Etymograph

English

Kai

Kai may come from Hawaiian kai ‘sea’.

  1. Hawaiianmodernkai‘sea’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayKai

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Hawaiianmodernkai‘sea’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayKai

The story

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". Kai has also been explained as Hawaiian kai (‘sea’).

Every English word from Hawaiian kai

Today it means

name A unisex given name from the Germanic languages, of modern usage.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Hawaiian kai / Kai

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