Kai
- Meaning:
- Sea
About the name Kai
A short name that arose independently in several unrelated languages — Hawaiian for 'sea', a Frisian form of Gerhard or Nicolaas, and a Japanese name meaning 'ocean' or 'restoration'. Because no single lineage owns it, its origin is left open here.
Popularity with newborns
Kai has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
102 people in Croatia are called Kai, according to the 2021 census. That is #1505 among all the names in Imenko.
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.