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Imari 1
Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 衣鞠, 伊鞠, 一鞠, 伊万里, 衣麻里(Japanese Kanji) いまり(Japanese Hiragana) イマリ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. EE-MAH-ṘEE  [key]

Meaning & History

This name can be used as 衣鞠, 伊鞠, 一鞠, 伊万里 or 衣麻里 with 衣 (i, e, kinu, -gi, koromo) meaning "clothes, dressing, garment", 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one", 一 (ichi, itsu, hito-, hito.tsu, i) meaning "one", 鞠 (kiku, kyuu, mari) meaning "ball", 万 (ban, man, yorozu, ma) meaning "ten thousand/10,000", 麻 (ma, maa, asa) meaning "hemp, flax, numb" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village."

One bearer of this name is actress Imari Tsuji (辻 伊万里), born Tamako Tsuji (辻 毬子) (1921-).
One fictional bearer of this name is Imari (いまり), from the light novel, manga and anime series Inukami!, who is one of the twin sisters contracted to Kaoru. The second one is Sayoka (さよか).

Imari (伊万里) is also used as a surname and a place name.
Added 1/7/2007 by bibi66
Edited 3/8/2020 by m4yb3_daijirou, Ora, Lucille and more

Imari 2