#9472024 rank
2023peak year
2,679babies named Khai since 1880
▲ +57%5-year trend
Khai popularity over 145 years
💎 Rare find · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Khai mean?
In Vietnamese, from khai, 'to open, to declare'. In the West it also works as a crisp modern short name; its US profile jumped in the 2010s.
OriginVietnamese
Syllables1
Genderboy
Stylemodern, classic
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