Kai

Zimger · December 2012

Thoughts on Kai...for a boy. I know it's used for girls here and there but I prefer it for a boy.

dressandtie · December 2012

I've never seen it on a girl, except for in the movie "The Descendants".

I prefer it on a boy, it doesn't seem fitting for a boy.

Mochadoodle · December 2012

Love it! I prefer it on a boy.

~Kat~ · December 2012

I really like it. For sure a boy name, IMO.

Javad · December 2012

I like it a lot. In fact, I've done a lot of searching specifically to find names where the nickname could be Kai. For myself, I'd prefer a longer name than Kai, but I think the name Kai does stand up well on it's own better than most short names.

Perhaps these names aren't your style, but these are some names I found when I was looking for longer names that could have Kai as a nickname:

Caius
Kynan
Caelum (actually pronounced Kai-lum in Latin)
Kaiyan (Nigerian and Afghani name)

But if you like Kai, it's a great name on it's own too.

MrsCFB · December 2012

i like it!

i prefer this name for a boy.

daylight11 · December 2012

i love it. i just met a mom today who had a little boy named Kaj (pronounced just like Kai), which is apparently the Danish spelling.

lilhockeygurlMOM · December 2012

Never heard it for either gender.

anvloveskme · December 2012

Like for a boy

JennyLN913 · December 2012

My stepson's name! love it!

Frankie · December 2012

I know of 2 boys named Kai (never heard it used as a girl's name). I think it might be Hawaiian?

capulet · December 2012

We've known a couple of boys named Kai who have been born in the past few years. It's funny, we heard about one the other night and DH said he didn't like the name, I didn't respond immediately, and he said, "You like it, don't you?" which I don't particularly. I really like the name Malachi, but I'm not sure I even like Kai as a NN for that. I'm not sure why I don't like it. I guess because it sounds incomplete to me, and a little too feminine (God knows much more masculine-sounding names have been given to girls), and I don't generally like K names for boys.

1covejack · December 2012

My nephew is Kyler, Ky for short. We're Danish, and I think "kai" is a danish name. Kyler might be Dutch though. Or I might be completely wrong.

I know, helpful.

BC&LM · December 2012

It's not my style, but I don't hate it. I definitely view it as a boy name.

spklasvegas · December 2012

I have a boy in my class named Khaizen and his nickname is Khai (ki).

chibride4 · December 2012

It's one of the few "K" names I really like and it's all boy to me.

asibilrud · December 2012

LOVE Kai! If I were to choose the name for my child without the help of SO it would have been Kai or Callum

budgirl007 · December 2012

I like it but would use it as a nn with a longer name. If this LO turns out to be a boy or if we have one more down the road that's a boy we are considering Cailer or Caiser with Cai as the nn.

jaymicans · December 2012

I know a 30 something yr old guy named Ky. I like it!

serena07 · December 2012

Thought this would be easier. Yes it is also Hawaiian.
Kai kai as a boy's name also used as girl's name Kai, is pronounced kye. It is of Welsh, Scandinavian and Greek origin, and the meaning of Kai is "keeper of the keys; earth". Variant of Kay. Also possibly South African "beautiful". Kai is also a Hawaiian name meaning "the sea".

Frankie:
I know of 2 boys named Kai never heard it used as a girl's name. I think it might be Hawaiian?

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