Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 慶太, 啓太, etc.(Japanese Kanji) けいた(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /ke̞ː.tä/ Meaning & History From Japanese 慶 (kei) meaning "celebration" or 啓 (kei) meaning "open, begin" combined with 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big, great". Other kanji combinations are also possible.