Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 真亜理, 真亜里, 麻亞里, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. MAH-REE [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "sincere, real, genuine" combined with 亜 or 亞 (a) meaning "second, Asia, sub-", and 理 (ri) meaning "reason, logic" or 里 (ri) meaning "village". Other combinations of kanji characters can form this name.