Dai (given name)

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Dai is a given name. In Welsh it's a masculine given name, a hypocorism of Dafydd or David, as well as a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

Dai is a given name. In Welsh it's a masculine given name, a hypocorism of Dafydd or David, as well as a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

  • Dai Ailian (1916–2006), Chinese dancer

  • Dai Andrews (born 1977), American performance and visual artist

  • Dai Baldé (born 2006), Bissau-Guinean footballer

  • Dai Bingguo (born 1941), Chinese politician and diplomat

  • Dai Bradley (born 1953), English actor

  • Dai Buell (1892-1939), American pianist and teacher

  • Dai Davies (1880–1944), Welsh footballer

  • Dai Davies (1948–2021), Welsh footballer

  • Dai Davies (born 1959), Welsh politician

  • Dai Greene (born 1986), a British hurdler

  • Dai Fujikura (藤倉 大; born 1977), Japanese classical composer

  • Dai Henwood (born 1978), New Zealand comedian

  • Dai Jin (1388–1462), Chinese painter

  • Dai Le (born 1968), Vietnamese-born Australian politician

  • Dai Li (1897–1946), Chinese spymaster

  • Dai Matsumoto (松本 大; born 1959), Japanese voice actor

  • Dai Dai N'tab (born 1994), Dutch long track speed skater

  • Dai Nagao, Japanese composer, musician and producer

  • Dai Oketani (桶谷 大; born 1977), Japanese basketball coach

  • Dai Qing (born 1941), Chinese journalist

  • Dai Satō (佐藤 大; born 1969), Japanese screenwriter and musician

  • Dai Sijie (born 1954), Chinese-French author and filmmaker

  • Dai Vernon (1894–1992), Canadian magician

  • Dai Wai Tsun (born 1999), Hong Kong-born Chinese professional footballer

  • Dai Vernon (1894–1992), Canadian magician

  • Dai Ward (1934–1996), Wales international footballer

  • Dai Xi (1801–1860), Chinese painter

  • Dai Yi (1926–2024), Chinese historian

  • Dai Yongge, Chinese businessman and entrepreneur

  • Dai Young (born 1967), Wales international rugby union player

  • Dai Zhen (1724–1777), Chinese philosopher

  • Dai, the title character in the manga series Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai

  • Dai Blackthorn, a character from the role-playing game GURPS

  • Dai Bread, a bigamist character in Dylan Thomas' 1954 Radio play Under Milk Wood.

  • Mrs Dai Bread One, Dai Bread's first wife.

  • Mrs Dai Bread Two, Dai Bread's second wife.

  • Dai Dickins, character in the Discworld novel Night Watch, and martyr of the Glorious Revolution Twenty-Fifth of May

  • Dai Evans, character in the 1973 Doctor Who serial The Green Death

  • Dai Greatcoat, a character from David Jones' In Parenthesis

  • Dai Takabayashi (高林 ダイ), a fictional character from the anime series Super Doll Licca-chan

  • Dai Station, a character from the Welsh animation series Ivor the Engine

  • Dai Bando, a minor character in Richard Llewellyn's novel How Green Was My Valley, played by Rhys Williams in the John Ford film of the same name

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