Given name & surname
Macari
Macari is a surname from Italian. It is used in English and Italian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Macari through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 257
- 224 boys · 33 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #5,520 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +65%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,520 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 76.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 728 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.
Macari’s family of names
Macari may belong to the same name family as MACARRI. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Macarioequivalent
- Makarequivalent
- Makariosequivalent
- Macariusequivalent
- Macaireequivalent
- Макарequivalent
- Makaryequivalent
- Макарийequivalent
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