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Name Tai
Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 大, 泰, 太, 耐, 諦, 泰衣, 泰維, 泰依, 多衣, 多以 (kanji), たい (hiragana), タイ (katakana)
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Meaning & History
This name can be used as 大 (tai, dai, oo-, -oo.ini, oo.kii) meaning "big, large", 泰 (tai) meaning "calm, easy, peace, peaceful, Thailand," 太 (ta, tai, futo.i, futo.ru) meaning "big around, plump, thick", 耐 (tai, ta.eru) meaning "enduring" or 諦 (tai, tei, akira.meru, tsumabiraka, makoto) meaning "abandon, give up."
Rare examples of Tai with 2 kanji for females include 泰衣, 泰維, 泰依, 多衣 and 多以 with 衣 (i, e, kinu, -gi, koromo) meaning "clothes, dressing, garment", 維 (i) meaning "fibre, rope, tie", 依 (i, e, yo.ru) meaning "consequently, depend on, due to, reliant, therefore" and 以 (i, mo'.te) meaning "because, by means of, compared with, in view of."Tai, when used as either 大 or 泰, can be used for both genders.In the Edo Period (1603-1868), it was used as an uncommon to very uncommon feminine name.One bearer of this name was film director and screenwriter Tai Katō (加藤 泰) (1916-1985).
Rare examples of Tai with 2 kanji for females include 泰衣, 泰維, 泰依, 多衣 and 多以 with 衣 (i, e, kinu, -gi, koromo) meaning "clothes, dressing, garment", 維 (i) meaning "fibre, rope, tie", 依 (i, e, yo.ru) meaning "consequently, depend on, due to, reliant, therefore" and 以 (i, mo'.te) meaning "because, by means of, compared with, in view of."Tai, when used as either 大 or 泰, can be used for both genders.In the Edo Period (1603-1868), it was used as an uncommon to very uncommon feminine name.One bearer of this name was film director and screenwriter Tai Katō (加藤 泰) (1916-1985).