Given name & surname

Macari

Macari is a surname from Italian. It is used in English and Italian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Macari comes from Italian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Italian Macari.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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
Boys Girls
0510152025Highest share 2022Boys 10.0Girls 0.0
Macari in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2006–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

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.

Walk Macari’s family in the name graph

MacariMakariMaccariMacarriMacarioMakarMakariosMacariusMacaireMakaryMacarieMakariyМакарМакарийΜακάριοςMakár

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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.

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