Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Yari isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yari through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 635
- 57 boys · 578 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 53 babies
- 2025
- 35
- #4,167 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +48%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 35 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,167 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 41.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 979 as a first name in 2020; 208 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.
Yari’s family of names
In Italian usage, Yari has a conventional equivalent in the French form YOURI. In Japanese usage, Yari as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 槍.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yari
- Yari SilveraUruguayan footballerborn 1976
- Yari MontellaItalian motorcycle racerborn 2000
- Yari AllnuttAmerican soccer playerborn 1970
- Abdul'aziz Abubakar YariGovernor of Zamfara State, Nigeriaborn 1968
- Yari OttoGerman footballerborn 1999
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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