, was his nephew, also his godchild and also the only young person that he didn't extend his controlling authority to, the one that he used against both his own and others' youngsters.
    • 1974, Alpo Ruuth, Kotimaa, Tammi, →ISBN, page 167:
      —Petri, se on näitä uusia nimiä.
      —Niin on, nykyisin annetaan semmoisia Jareja ja Kareja ja Petrejä.
      —Petri, that's one of those new names.
      —Indeed, nowadays people get named Jari and Kari and Petri.

Usage notes

  • The most common first name of men born in Finland in 1960 - 1966.

Declension

Inflection of Jari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Jari Jarit
genitive Jarin Jarien
partitive Jaria Jareja
illative Jariin Jareihin
singular plural
nominative Jari Jarit
accusative nom. Jari Jarit
gen. Jarin
genitive Jarin Jarien
partitive Jaria Jareja
inessive Jarissa Jareissa
elative Jarista Jareista
illative Jariin Jareihin
adessive Jarilla Jareilla
ablative Jarilta Jareilta
allative Jarille Jareille
essive Jarina Jareina
translative Jariksi Jareiksi
abessive Jaritta Jareitta
instructive Jarein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Jari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Jarini Jarini
accusative nom. Jarini Jarini
gen. Jarini
genitive Jarini Jarieni
partitive Jariani Jarejani
inessive Jarissani Jareissani
elative Jaristani Jareistani
illative Jariini Jareihini
adessive Jarillani Jareillani
ablative Jariltani Jareiltani
allative Jarilleni Jareilleni
essive Jarinani Jareinani
translative Jarikseni Jareikseni
abessive Jarittani Jareittani
instructive
comitative Jareineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Jarisi Jarisi
accusative nom. Jarisi Jarisi
gen. Jarisi
genitive Jarisi Jariesi
partitive Jariasi Jarejasi
inessive Jarissasi Jareissasi
elative Jaristasi Jareistasi
illative Jariisi Jareihisi
adessive Jarillasi Jareillasi
ablative Jariltasi Jareiltasi
allative Jarillesi Jareillesi
essive Jarinasi Jareinasi
translative Jariksesi Jareiksesi
abessive Jarittasi Jareittasi
instructive
comitative Jareinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Jarimme Jarimme
accusative nom. Jarimme Jarimme
gen. Jarimme
genitive Jarimme Jariemme
partitive Jariamme Jarejamme
inessive Jarissamme Jareissamme
elative Jaristamme Jareistamme
illative Jariimme Jareihimme
adessive Jarillamme Jareillamme
ablative Jariltamme Jareiltamme
allative Jarillemme Jareillemme
essive Jarinamme Jareinamme
translative Jariksemme Jareiksemme
abessive Jarittamme Jareittamme
instructive
comitative Jareinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Jarinne Jarinne
accusative nom. Jarinne Jarinne
gen. Jarinne
genitive Jarinne Jarienne
partitive Jarianne Jarejanne
inessive Jarissanne Jareissanne
elative Jaristanne Jareistanne
illative Jariinne Jareihinne
adessive Jarillanne Jareillanne
ablative Jariltanne Jareiltanne
allative Jarillenne Jareillenne
essive Jarinanne Jareinanne
translative Jariksenne Jareiksenne
abessive Jarittanne Jareittanne
instructive
comitative Jareinenne

Derived terms

compounds

Statistics

  • Jari is the 6th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 37,373 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,596 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Anagrams

Old Norse

Etymology

From Old Norse jara (battle), thus meaning “Warrior”.[1]

Proper noun

Jari m (genitive Jara)

  1. (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf

References

  1. ^ Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4

Portuguese

Proper noun

Jari

  1. A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil