Boy's name Kai.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a nickname for the Kai I know.

Malikai is his full name.

Is that a twist on Malachi?

Ha, I tried to googlethe name Malakai cause I think it meant the messenger of God, but I misspelled it to Malaka and that means wanker in Greek!

[Anonymous]

I have an 18 year old Kai and love his name. We have Scandinavian heritage, but I also like that it is Hawaiian.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know it as a Hawaiian name. I think it’s a terrible name for someone not connected to Hawaii. I envision the opposite of a stereotypical “Harvard grad.”

Get out more. It was (is) a very common first name in Germany, mostly for men born in the 60s and 70s. It means warrior or fighter and is derived from Old Low German.

Ha! My German college boyfriend was named Kai, born 1973.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know it as a Hawaiian name. I think it’s a terrible name for someone not connected to Hawaii. I envision the opposite of a stereotypical “Harvard grad.”

Get out more. It was (is) a very common first name in Germany, mostly for men born in the 60s and 70s. It means warrior or fighter and is derived from Old Low German.

This cracks me up. I’m the PP you quoted. I was born in Hawaii, graduated from
Harvard, and used to live in Germany. Never met anyone in Germany with that name.

[Anonymous]

Sissy name

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sissy name

🥸

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if the sheer popularity of the movie Frozen made it more popular. While Kai is not featured in it, the original Andersen's story
main characters are a boy called Kai and a girl called Gerda. He was swapped by the Snow Queen into her beautiful sled and
his heart was changed by the bit of an ice that got into it. Took Gerda a lot effort to get to find him in the Ice castle and her kiss
melted his heart finally. Original story is so different from Frozen.

Still, the name Kai rocks.

If you want to know more:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Queen

Yep, that is the first thing I thought of when I saw the name.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in Florida and it’s quite popular here. My son is 7 and we’ve met probably half a dozen.

Florida? Go figure, it is more of a cold climate name to me

I would imagine that every other boy in Florida would be called either Ernest or Hemingway.

My son is a friend of Kai here in AZ. His dad is Hawaiian, so I just assumed that's where the name came from. Wherever it's from, I love that name!

Same. I have a friend who is Hawaiian. His name is Kai. Also knew a Kailani. I know Kai is a popular Hawaiian name but never heard it from anywhere else.

[Anonymous]

Kai seems to be very popular with the upper middle class, liberal, outdoorsy set.

[Anonymous]

I love it!

My favorite Kai:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Ryssdal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if the sheer popularity of the movie Frozen made it more popular.

While Kai is not featured in it, the original Andersen's story
main characters are a boy called Kai and a girl called Gerda. He was swapped by the Snow Queen into her beautiful sled and
his heart was changed by the bit of an ice that got into it. Took Gerda a lot effort to get to find him in the Ice castle and her kiss
melted his heart finally.

Original story is so different from Frozen.

Still, the name Kai rocks.

If you want to know more:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Queen

Wait... who is Kai in Frozen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if the sheer popularity of the movie Frozen made it more popular.

While Kai is not featured in it, the original Andersen's story
main characters are a boy called Kai and a girl called Gerda. He was swapped by the Snow Queen into her beautiful sled and
his heart was changed by the bit of an ice that got into it. Took Gerda a lot effort to get to find him in the Ice castle and her kiss
melted his heart finally.

Original story is so different from Frozen.

Still, the name Kai rocks.

If you want to know more:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Queen

Wait... who is Kai in Frozen?

Ok, so I just checked and there's NO WAY to contribute the popularity of the name Kai with a non named character in Frozen.

The movie never mentions his name -- not even once, I checked... and unless expectant parents are researching baby names of unnamed fictional characters on IMDB, I highly doubt there's any correlation between Kai's popularity and Frozen.

Btw OP, I love, love, love Kai (I grew up in Hawaii and it's very common and popular there).

All of the hottest guys were named Kai. 😁

[Anonymous]

There are two Kais in my son's 4th grade. One is American/Japanese, the other one is Indian.

For this Russian mom, Kai is forever linked to Snow Queen's Kai and Gerda. So much that every time I see a Kai, I think - hey where is your Gerda?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if the sheer popularity of the movie Frozen made it more popular.

While Kai is not featured in it, the original Andersen's story
main characters are a boy called Kai and a girl called Gerda. He was swapped by the Snow Queen into her beautiful sled and
his heart was changed by the bit of an ice that got into it. Took Gerda a lot effort to get to find him in the Ice castle and her kiss
melted his heart finally.

Original story is so different from Frozen.

Still, the name Kai rocks.

If you want to know more:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Queen

Wait... who is Kai in Frozen?

Ok, so I just checked and there's NO WAY to contribute the popularity of the name Kai with a non named character in Frozen.

The movie never mentions his name -- not even once, I checked... and unless expectant parents are researching baby names of unnamed fictional characters on IMDB, I highly doubt there's any correlation between Kai's popularity and Frozen.

Btw OP, I love, love, love Kai (I grew up in Hawaii and it's very common and popular there).

All of the hottest guys were named Kai. 😁

I don’t know. Some people read books, I guess.