Kai

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See also: kai, kài, kāi, kǎi, -kai, and ka'i

English

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Etymology

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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 kai (“sea”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kai

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages of modern usage.
  2. (rare) A female given name of modern usage.

Anagrams

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Danish

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Proper noun

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Kai

  1. a male given name, a less common spelling of Kaj

References

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  • [1] 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

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Proper noun

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Kai

  1. a female given name, short for Kaia, Katariina ("Catherine")

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Danish Kaj, from Latin Cāius, from Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌉𐌄 (caie), from an era when the letter C represented the phonetic value /ɡ/.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kai m

  1. a male given name, compare Kaj (more common, but Danish spelling)

Usage notes

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Patronymics

  • son of Kai: Kaisson
  • daughter Kai: Kaisdóttir

Declension

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Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Kai
Accusative Kai
Dative Kai
Genitive Kais

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Danish Kaj.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑi̯/, [ˈkɑ̝i̯]
  • Rhymes: -ɑi
  • Syllabification(key): Kai

Proper noun

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Kai

  1. a male given name

Declension

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Inflection of Kai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative Kai Kait
genitive Kain Kaiden
Kaitten
partitive Kaita Kaita
illative Kaihin Kaihin
singular plural
nominative Kai Kait
accusative nom. Kai Kait
gen. Kain
genitive Kain Kaiden
Kaitten
partitive Kaita Kaita
inessive Kaissa Kaissa
elative Kaista Kaista
illative Kaihin Kaihin
adessive Kailla Kailla
ablative Kailta Kailta
allative Kaille Kaille
essive Kaina Kaina
translative Kaiksi Kaiksi
abessive Kaitta Kaitta
instructive — Kain
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Kai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Kaini Kaini
accusative nom. Kaini Kaini
gen. Kaini
genitive Kaini Kaideni
Kaitteni
partitive Kaitani Kaitani
inessive Kaissani Kaissani
elative Kaistani Kaistani
illative Kaihini Kaihini
adessive Kaillani Kaillani
ablative Kailtani Kailtani
allative Kailleni Kailleni
essive Kainani Kainani
translative Kaikseni Kaikseni
abessive Kaittani Kaittani
instructive — —
comitative — Kaineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Kaisi Kaisi
accusative nom. Kaisi Kaisi
gen. Kaisi
genitive Kaisi Kaidesi
Kaittesi
partitive Kaitasi Kaitasi
inessive Kaissasi Kaissasi
elative Kaistasi Kaistasi
illative Kaihisi Kaihisi
adessive Kaillasi Kaillasi
ablative Kailtasi Kailtasi
allative Kaillesi Kaillesi
essive Kainasi Kainasi
translative Kaiksesi Kaiksesi
abessive Kaittasi Kaittasi
instructive — —
comitative — Kainesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Kaimme Kaimme
accusative nom. Kaimme Kaimme
gen. Kaimme
genitive Kaimme Kaidemme
Kaittemme
partitive Kaitamme Kaitamme
inessive Kaissamme Kaissamme
elative Kaistamme Kaistamme
illative Kaihimme Kaihimme
adessive Kaillamme Kaillamme
ablative Kailtamme Kailtamme
allative Kaillemme Kaillemme
essive Kainamme Kainamme
translative Kaiksemme Kaiksemme
abessive Kaittamme Kaittamme
instructive — —
comitative — Kainemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Kainne Kainne
accusative nom. Kainne Kainne
gen. Kainne
genitive Kainne Kaidenne
Kaittenne
partitive Kaitanne Kaitanne
inessive Kaissanne Kaissanne
elative Kaistanne Kaistanne
illative Kaihinne Kaihinne
adessive Kaillanne Kaillanne
ablative Kailtanne Kailtanne
allative Kaillenne Kaillenne
essive Kainanne Kainanne
translative Kaiksenne Kaiksenne
abessive Kaittanne Kaittanne
instructive — —
comitative — Kainenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Kainsa Kainsa
accusative nom. Kainsa Kainsa
gen. Kainsa
genitive Kainsa Kaidensa
Kaittensa
partitive Kaitaan
Kaitansa 		Kaitaan
Kaitansa
inessive Kaissaan
Kaissansa 		Kaissaan
Kaissansa
elative Kaistaan
Kaistansa 		Kaistaan
Kaistansa
illative Kaihinsa Kaihinsa
adessive Kaillaan
Kaillansa 		Kaillaan
Kaillansa
ablative Kailtaan
Kailtansa 		Kailtaan
Kailtansa
allative Kailleen
Kaillensa 		Kailleen
Kaillensa
essive Kainaan
Kainansa 		Kainaan
Kainansa
translative Kaikseen
Kaiksensa 		Kaikseen
Kaiksensa
abessive Kaittaan
Kaittansa 		Kaittaan
Kaittansa
instructive — —
comitative — Kaineen
Kainensa

Statistics

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  • Kai is the 91st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 7,771 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,269 more), and also belongs to 34 female individuals (and as a middle name to 12 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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17th century, from Dutch kaai, from Middle Dutch kaey (whence also through hypercorrection Dutch kade). The word is ultimately Celtic, but it is unsettled whether the Dutch form is borrowed via Old French kay, as traditionally held, or indeed vice versa.

Noun

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Kai m (strong, genitive Kais, plural Kais or (uncommon) Kaie)

  1. wharf, quay
Declension
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Declension of Kai [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Kai die Kais, Kaie1
genitive eines des Kais der Kais, Kaie1
dative einem dem Kai den Kais, Kaien1
accusative einen den Kai die Kais, Kaie1

1Uncommon.

Descendants
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  • → Polish: keja

Etymology 2

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Taken into regular use in the 20th century; either borrowed from Danish Kaj, or from a West Frisian baby talk form of Kaimbe, Kempe (“fighter, warrior”), Gerrit (“Gerard”), Cornelis (“Cornelius”) and Kleis (“Nicholas”).

Proper noun

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Kai m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Kais, plural Kais)

  1. (chiefly Northern Germany) a male given name
  2. (rare) a diminutive of the female given name Katharina
Declension
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Declension of Kai [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Kai die Kais
genitive eines des Kais der Kais
dative einem dem Kai den Kais
accusative einen den Kai die Kais
Declension of Kai [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kai die Kais
genitive einer der Kais der Kais
dative einer der Kai den Kais
accusative eine die Kai die Kais
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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From kai (“sea, sea water”); also a short form of compound given names containing this word.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkai̯/, [ˈkɐj], [ˈkɛj] (rapid speech)

Proper noun

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Kai

  1. a male or (less commonly) female given name from Hawaiian

References

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North Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian kēi. Cognates include West Frisian kaai.

Noun

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Kai m (plural Kaier)

  1. (Sylt) key

Norwegian

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Proper noun

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Kai

  1. a male given name derived from Danish Kaj

Turkish

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Proper noun

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Kai

  1. a male given name derived from Kayı

See also

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