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I keep seeing this offered as a meaning for KAI on other sites, always with a different language of origin. Sounds made-up, but I'm curious if there's any truth to it. Can anyone confirm or refute this?
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This is true. Keeper of the keys means that you are the keeper of something locked up, and the name refers to that.
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I think I pieced it together:
One of the earliest and most famous people with this name seems to be Sir Kay, one of the first Knights of the Round Table:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Kay
The Wikipedia articles says that he also was seneschal. So what's the work of a "seneschal"? "During medieval times the seneschal was the keeper of the keys in a noble house, ..."
I took this from here:
http://boilinghell.wikidot.com/the-seneschal
So, a famous Kay was once the keeper of the keys of a "house", King Arthur's castle. Does this make it the "meaning" of the name? No, if you ask me, but it's certainly enough that somebody states it as such, and from then on all the "baby names" websites copy it from each other...
One of the earliest and most famous people with this name seems to be Sir Kay, one of the first Knights of the Round Table:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Kay
The Wikipedia articles says that he also was seneschal. So what's the work of a "seneschal"? "During medieval times the seneschal was the keeper of the keys in a noble house, ..."
I took this from here:
http://boilinghell.wikidot.com/the-seneschal
So, a famous Kay was once the keeper of the keys of a "house", King Arthur's castle. Does this make it the "meaning" of the name? No, if you ask me, but it's certainly enough that somebody states it as such, and from then on all the "baby names" websites copy it from each other...
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So, I've been learning that my name, Kaylin, and a few others of similar spelling mean Keeper of the Keys, and I cherish this significance. I also study Latin and have learned that the latin translation of Keeper of the Keys is "claviger", also a title used in the medieval times. I didn't know about 'seneschal', so I'm curious to elaborate on its origin. Thanks for your input, Rene.
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Thanks for the response. That does make sense. I did some more Googling and found this as well: https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Key
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