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Mari
Mari (まり) is a Japanese name for girls. Its best-known spelling is 茉莉, 茉 jasmine + 莉 jasmine. It is popular today and has reached No. 48 in 2025.
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Ways to write Mari
The same sound can be written with different kanji, and each choice changes the meaning. These are the spellings that have appeared in Japan's yearly baby name rankings, most popular first.
茉莉
茉jasmine莉jasmine
Girl, best No. 48 (2019–2025)麻里
麻hemp里village, home
Girl, 41 notable people on Wikidata麻理
麻hemp理reason, logic
Girl, 18 notable people on Wikidata真里
真true, genuine里village, home
Girl, 15 notable people on Wikidata万里
万ten thousand里village, home
Girl, 8 notable people on Wikidata真梨
真true, genuine梨pear
Girl, 7 notable people on Wikidata眞理
眞true, genuine理reason, logic
Girl, 6 notable people on Wikidata茉里
茉jasmine里village, home
Girl, 5 notable people on WikidataRarer spellings
These spellings of Mari appear in Japanese name records but are uncommon. Each uses a standard reading of its kanji.
真利true + benefitGirl
真吏true + officialGirl
真李true + plumGirl
真理true + reasonGirl
真璃true + lapis lazuliGirl
真莉true + jasmineGirl
舞里to dance + villageGirl
磨利to polish + benefitGirl
Popularity in Japan
Where the most popular spelling of Mari has ranked among baby names each year. Its best year was 2025, at No. 48.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2025 | No. 48 |
| 2023 | No. 91 |
| 2019 | No. 63 |
Source: Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance yearly baby name survey. It covers the top 10 names each year from 1912 to 2003, and the top 100 names and top 50 readings from 2004.
Famous people named Mari
Mari Miyamoto 宮本 真理Japanese association football player
Mari Yaguchi 矢口 真里Japanese female singer, talent and television presenter (1983-)
Mari Iijima 飯島 真理Japanese actress, voice actress and singer (1963-)
Mori Mari 茉莉Japanese writer (1903-1987)
Mari Fukada 深田 茉莉Japanese snowboarder
Mari Motohashi 本橋 麻里Japanese female curler
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this given name.