Cai

The name Kai has various origins and meanings in different cultures:
In Basque, kai is a common word meaning "pier of a harbour" and a variant of the first name Kaio (from the old Latin name Caius).
In Burmese, kai means "strong" or "unbreakable".
In Chamoru, Kai is a nativized version of the Spanish name Francisca.
In Mandarin Chinese, Kai is a common given name with one of several meanings, most often "victory" (凱), another being "open" (開). The word cài 菜 in Mandarin also means vegetable. Kai can also be used to transliterate the Chinese character used in some names meaning "start" (啟) in the Cantonese pronunciation.
In Estonian, Kai is a female name meaning "pier".
In Finnish, Kai is a common male name, Finnish form of Kaj. The term "kai" also means "probably" in Finnish.
In Frisian, Kai is a short form of Frisian "Kaimbe", meaning "warrior."
In Hausa, kai means "you".
In Hawaiian, kai means "ocean" or "ocean water".
In Hmong, Kai is a male name that is sometimes spelled Kha.
In Kono and Kissi, Kai is a male name; it is also a Paramount Chief title or prefix that means king of kings. It can be found as a name, or part of the names of several towns and regions in the Mano River Union Countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire.
In Japanese, Kai has a number of meanings, including "ocean" (海), "shell" (貝), "restoration" and "recovery". As a surname, it means "Worth" (甲斐).
In Laotian, kai has numerous meanings, including "chicken", "to open" , "sick" , "egg" , or "to sell".
In Malayalam, kai means "hand".
In Māori, kai means "food".
In Navajo, kai means "willow tree".
In North Germanic languages, kai means "lord", "keeper of the keys" or "earth". In Germanic languages, kai means "quay" or "safe harbor".
In Scottish, Kai means "fire".
In Swahili, Kai is a female name meaning "lovable".
In Swedish, Kai is a male name meaning "Rejoice".
In Tamil, kai means "hand". With a longer 'a' sound, it would mean vegetable (காய்கறி) which is interestingly similar to the Mandarin meaning of the same sound 'cài'.
In Thai, kai means "chicken" and used as a nickname.
In Wayuu, kai means "sun". It also means "the one who brings the light in the dawn" and/or "the one who brings knowledge".
In Welsh, Kai is a popular given name normally spelt Cai, from the Arthurian legend of Sir Kay.
In Wolof, kai means "come".
In Zambia, particularly in the Ngoni tribe of south central Africa, Kai is derived from the name Kaizala.
In Northern Ireland, data indicated that Kai experienced a significant rise in popularity as a male given name from 2002 to 2003. It has become popular in the UK, with many children born in the mid to late 1990s given the name. While it is typically a male given name, in recent years it has become popular for girls as well.

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In Latin, means: rejoice. In Chinese, means: wealthy, colorful.

Kaj, Kai

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Cai Guo-Qiang	1957	Chinese artist
2	Cai Lun		Chinese eunuch and political official
3	Cai Yun	1980	Badminton player
4	Cai Yuanpei	1868	Chinese educator, Esperantist and the president of Peking University
5	Cai Wu	1949	Chinese politician
6	Cai Wenji	0177	Chinese musician
7	Cai E	1882	Chinese politician
8	Cai Qian	1761	Chinese pirate
9	Cai Qi	1955	Chinese politician
10	Cai Yong	0133	Ancient Chinese scholar
11	Cai Mao		Eastern Han dynasty general
12	Cai Huikang	1989	Chinese footballer
13	Cai Mingjie	1952	Singaporean blogger
14	Cai Zhenhua	1961	Male former table tennis player from China
15	Cai Jing	1047	Song Dynasty government official
16	Cai Hesen	1895	Chinese politician
17	Cai Tingkai	1892	Chinese general
18	Cai Chusheng	1906	Chinese film director
19	T. Tony Cai	1967	Statistician
20	Cai Xiang	1012	Chinese calligrapher-architect
21	Cai Griffiths	1984	Welsh rugby union player
22	Cai Chang	1900	Chinese politician
23	Tsae A-Ko		Chinese singer
24	Cai Zelin	1991	Chinese racewalker
25	Cai Shangjun	1967	Chinese film director and screenwriter
26	Cai Yingting	1954	Military personnel
27	Cai Fu
28	Cai Xuetong	1993	Chinese snowboarder
29	Cai Gongshi	1881	Diplomat of the Republic of China
30	Cai Qing
31	Cai Qirui	1913	Chemist
32	Shu Du of Cai
33	Cai Guangliao	1958	Chinese politician
34	Cai Xitao	1911	Chinese botanist
35	Bo Cai	0200	Rebel
36	Cai Mingzhao	1955	Chinese journalist and politician
37	Yuan Cai	1140	Non-fiction writer
38	Cai Pei	1884	Chinese diplomat and politician
39	Jinqing Caroline Cai		Chinese businessman
40	Cai Cheng	1927	Chinese politician
41	Cai Sheng	1971	Footballer
42	Lu Cai	1497	Chinese playwright
43	Cai Huijue	1980	Olympic swimmer
44	Cai Schaffalitzky de Muckadell	1877
45	Cai Li	1987	Swimmer
46	Cai Jinbiao	1954	Footballer
47	Cai Fuchao	1951
48	Cai Xiaoli		Table tennis player
49	Cai Yalin	1977	Sport shooter
50	Cai Jin	1965
51	Cai Tong-Tong	1990	Gymnast
52	Cai Chuchuan	1983	Chinese footballer
53	Cai Sufen	1963	Novelist
54	Earl Huang of Cai
55	Marquis Ai of Cai
56	Cai Lujun	1968	Dissident writer
57	Zhong Hu of Cai
58	Xing Cai		Fictional character in Dynasty Warriors videogame
59	Cai Shun	1991	Footballer
60	Howard Cai
61	Cai Qiao	1897
62	Marquis Zhuang of Cai
63	Cai Yaohui	1988	Chinese footballer
64	Cai Ming	1957	Chinese politician
65	Cai Chongguo	1955
66	Cai Zhuohua		Chinese christian minister
67	Marquis Mu of Cai
68	Cai Weiyan	1973	Athlete
69	Cai Zongze	1951	Chinese politician
70	Lady Cai		Chinese noble
71	Cai Shu	1962	High Jumper
72	Cai Shenxi	1906
73	Marquis Huan of Cai
74	Marquis Gōng of Cai		Chinese noble
75	Cai von Bülow	1851	German politician
76	Cai He
77	Cajus von Alefeld	1591	German diplomat
78	Marquis Gòng of Cai
79	Marquis Yi of Cai
80	Marquis Wu of Cai
81	Cai Melin	1925	Swedish translator
82	Marquis Xi of Cai
83	Cai Dingjian	1956	Chinese legal scholar
84	Marquis Xuan of Cai
85	Cai Zhong		Fictional character
86	Feihu Cai	1964	Chinese scientist
87	Zong-qi Cai
88	Marquis Dai of Cai
89	Marquis Li of Cai
90	Cai Yanyan	1999	Badminton player
91	Cai Yeqing	1971	Chinese sport shooter
92	Cai Burchard von Ahlefeldt	1671	German chamberlain (1671-1718)
93	Primo Cai	1922
94	Lü Cai
95	Liu Cai
96	Li Cai		Psychometrician
97	Cai Wan	1695
98	Cai Zhi Yun	1985	Taiwanese actress
99	Cai Rantzau	1726	German diplomat
100	Cai Jiani	1960	Badminton player
101	Cai M. Woel	1895	Danish autobiographer
102	Cai Yang
103	Cai Jun
104	Cai A. Vagn-Hansen	1911
105	Cai Yingquan	1966
106	Jiming Cai	1956	Economist and university teacher
107	Cai Nebe	1992	South African ice hockey player
108	Cai Han
109	Magic Babe Ning	1982	Singaporean magician
110	Hu Cai
111	Cai Xun
112	Cai Guiqin	1877	Chinese martial artist
113	Cai Lorenz Brockdorff	1646
114	Ning Cai	1963	Chinese film director
115	Cai Jian Lin	1965	Chinese futsal player
116	Cai Qizi	1991
117	Cai Lindahl-Sonesson	1933
118	Cai Shangyan	1962	Chinese athletics competitor
119	Cai Yanshu	1964
120	Cai Hegermann-Lindencrone	1807
121	Cai Juncheng
122	Cai Li Qun
123	Cai Cortez
124	Cai Jianming