Mari is a feminine given name in the Breton, Japanese, Estonian, Hungarian, Finnish, Welsh, Swedish and Norwegian languages. It is also a devotional given name in Tamil. It can be seen as a cognate of Mary in Danish, Finnish, Norwegian or Swedish.
In Japanese it appears as Mari (まり, マリ), or can be written using different kanji characters so that it means, respectively:
真理, "truth"万里, "long distance"茉莉, "jasmine"麻里, "hemp, village"The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
Mari Akasaka (真理, born 1964), Japanese novelistMari Amachi (真理, born 1951), Japanese singer and actressMari Eguro (真理, born 1972), a Japanese American actress, musician and model known as Marie Eguro in the U.S.Mari Hamada (麻里, born 1962), Japanese rock singerMari Hamada (actress) (マリ, born 1968), Japanese singer and actressMari Hanafusa (まり, born 1974), Japanese actress in Takarazuka RevueMari Henmi (マリ, born 1950), Japanese singer and actressMari Hoshino (真里, born 1981), Japanese actressMari Iijima (真理, born 1963), Japanese singer-songwriterMari Kanō (茉莉), Japanese voice actressMari Kimura (born 1962), Japanese violinist and composerMari Kiviniemi (born 1968), Finnish politician and former Prime Minister of FinlandMari Kodama (麻里), Japanese pianistMari Konishi, a Japanese musicianMari Kotani (真理, born 1958), Japanese science fiction criticMari Lill (born 1945), Estonian actressMari Mashiba (摩利, born 1959), Japanese voice actressMari Matsuda (born 1956), American lawyer, activist, and law professorMari Motohashi (麻里, born 1986), Japanese curlerMari Natsuki (マリ, born 1952), Japanese singer, dancer, and actressMari Ozaki (まり, born 1975), Japanese long-distance runnerMari Ozawa (真理), Japanese manga artistMari Shirato (真理, born 1958), Japanese actressMari Yaguchi (真里, born 1983), former member of the Japanese idol group Morning MusumeMari Yamaguchi (真理), a Japanese video game music composerMari Yonehara (万里, 1950–2006), Japanese translator, essayist, non-fiction writer and novelistMari Youngblood, American singerMori Mari (茉莉, 1903–1987), Japanese author and daughter of famed novelist Mori ŌgaiAnnu Mari (真理, born 1948), Indo–Japanese actressMari Shiraishi (白石 真梨), Japanese voice actressMari Yamashita (マリ), a recurring character from the manga series Inubaka: Crazy for DogsAyuki Mari (摩利), a supporting character in Kashimashi: Girl Meets GirlMari Jiwe McCabe, also known as Vixen, a DC Comics character.Mari Illustrious Makinami, a character in the Japanese animated film series Rebuild of Evangelion, a retelling of Neon Genesis Evangelion.Mari Kurihara (栗原), a character from the manga and anime series Prison SchoolMari Ohara (鞠莉), a character from the anime series Love Live! Sunshine!!Mari Katsuki, a character from the anime series Yuri!!! on Ice