Kai

Appendix:Variations of "kai" English Etymology Taken into regular use in the 1990s, with earlier popularity peaks in Scandinavia and Germany. The medieval Danish Kaj is possibly of Roman origin, Latinized as Caius, like the rare medieval English male given name Kay. The German Kai may also derive from a West Frisian pet form of Gerard, Cornelius, Nicholas, or Kampe "warrior". In the U.S. Kai has also been explained as Hawaiian haw kai sea. Pronunciation en /kaɪ/ Canada en En-us-Kai.oga GA en aɪ 1 Proper noun en unisex Germanic languages modern. en rare en female modern. Anagrams en aik AKI KIA Kia aik en unisex given names Danish Proper noun da proper noun da male, a less common spelling of da Kaj References Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 8 117 males with the given name Kai (compared to 31 574 named Kaj) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011. Estonian Proper noun et proper noun et female, short for Kaia, Katariina ("Catherine") Faroese Etymology From fo da Kaj, from fo la Cāius, from fo ett 𐌂𐌀𐌉𐌄, from an era when the letter C represented the phonetic value /ɡ/. Pronunciation fo /kʰaiː/ fo aiː fo kai kei Proper noun fo proper noun m fo male, compare Kaj (more common, but Danish spelling) Usage notes m Kaisson Kaisdóttir Declension Kai Kai Kai Kais Finnish Etymology From fi sv Kaj, from fi da Kaj, ultimately from fi la Caius, la Gaius. Pronunciation Proper noun fi male Declension Kai a Statistics dvv_20250813 7646 1283 92 43 17 References Anagrams fi aik Aki aik. fi 3-letter words German Etymology 1 17th century, from de nl kaai, from de dum kaey (whence also through hypercorrection nl kade). The word is ultimately Celtic, but it is unsettled whether the Dutch form is borrowed via de fro kay, as traditionally held, or indeed vice versa. Pronunciation de /kaɪ̯/ Germany,Switzerland de De-Kai.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de aɪ̯ 1 de /keː/ Austria de eː 1 Noun m,s,s:e[uncommon] wharf, quay Declension m,s,s:e[uncommon] Descendants pl keja 1 Etymology 2 de:+ (Vorname) Taken into regular use in the 20th century; either borrowed from de da Kaj, or from a de fy - baby talk form of fy Kaimbe, fy Kempe fighter, warrior, fy Gerrit Gerard, fy Cornelis Cornelius and fy Kleis Nicholas. Pronunciation de /kaɪ̯/ de De-Kai.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun m:f,s,s de chiefly Northern Germany de male de rare de female Katharina Declension m,s,s f,s.gen:s Alternative forms de Kaj Kay Hawaiian Etymology From haw kai sea, sea water; also a short form of compound given names containing this word. Pronunciation Proper noun haw proper noun haw male,female<q:less commonly> Hawaiian References Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Kai occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 10 women and 13 men. Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names by State: Kai was included in the top hundred first names for boys born in the State of Hawaii in 1995–2008. Japanese Romanization かい Kanakanabu Proper noun xnb proper noun xnb female References North Frisian Alternative forms frr kai Föhr-Amrum frr koie Mooring Etymology From frr ofs kēi. Cognates include fy kaai. Noun frr noun m plural Kaier frr Sylt key Norwegian Proper noun no proper noun no male derived from Danish Kaj Turkish Proper noun tr male derived from Kayı See also tr Kailar tr Kayılar