Jarri

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/xari/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jarri is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Colombia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • COColombia≈1 in 314K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PEPeru≈1 in 478K
  • FIFinland≈1 in 556K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Colombia (inferred from the name graph)

≈160 people, est.

Sources
20 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 314K (inferred from the name graph)

Colombia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 1

  • Trask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque (2008 posthumous draft)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jarri counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jarri is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CO Colombia≈160 est.≈1 in 314K—Jarri16
US United States≈74 est.≈1 in 4.5M—Jarri19
PE Peru≈67 est.≈1 in 478K—Jarri20
VE Venezuela≈37 est.≈1 in 774K—Jarri9
ES Spain≈19 est.≈1 in 2.7M53Jarri11
GT Guatemala≈18 est.≈1 in 931K—Jarri3
FI Finland≈10 est.≈1 in 556K25—1
SE Sweden41 in 2.6M4——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jarri is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Australia, Germany

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Jarrì, Järri

  • Finnish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Finland

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Järri

  • Arabic given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Morocco, Pakistan

    Also written Jarrī, Järri, Jarrí

24 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Jarri is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Basque, to put, place, lay down

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Basque, put; sit down

    as a wordTrask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque (2008 posthumous draft)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Jarri,Hi Jarri, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Jarri
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—25#17,395
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—25#16,684
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—4#49,993

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Jarri?
A machine transcription gives /xari/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Jarri a male or female name?
Jarri is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Jarri have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 156 people named Jarri in Colombia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jarri.
How common is the name Jarri?
In Sweden, the national register counted 4 people named Jarri, about 1 in 2.6 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jarri”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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