Amari

The surname is of multiple origins, including:

• A variant of Amaro, from Italian Amaro.
• A variant of Amar, from Arabic عَمَّار (ʕammār). See also Umari, Umar, Omar, and Amar.
• A Japanese surname ultimately deriving from Japanese 余り (amari, “remainder, surplus”).

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Amari

1. A surname.
2. A male or female given name of modern usage.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Amari”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 32, columns 2–3.

• ARIMA, Amira, Maria, amira, marai, maria, miraa

Borrowed from Arabic عَمَّارِيّ (ʕammāriyy).

• IPA^(key): /a.ma.ʁi/

Amari m or f

1. a surname from Arabic

   Chawki Amari, b. 1964