Mari Kotani is a Japanese science fiction critic, best known as the author of Evangelion as the Immaculate Virgin and of *Joseijou muishiki: techno-gynesis josei SF-ron josetsu. Tokyo: Keiso shobo, 1994., which won the 15th Nihon SF Taisho Award.
Mathea-Mari Glittenberg isn't really famous, but she won Norway's Got Talent for her amazing singing skills. Her brother goes to my school. How lucky is that!
Mari Boine, previously known as Mari Boine Persen, née Mari Boine Olsen is a Norwegian Sami musician known for having added jazz and rock to the yoiks of her native people.
"For Kalaja Mari" is a song by School of Seven Bells.
― Anonymous User 8/28/2009
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This is also an Italian name derived from the Latin meaning "sea" or "seashore". I don't know whether or not it's used as a first name, but it is used as a surname.
This name is hideously common in Finland. It's a very boring, bland name that parents seem to have picked because they haven't felt like giving the name much thought, maybe because some of them have been less enthusiastic about parenting to begin with. This is also commonly combined with another name, usually Anne, as in Anne-Mari. It's quite plain on its own.
Actually, the song played at wedding receptions in Scotland is "Mairi's Wedding" not "Mari's Wedding." Although it's actually a common spelling mistake and is sometimes called "Mary's Wedding" or "Marie's Wedding."
I like to pronounce this name MAR-ee, but I doubt that is correct.
― Anonymous User 7/23/2006
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A notable bearer of this name is the author Mari Sandoz (1896-1966). She was known for her novels about the Great Plains. She also won a Newbery Honor Award in 1957 for her book "The Horsecatcher."