Given name & surname · also Swedish
Kimari
Kimari is a surname from Old Swedish, ultimately from Russian. It is used in Finnish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Kimari comes from Old Swedish, and ultimately from Russian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Kimari as a surname is a diminutive of GIMA.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kimari through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 944
- 398 boys · 546 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 66 babies
- 2025
- 31
- #5,504 for boys · #7,693 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −1%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,504 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 23 in 2012. It also appeared in 14 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 630 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kimari’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Kimari as a surname is a diminutive of GIMA.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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