Kai 1

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	update #116
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #113
4/5/2022, 10:13 PM	Mike C	update #112
1/22/2019, 10:01 AM	Mike C	update #101
10/20/2016, 1:17 AM	Mike C	update #93
12/3/2014, 12:28 AM	Mike C	update #89
1/25/2013, 11:59 PM	Mike C	update #85
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Frisian, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, English

Pronounced Pron. /ˈkaɪ̯/(German) /ˈkaj/(Swedish) /ˈkɑi/(Finnish) /ˈkɑi̯/(Dutch) /ˈkaɪ/(English)

Meaning & History

Meaning uncertain, possibly a Frisian diminutive of Gerhard, Nicolaas, Cornelis or Gaius [1]. It is borne by a boy captured by the Snow Queen in an 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Spreading from Germany and Scandinavia, this name became popular in the English-speaking world and other places in Western Europe around the end of the 20th century.