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The Name Kai - Origin and Meaning of Kai
  



The Name Kai - Origin and Meaning of Kai


Gender

Masculine and Feminine

Origin of the Name Kai

Latin or Old High German; Hawaiian

Usage of the Name Kai

Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Dutch, Frisian; Hawaiian

Meaning of the Name Kai

The name Kai has several meanings:
1. As a masculine name it is a pet form of Gaius or Gerhard.
2. As a unisex name it means "sea" in Hawaiian.

Famous Bearers

Bearers of the name include Kai Fjell (1907 - 1989), a Norwegian painter and printmaker; Kai Siegbahn (1918 - 2007), a Swedish physicist; Kai Winding (1922 - 1983), a Danish-American jazz trombonist and composer; Kai Wiesinger (born 1966), a German actor.
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