Given name & surname
Kadri
Kadri is a surname from Arabic. It is used in English, Turkish, Albanian, and Estonian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kadri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 34
- 24 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 262 as a first name in 2020; 757 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kadri’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Kadri has a conventional equivalent in the English form Catherine. In Estonian usage, Kadri has a conventional equivalent in the German form Katharina. In Estonian usage, Kadri has a related form in Katri.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kadri has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
7 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kadri
- Kadri SimsonEstonian politician (born 1977)
- Kadri VeseliKosovan politicianborn 1967
- Kadri MälkEstonian artist (1958–2023)
- Kadri AytaçTurkish association football player and manager (1931–2003)
- Kadri LehtlaEstonian biathlete (born 1985)
- Kadri PashaOttoman politician and Grand Vizier1832–1884
- Kadri RoshiAlbanian actor (1924-2007)
- Kadri KõusaarEstonian writer and film director (born 1980)
- Kadri PrishtinaAlbanian politician1878–1925
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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