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[quote=Anonymous]Clearly, we need more Kais You can not go wrong with the meaning.

Except for Tamil... I would stay clear from Kai:
In Tamil, kai means vegetables or cooked vegetables.  :lol:

or if you have ambition for your Kai to live in Thailand
In Thai, [b]kai [/b]means "chicken" and is used as a nickname.

The name [b]Kai[/b] or Cai /ˈkaɪ/ has various origins and meanings in different cultures:

In Basque, kai is a common word meaning "pier of a harbor"[citation needed] and a variant of the first name Kaio (from the old Latin name Caius, meaning "happy").[citation needed]
In Chinese, Kai is a very common given name with one of several meanings, most commonly "victory" (凯/凱), "start" or "open" (开/開). Kai is often used in names meaning "start" (啓) in Cantonese Chinese.[citation needed]
In Estonian, Kai is a female (and very rarely male) name meaning "pier" or "quay".[1][2]
In Finnish, Kai is a common male name, Finnish form of Kaj.[citation needed]
In Frisian, Kai is a short form of Frisian "Kaimbe", meaning "warrior".[citation needed]
In German, Kai has the same meaning as in Frisian.[citation needed]
In Hawaiian, Kai is a unisex name which means "sea" in Hawaiian language or “ocean”.[citation needed]
In Japanese, kai has a number of meanings, including "ocean" (海), "shell" (貝), "restoration" and "recovery".[3][4]
In Kono and Kissi, Kai is a male name; it is also a paramount chief title or prefix that means king of kings.[citation needed]
In Māori, kai means "food" or "meal".[5]
In Swahili, Kai is a female name meaning "lovable".[citation needed]
In Swedish, Kai is a male name meaning "rejoice".[citation needed]
[b]In Tamil, kai means vegetables or cooked vegetables.[/b][citation needed]
In Thai, kai means "chicken" and is used as a nickname.[citation needed]
In Welsh, Kai is a popular given name normally spelled "Cai". It is used as an independent name in Wales due to its use in the Arthurian legend of Sir Kay.[citation needed]
In Turkish, Kai is a male name is spelled normally spelled “Kayı”. Turkish origin and means of Kayı "Blessed or Chosen ones or tribe". The Kayı or Kai tribe (Middle Turkic: قَيِغْ, romanized: Kayığ; Turkish: Kayı boyu, Turkmen: Gaýy taýpasy) were an Oghuz Turkic people and a sub-branch of the Bozok tribal federation
In Northern Ireland, data indicated that Kai experienced a significant rise in popularity as a male given name from 2002 to 2003.[citation needed] It has become popular in the United Kingdom, with many children born in the mid to late 1990s given the name.[citation needed] While it is typically a male given name, in recent years it has become popular for girls as well.[6][/quote]

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