Kadri as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kadri

What is the meaning of the name Kadri ?

The baby name Kadri is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KAH-dree (IPA: /ˈkɑdri/). Turkish: /kɑdɾi/ (tapped r)..

Kadri is Albanian, Arabic, Estonian, Turkish in Origin.

Kadri is a multicultural unisex given name and surname with two principal etymologies. In Estonia it is a feminine short form of Katariina (Catherine), ultimately from Greek katharos "pure." It has long-standing use and folk resonance through Kadripäev (St. Catherine's Day, 25 November) traditions of costumed house-to-house visits. Related Estonian/Finnic variants and cognates include Katariina, Katarina, Katrin, Katri, and Kati, alongside the broader Catherine/Katherine forms.

In Turkish, Albanian, and wider Arabic-influenced contexts, Kadri is typically masculine, from Arabic Qadri, linked to qadr, meaning "worth, value, destiny" and, by extension, "divine decree, power" (cf. Laylat al-Qadr). It appears in Ottoman-era records among scholars and poets and as a nisba for adherents of the Qadiri Sufi order; it also survives as a surname. Variants include Kadir and Qadir, the adjectival Qadri/Quadri, and the feminine Kadriye/Qadriyya.