Mari
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Mary, a less common spelling of Marie.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Mari (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Mari has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2016. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 5 |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 6 |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 4,241 |
| 2000 | 4,269 |
| 2001 | 4,263 |
| 2002 | 4,265 |
| 2003 | 4,290 |
| 2004 | 4,284 |
| 2005 | 4,272 |
| 2006 | 4,280 |
| 2007 | 4,270 |
| 2008 | 4,287 |
| 2009 | 4,269 |
| 2010 | 4,267 |
| 2011 | 4,258 |
| 2012 | 4,268 |
| 2013 | 4,273 |
| 2014 | 4,282 |
| 2015 | 4,307 |
| 2016 | 4,326 |
| 2017 | 4,319 |
| 2018 | 4,333 |
| 2019 | 4,325 |
| 2020 | 4,304 |
Mari in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Mari.Hi! My name is Mari.
- Mari har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Mari has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Mari i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Mari this afternoon.
- Maris mamma är lärare.Mari's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Maris mamma is Mari's mum.
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Questions about Mari
How do you pronounce Mari in Swedish?
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What does the name Mari mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Mary, a less common spelling of Marie.
How popular is Mari in Sweden?
4 babies were named Mari in 2022. In 2020, 4,304 people in Sweden had Mari as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2016 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.