Kai - Meaning of Kai
What does Kai mean?
[ 1 syll. kai, ka-i ] The baby boy name Kai is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is KAY (German) †.
Kai has 17 variants that are used in English and other languages. Variants used in English include Kae, Kaie, Kaii, Keh, and Kye.
Foreign variants of Kai include Cai (Scandinavian and Welsh), Caj (Scandinavian), Caw (Welsh), Cay (German), Kaj (German and Scandinavian), Kay (German and Welsh), Kája (Czech), and Kájin (Czech). Specific foreign variants include the diminutive forms Kajícek (Czech), Kajík (Czech), and Kajínek (Czech).
In addition, Kai is a diminutive form (Frisian) of the name Gerhard (English, German, and Scandinavian) as well as a variant (Frisian) of the name Gerard (English, French, and Dutch).
See also the related form, Gaudenz (German).
See also the related categories, knights (warrior), queen (king), rejoice (joy), latin, english, sea, sir, frisian, christian (missionary), victorious, snow, chinese, round, roman, welsh, oldest (ancient), dutch, german, literature, and scandinavian.
Kai is popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also considered trendy. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1980s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2018, 0.177% of baby boys were given the name Kai. It ranked at #113 then. Out of all boy names in its group, Kai was the most popular in 2018. 11 times more boys were named Kai than the subsequent ranked name, Kye, in that year.
Baby names that sound like Kai include Kaie, Kaj, Ky, Kye, Chai, Kace, Kae, Kaehe, Kaese, Kage, Kasch, Kase, Kash, Kass, Kay, Kayhe, Kayjee, Kaz, Kája, and Kea.
† Pronunciation for Kai: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AY as in "side (S.AY.D)"
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