Kai


Gender:
Origin: Asian, Chinese, English, Gaelic, German, Japanese, Norse
623 famous people named Kai found on Wikipedia.
39402 male, 6321 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 113-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 113-th in year 2018
Used in: Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Frisian, German, Hawaiian, Norwegian, Swedish

Meanings

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.


Rejoice.

Famous People: 623 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Kai Schumann 1976 German actor
2 Kai Forbath 1987 All-American college football player, professional football player, placekicker
3 Kai Ryssdal 1963 Radio host, United States Navy officer
4 Kai Hansen 1963 German musician
5 Ryan Cheng 1986 Chinese actor
6 Leilani Kai 1960 Professional wrestler
7 Kai Albrecht 1980 German actor
8 Kai Meyer 1969 German writer
9 Kai Owen 1975 British actor
10 Kai Ebel 1964 German journalist
11 Ma Kai 1946 Vice premier of China
12 Kai Maertens 1958 German actor
13 Kai Lentrodt 1969 German actor
14 Kai Hahto 1973 Finnish musician
15 Natasha Kai 1983 Soccer player
16 Kai Budde 1979 Professional Magic: The Gathering player
17 Kai Havertz 1999
18 Kai Wingenfelder 1959 German musician
19 Kai Winding 1922 Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
20 Kai Taschner 1957 German actor and voice actor
21 Kai Scheve 1966 German actor
22 Caleb Lawrence McGillvary 1988 American criminal
23 Kai G. Henriksen 1956 Norwegian politician
24 Kai Siegbahn 1918 Swedish Physicist
25 Kai Gniffke 1960 German journalist
26 Kai Wulff American actor
27 Kai Lenny 1992 Surfer, SUP, kitesurfer and allround water man
28 Zou Kai 1988 Chinese gymnast
29 Kai Vaine 1978 Finnish stage actor and television actor
30 Kai 1983 Japanese professional wrestler
31 Kai Hyttinen 1947 Finnish actor
32 Kai Noll 1964 German actor
33 Kai Ivo Baulitz 1971 German actor and author
34 Kai T. Erikson 1931 American sociologist
35 Kai Tracid 1972 German Trance DJ and producer
36 Kai Havaii 1957 German singer, actor and writer
37 Kai Helm 1957 German actor
38 Kai Dittmann 1966 German reporter
39 Kai Althoff 1966 Multimedia artist
40 Evie 1988 New Zealand based female professional wrestler
41 Kai Diekmann 1964 German journalist
42 Kai Krause 1957 German computer scientist
43 Kai-Michael Müller 1991 German actor
44 Kai Bird 1951 American journalist
45 Kai Blasberg 1965
46 Kai Niemann 1978 German composer
47 Kai Järvinen Finnish journalist
48 Ho Kai 1859 Hong Kong politician
49 Ko Chen-tung 1991 Taiwanese actor and singer
50 Kai Johan Jiang 1965 Businessperson
51 Teanna Kai 1978 Pornographic actress
52 Kai McKenzie-Lyle 1997
53 Kai Sichtermann 1951 German musician
54 Kai Eckhardt 1961 German musician
55 Kai Kustaa Vähäkallio 1940
56 Kai Karsten 1968 German radio host
57 Kai Künstler 1969 German actor
58 Kai Biermann 1972 German journalist
59 Kai Hirano 1987 Japanese footballer
60 Kai Maahs 1970 German actor
61 Kai Kazmirek 1991 German decathlete
62 Kai Lind Finnish actor and singer
63 Kai Wu Television writer
64 Kai Horstmann 1981 Zimbabwean rugby union player
65 Kai Sadinmaa 1964 Finnish priest
66 Kai Stüwe 2000
67 Liang Kai 1200 Chinese artist
68 Kai Merckx 1991 Dutch radio host
69 Kai Li Computer scientist
70 Kai Warner 1926 German musician
71 Kai Herdling 1984 German footballer
72 Lam Ngai Kai 1953 Hong Kong film director
73 Kai Magnus Sting 1978 German actor and author
74 Kai Ronald Rohrschneider 1964
75 Kai Degenhardt 1964 German liedermacher
76 Kai Haaskivi 1955 Footballer
77 Kai Johansen 1940 Danish footballer
78 Kai Lüftner 1975 German musician and composer
79 Kai Soremekun Filmmaker and actor
80 Kai Pflaume 1967 German television presenter
81 Kai Peter Wegner 1972 German politician
82 Asami Kai 1987 Japanese actress & gravure idol.
83 Kai Hawaii 1968 German journalist and disc jockey
84 Kai Ambos 1965 German judge
85 Kai Wiesinger 1966 German actor
86 Kai Atō 1946 Japanese actor
87 Qin Kai Zhou Dynasty general
88 Kai Bülow 1986 German footballer
89 Kai Brückner 1969 German guitarist
90 Kai Brodersen 1958 German historian of ancient history
91 Kai Merilä Finnish journalist
92 Carole Kai 1944 American musician
93 Lani Kai
94 Gong Kai 1222 Chinese artist and government official
95 Kai Remlov 1946 Norwegian actor
96 Kai Z Feng 1982 Chinese photographer
97 Kai Häfner 1989 German handball player
98 Tian Kai 0200 Official serving as the Inspector of Qing province under the warlord Gongsun Zan
99 Kai Lung Fictional character in a series of books by Ernest Bramah
100 Kai Kara France
101 Kai Lee American writer
102 Kai Strittmatter 1965 German journalist and author
103 Kai Mäkelä 1947
104 Kai Eide 1949 Norwegian politician
105 Yong Kai
106 Lu Kai 0198 Eastern Wu politician
107 Kai Tanner 1969 Finnish actor
108 Kai Nürnberger 1966 German basketball player
109 Mago Chen Kai 1945
110 Kai Braden 1988 American actor, dancer and model
111 Kai Schürholt 1971 German theologian
112 Kai Borsche 1938 German cinematographer
113 Kai Ehlers 1944 German author
114 Kai Honasan
115 Kai Verbij 1994 Dutch speed skater
116 Kai Fjell 1907 Norwegian artist
117 Kai Nielsen 1882 Danish sculptor
118 Kai-Wolf Wandschneider 1959 German handball player
119 Kai Altair 1984 American singer, songwriter
120 Kai Fischer 1934 German actress and author
121 Kai Normann Andersen 1900 Danish film composer
122 Kai Holst 1913 Kai Holst
123 Kai Schmidt-Eisenlohr 1978 German politician
124 Kai Twilfer 1976 German author
125 Shouma Kai
126 Kai Martin 1956 Swedish journalist
127 Kai Klose 1973 German politician
128 Tan Kai 1973 Chinese environmentalist
129 Kai Donner 1888 Finnish politician and linguist
130 Kai Nordberg 1968 Finnish film producer
131 Kai Behrend 2000 German mathematician
132 Kai Lehmann 1971 German regional historian, medievalist and historian of modern age
133 Liu Kai 1987 Chinese baseball player
134 Kai Liekenbröcker 2000 German musician
135 Zhang Kai 1982 Chinese basketball player
136 Kai Pahlman 1935 Footballer
137 Kai Puolamäki Finnish physicist
138 Kai Reus 1985 Road bicycle racer
139 Kai Heerings 1990 Dutch football player
140 Kai Abruszat 1969 German politician
141 Kai Wargalla 1984 German politician and cashier
142 Kai Korte 1922
143 Wang Kai
144 Kai Hafez 1964 German political scientist
145 Kai Vogeley 1963 German psychiatrist and physician
146 Kai Gehring 1977 German politician
147 Kai Huckenbeck 1993
148 Kai Jan Krainer 1968 Austrian politician
149 Kai Dige Bach 1936 Danish merchant
150 Kai Ekholm 1953 Finnish librarian and writer
151 Kai Adomeit 1968 German pianist
152 Kai Rüütel 1981 Estonian opera singer
153 Kai Telanne 1964
154 Kai Robin Havnaa
155 Kai Emanuel 1968 German politician
156 Kai Hiemstra 1938 German entrepreneur
157 Kai Matthiesen 1962 German record producer
158 Kai Selliken 1946 Danish journalist
159 Kai Vorberg 1981
160 Kai Bäckström Finnish actor
161 Kai Arzheimer 1969 German professor of Political Science
162 Kai Kivi 1959 Finnish singer and guitarist (1959-2007)
163 Kai Luehrs-Kaiser 1961 German author
164 Kai Vogelsang 1969 German sinologist
165 Kai Zwicker 1967 German politician
166 Kai Erik Herlovsen 1959 Norwegian football player and manager
167 Kai Suikkanen 1959 Finnish ice hockey player and coach
168 Kai Niemi 1955 Finnish speedway rider
169 Kai Kruse 1991 German paracyclist and pararower
170 Kai Mykkänen 1979 Finnish politician
171 Kai Schwind 1976 German journalist
172 Kai Risholt 1979 Norwegian footballer
173 Kai Londo 1845 Sierra Leonean tribal leader
174 Kai Hermann 1938 German journalist and writer
175 Kai Greene 1993
176 Kai Hensel 1965 German screenwriter
177 Hu Kai 1982 Chinese sprinter
178 Li Kai 1989 Chinese footballer
179 Kai Michalke 1976 German footballer
180 Kai Wehmeier 1968 German-American philosopher and logician
181 Kai Ellis 1980 Player of American and Canadian football
182 Kai U. Jürgens 1966 German opinion journalist
183 Kai Gersch 1971 German politician
184 Kai Kristian 1991 German ice hockey player
185 Kai Pulliainen 1955 Finnish musician
186 Kai Ruffing 1967 German historian
187 Kai Christiansen 1968 German screenwriter
188 Kai Holm 1896 Danish actor
189 Kai Trampedach 1962 German historian
190 Kai Rautenberg 1939 1939-2013 German composer
191 Kai Ewans 1906 Danish jazz reedist
192 Kai Grehn 1969 German director and writer
193 Sun Kai 1991 Footballer
194 Kai Hammermeister 1967 German specialist in literature and university teacher
195 Kai Hospelt 1985 German ice hockey player
196 Kai Lehtinen 1958 Finnish actor and director
197 Kai Nurminen 1969 Finnish former ice hockey player
198 Kai Nyyssönen 1972 Footballer
199 Lü Kai Chinese politician
200 Kai Nacua