Entry № 5231 · Japanese origin

Kaori Kaori — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-OH-ree /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
"Fragrance"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Japanese)

A name that means "fragrance".

Kaori (香) is the Japanese word for "fragrance" or "aroma." Often written 香織 (fragrant weaving).

Kaori is widely used in Japan.

Fragrance. The Japanese.

The name in its native script.

Transliteration
Kaori
Pronunciation
/ kəˈoʊ.ri /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kaori stands.

Kaori does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Kaoris before her.

Real people
Kaori Iida
Japanese singer (Morning Musume).
born 1981
In fiction
Kaori Miyazono
Heroine of Your Lie in April.
2014 anime

Names connected to Kaori.

The number behind Kaori.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kaori reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.