Dakari

Dakari: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“uncertain”
Origin
Unknown
Say it
duh-KAR-ee · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys (95% of all uses)

Dakari has been used in modern naming, sometimes linked to African-sounding forms, but its exact origin is unclear and often inconsistently explained. It may be influenced by names like Dakarai, a Shona name meaning happiness. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.

How popular is Dakari?

202497.0 per million US babies
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Babies named Dakari in 2024322

2024 rank#793 boys

Peak year2020

Total US babies since 18804,225

Dakari is rising: use over the last five years is 3.5× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Dakari

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Kaisea; shell; forgiveness · Unknown
  • Arlouncertain · Unknown
  • Garyuncertain · Unknown
  • Coreyfrom the hollow · Unknown
  • Caspianof the Caspian Sea · Unknown
  • Kyrouncertain · Unknown
  • Brayanuncertain; usually treated as Brian variant · Unknown
  • Castieluncertain, possibly of angelic literary origin · Unknown

Dakari questions

What does the name Dakari mean?

Dakari means "uncertain". It comes from Unknown. Dakari has been used in modern naming, sometimes linked to African-sounding forms, but its exact origin is unclear and often inconsistently explained. It may be influenced by names like Dakarai, a Shona name meaning happiness.

Is Dakari a boy or girl name?

Dakari is mainly a boy's name in US records (95% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Dakari?

322 US babies were named Dakari in 2024. Its peak year was 2020.

How do you pronounce Dakari?

Dakari is usually pronounced duh-KAR-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.