Mari is a form of Mary found in Welsh, Scandinavian, Finnish and Hungarian, and ultimately goes back to the Hebrew Miriam, whose meaning is uncertain but is often given as "beloved" or "sea of bitterness". In Japanese it is a separate name that can mean "truth" or "jasmine" depending on the characters. Mari peaked in the United States at number 1237 in 2001 and has recovered from number 2185 in 2015 to number 1620 in 2025.