Kai for a girls name?

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As title says.

Yes, that’s where I first heard it

I know a Kyla who gets called Kai,
I guess you could get it from most girls names that start with a K.
Kai on its own I've only heard on boys.

Kyla, Kaiana, Kylie, Katherine, Katrina

Kai rhymes with Eye

Round here all the (male) Kais go round in gangs with the Tylers.

There are plenty of nice girl's names. Why not pick one of those?

The only Kai I know is a 50-something German man. A quiet and serious (but pleasant) academic.

But I don't know him that well though, so he may have a passion for asbo-ing in his spare time that I don't know about.

Kai has a negative reputation as a boy's name and would for a girl too.

Kai is another name for food.
Definitely not.

Oh no, it’s v… how do I say this tactfully… déclassé

Friends would be Lacey-May and Taylor…

Isnt Kai also another word for weeing in French?

I know a girl called Kiya (pronouced Kye-ah) and a lot of Kaila/Kyla/Kayla names. TBH most K-
names are never very popular here on in a lot of RL circles.

What about Kezia? That's more a girls name than Kai in my opinion.

No he's an inspiration. He didn't learn to walk until he was five, and now at 11 he can say five precious words - one of them being Mum.
He learnt to recognise his name from an early age as he's short and easy to get to know.
I honestly couldn't imagine him being called anything else.

If you are in the UK, then it is definitely a boys' name.
I wouldn't land my dd with a name where everyone thinks they are a boy when they are mentioned, or their name is written down.

I really like it. Haven't heard it used for a girl before!

I think the horror people have, on MN and in real life circles (lol), of names beginning with K is so bonkers. And juvenile.

I onyl know 2 Kais. One is a dancer on Strictly and the other is a kpop star from the group EXO; both are male

I know two Kais, both male and interestingly, one does have a brother called Taylor! Other has a sister called Ellé-Mai.

It does have quite a negative association on here and is always lumped in with unique spellings and socioeconomic assumptions. It's a shame because I like the sound and simplicity.

I wouldn't use it for a girl on its own but as a nickname, I quite like it.

Don’t give her the middle name Moana and it’s probably ok.

What about Keziah and nickname Kai or whatever she'd end up being nicknamed at school?

🤣 I spent two years in New Zealand about 15 years ago and Kai moana is one of the few Māori phrases I still remember

Kai alone also makes me think of Colleen and Wayne Rooney's son.

I only know it as a boys name

Boys name

Have to say Kailani is gorgeous. I'd be surprised by Kai as a girls' name but no reason why not.

I had a mental breakdown when he was a baby over negativity of his name.
He was so ill at the time and fighting for his life, yet people still pulled apart the name I chose for him.
I came so close to changing his name back then, and reading this has dug up all those feelings, and 11 years later I'm thinking should I have change it?
He loves his name and so do I, but my mental health is rubbish.

Honestly, it's a perfectly lovely name and I'm sure he's a gorgeous boy.

People on this board talk quite plainly about the names they don't like and why. but I'm sure all our names have received a negative (and a positive) review on here. I know mine has! There's no one name that meets with universal approval. And Kai is quite a popular name so lots of people agree with you!

There's no point letting an inconsequential MN thread effect your mood when you're not in the best place. Go give your Kai a cuddle

How do you pronounce Kai ?