Kai

Etymology
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". In the U.S. Kai has also been explained as Hawaiian.

Proper noun

 * 1)  of modern usage.
 * 2)   of modern usage.

Proper noun

 * , a less common spelling of

Proper noun

 * , short for Kaia, Katariina ("Catherine")

Etymology
From, from , from , from an era when the letter C represented the phonetic value /ɡ/.

Proper noun

 * , compare Kaj (more common, but Danish spelling)

Usage notes
Patronymics
 * son of Kai: Kaisson
 * daughter Kai: Kaisdóttir

Etymology
From.

Etymology 1
17th century, from, from (whence also through hypercorrection 🇨🇬). The word is ultimately Celtic, but it is unsettled whether the Dutch form is borrowed via, as traditionally held, or indeed vice versa.

Noun

 * 1) wharf, quay

Etymology 2
Taken into regular use in the 20th century; either borrowed from, or from a baby talk form of , , ,  and.

Etymology
From ; also a short form of compound given names containing this word.

Proper noun

 * 1)  derived from Danish Kaj

Proper noun

 * 1)  derived from Kayı