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Anri 1
Gender Feminine & Masculine
Scripts 杏里, 杏理, 安吏, 安莉, 杏莉, 杏吏, 杏梨, 杏璃, 安李, 安梨, 安理, 安璃, 安里(Japanese Kanji) あんり(Japanese Hiragana) アンリ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. AHN-ṘEE  [key]

Meaning & History

As a unisex name, this name can be used as 杏里, 杏理, 安吏, 安莉 with 杏 (an, kyou, kou, anzu) meaning "apricot," 安 (an, yasu, yasu.i, yasu.maru, yasu.raka) meaning "cheap, low, peaceful, rested," 里 (ri, sato) meaning "parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village," 理 (ri, kotowari) meaning "justice, logic, reason, truth," 吏 (ri) meaning "an official, officer" and 莉 (rai, ri, rei), part of 茉莉 (matsuri) meaning "jasmine."
As a feminine name, it can be used as 杏莉, 杏吏, 杏梨, 杏璃, 安李, 安梨, 安理, 安璃, 安里 with 梨 (ri, nashi) meaning "pear tree," 璃 (ri) meaning "glassy, gem" and 李 (ri, sumomo) meaning "plum."

One bearer of this name is J-Pop singer/songwriter Anri (杏里), born Eiko Kawashima (川嶋 栄子) (1961-).

Usage of this name, for males, is likely influenced by the phonetic similarity to Henri.
Added 3/15/2015 by m4yb3_daijirou
Edited 3/8/2020 by Mike C and m4yb3_daijirou


See Also

Anri, and user submission Anri