What does Kai mean?

In Hawaiian culture, it means "sea." In Japanese culture, "shell." In Europe, Kai is perceived as having Frisian roots, a short form of the name Kaimbe, meaning “warrior.”1 Kai is also considered to have Welsh, Scandinavian, and Greek roots; its meaning is "keeper of the keys; earth." African, Chinese, Korean, Native ...
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Does Kai mean God?

Kai means sprit, dragon, ocean or sea. Kai doesnt mean anything in the lower rank or anything.
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Does Kai mean anything in Japanese?

In Japanese, kai has a number of meanings, including "ocean" (海), "shell" (貝), "open" (開), "restoration" and "recovery". In Māori, kai means "food" or "meal". In Northern Ireland, data indicated that Kai experienced a significant rise in popularity as a male given name from 2002 to 2003.
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What does Kai mean in Native American culture?

Kai. Origin: Native American (Navajo), Hawaiian, Japanese, and others. Meaning: Willow tree (Navajo), Ocean (Hawaiian)
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What does Kai mean in the Bible?

Kai name meanings is Rejoice.
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What does the name Kai mean in African?

Kai is a short form of the Swahili word Kaimbe that translates to 'fighter. ' Kai is descended from Welsh, Scandinavian, and Greek ancestors, and his given name translates into English as “guardian of a key; protector of the earth.” In a variety of cultures, the name Kai can be found in various forms.
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What is Kai Greek?

Kai (και "and"; Modern Greek: [ce]; Ancient Greek: [kai]; sometimes abbreviated k) is a conjunction in Greek, Coptic (ⲕⲁⲓ) and Esperanto (kaj; IPA: [kai̯]). Kai is the most frequent word in any Greek text and thus used by statisticians to assess authorship of ancient manuscripts based on the number of times it is used.
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What does Kai mean in Hawaiian?

1. nvs., Sea, sea water; area near the sea, seaside, lowlands; tide, current in the sea; insipid, brackish, tasteless. Examples: I kai, towards the sea. O kai, of the lowland, of the sea, seaward.
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Does Kai mean warrior?

In Hawaiian culture, it means "sea." In Japanese culture, "shell." In Europe, Kai is perceived as having Frisian roots, a short form of the name Kaimbe, meaning “warrior.”1 Kai is also considered to have Welsh, Scandinavian, and Greek roots; its meaning is "keeper of the keys; earth." African, Chinese, Korean, Native ...
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What does Kai mean in Irish?

Kai means “warrior” (from Frisian “kempe”), “victory of the people” (from Nikolaus), “brave spearman” (from Gerard), “from the town Gaeta” (from Cajetanus), in Celtic “spear bearer/thrower”, in Native American “willow tree”, in Japanese “pioneer”, in Chinese “triumph”, “victory”, in Hawaiian “ocean” or “sea”.
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Is Kai a black name?

Kai is also found as an independent name in African, Chinese, Turkish and Native American cultures.
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Does Kai mean fire?

Scottish Baby Names Meaning:

In Scottish Baby Names the meaning of the name Kai is: Fire.
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Does Kai mean Earth?

It is of Welsh, Scandinavian and Greek origin, and the meaning of Kai is "keeper of the keys; earth".
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Who is Kai?

Kim Jong-in (Korean: 김종인; born January 14, 1994), better known as Kai (Korean: 카이), is a South Korean singer, model, actor, and dancer. He is a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy group Exo, its sub unit Exo-K, and South Korean supergroup SuperM.
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How old is the name Kai?

17th century, from Dutch kaai, from Middle Dutch kaey (whence also through hypercorrection Dutch kade). The word is ultimately Celtic, but it is unsettled whether the Dutch form is borrowed via Old French kay, as traditionally held, or indeed vice versa.
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What is the full form of Kai?

The Full form of KAI is Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd, or KAI stands for Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd, or the full name of given abbreviation is Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd.
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Is Kai a nice name?

It's a lovely name. I know two Kais (aged 11 and 9) and they are both delightful middle class boys from very definitely middle class families. There's a bit of an unwritten rule that almost any name (especially boys' name) beginning with K is "common".
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Can Kai be a girl name?

The name Kai is both a boy's name and a girl's name of Scandinavian, Japanese, Hawaiian origin meaning "sea". This appealing multi-cultural name, pronounced KYE, is beginning to be used for girls as well as boys.
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What does Kai mean in martial arts?

The Kai in Cobra Kai literally means “assembly” or “meeting” and within the Karate vernacular, it's a suffix that denotes an organization or group.
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What does Kai mean in New Zealand?

The Māori word for food is kai.
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How popular is Kai as a name?

How common is the name Kai for a baby born in 2020? Kai was the 93rd most popular boys name and 793rd most popular girls name. In 2020 there were 3,812 baby boys and 338 baby girls named Kai. 1 out of every 480 baby boys and 1 out of every 5,181 baby girls born in 2020 are named Kai.
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How do you say Chi in Greek?

The Greek letter that looks like X is named “chi” (Χ χ), which is pronounced “kai” (as in the “chi-square” test in statistics).
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What does Gar mean in Greek?

γαρ • (gar) when introduces new proposal means as well is. colloquially used to emphasize or highlight the faculty or the property of something or someone.
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