# Amari

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #49,182

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

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **Ari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amari-vs-ari)
- **AMI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amari-vs-ami)
- **AMR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amari-vs-amr)
- **amir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amari-vs-amir)
- **Amor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amari-vs-amor)
- **award** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amari-vs-award)
- **apart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amari-vs-apart)
- **aware** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amari-vs-aware)
- **amaze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amari-vs-amaze)
- **atari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amari-vs-atari)
- **Asahi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amari-vs-asahi)
- **amass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amari-vs-amass)
- **Amato** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amari-vs-amato)
- **Amira** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amari-vs-amira)
- **Amaya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amari-vs-amaya)
- **Armani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amari-vs-armani)
- **Ansari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amari-vs-ansari)
- **ama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ama-vs-amari)
- **Aar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aar-vs-amari)
- **Afar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/afar-vs-amari)

## Common misspellings (6)
`aamri`, `amair`, `amarri`, `ammari`, `amrai`, `maari`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/amari