MEANING & HISTORY
What does Sari mean?
Sari has independently documented naming traditions. The Cebuano account points toward Indonesian Sari, whose consulted name entry means essence.
A separate Finnish Sari is a variant of Saara. These are not successive stages of one origin. The Indonesian comparison is relevant local evidence, but the shared Roman spelling alone cannot establish the tradition behind a particular family or transfer Finnish roots into the Indonesian name.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
Compare to Indonesian Sari
a female given name
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Sari in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Sari
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Mari♂♀Mary-family form; also a separate Japanese name
- Sara♀Lady or princess
- Sadie♀Familiar form of Sarah; princess-name tradition
- Said·Happy or fortunate
- Sam♂♀Short form of Samuel, Samantha or Samson
- Sarah♀Lady, princess, or noblewoman
- Sarita♀Spanish Sara diminutive; a separate Indic river/flowing name
- Sauro♂Shortened Rosauro
What rhymes with Sari?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Sari further
Follow the sources
- Wiktionary contributors — Sari (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Behind the Name — sari-2 (opens in a new tab)
Consulted editorial entry, not user submissions: Indonesian essence name.
- Behind the Name — sari-1 (opens in a new tab)
Consulted editorial entry, not user submissions: Independent Finnish variant of Saara.