Kai (name)

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title: "Kai (name)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["english-unisex-given-names", "japanese-language-surnames", "japanese-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names", "danish-masculine-given-names", "estonian-feminine-given-names", "feminine-given-names", "norwegian-masculine-given-names", "scandinavian-masculine-given-names", "chinese-masculine-given-names", "finnish-masculine-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_(name)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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nameKai
pronunciation
genderUnisex
originvarious
meaningvarious
regionvarious
variantCai, Kye
related namesKaj, Kay
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| name = Kai | pronunciation = | gender = Unisex | origin = various | meaning = various | region = various | variant = Cai, Kye | related names = Kaj, Kay

The name Kai has various origins and meanings in different cultures:

  • In Estonian, Kai is a female name derived from Katherine.
  • In Persian, Kai, or Kay, is a male name, meaning "king". It is also the name of a mythological shah (king) in the Shahnameh.
  • In Japanese, kai has a number of meanings, including "ocean" (海), "shell" (貝), etc.
  • In Hawaiian, Kai is the word for “sea” in its language.

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  • Kai Ueda (born 1996), Japanese baseball player

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  • Xing Kai (born 1989), Chinese footballer
  • Xu Kai (born 1995), Chinese actor

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Cai

Fictional characters

Notable people with the surname "Kai" include

References

References

  1. "English<>Japanese". Dictionary.
  2. "Official list of Kanji permissible for name use".

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