see|kai
English

Etymology
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 #German|Kai may also derive from a Frisian pet form of Gerard, Cornelius, Nicholas, or Kampe "warrior". In the U.S. Kai has also been explained as Hawaiian kai "sea, sea water".

Proper noun
en-proper noun

1. given name|male of modern usage.

Danish

Proper noun
infl|da|proper noun

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

Estonian

Proper noun
infl|et|proper noun

1. given name|female||et:, short for Kaia, Katariina ( =Catherine).

Faroese

Pronunciation
IPA|[kai]

Proper noun
Kai m

1. given name|male||fo:, cf. Kaj (more common, but Danish spelling)

Usage notes
Patronymics
son of Kai: Kaisson
daughter Kai: Kaisdóttir

Declension
fo-decl-proper-noun-s-indef|Kai|Kai|Kai|Kais

Category:Faroese proper nouns

Finnish

Pronunciation
Hyphenation: Kai
Rhymes: Rhymes:Finnish:-�i|-�i
IPA|[k�i]

Proper noun
fi-noun|Kai|typevoi|propertrue

1. given name|male||fi: derived from Danish Kaj.

German

Etymology 1
Dutch kaai

Noun
Kai m

1. quay

Etymology 2
wikipedia|lang=de|Kai (Vorname)
Taken into regular use in the 20th century; either borrowwed from Danish Kaj, or from a Frisian baby talk form of Kaimbe , Kempe (fighter, warrior), Gerrit ( Gerard), Cornelis ( Cornelius) and Kleis ( =Nicholas).

Proper noun
infl|de|proper noun m, (f)

1. given name|male||de: (mostly in Northern Germany)
2. rare|lang=de given name|female||de:, diminutive of Katharina.

Alternative spellings
Kaj, Kay

Category:German nouns

Norwegian

Proper noun
infl|no|proper noun

1. given name|male||no: derived from Danish Kaj.

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• 2007-12-03 12:46 - Makaokalani - +en. da, no, etymologies etc

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