Entry № 5509 · Maori origin

Kiri Kiri — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KEE-ree /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Maori
Meaning
"Bark; skin"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "bark; skin".

Kiri means the bark of a tree, or skin — the living surface of things. It is a warm, grounded Maori name, famously borne by a great singer.

Bark; skin — a Maori name.

The name in its native script.

Kiri
Transliteration
Kiri
Pronunciation
/ ˈki.ɾi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kiri stands.

Kiri 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.

Kiris before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Kiri.

The number behind Kiri.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kiri reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.