Dai Forename
7,442nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 140,558 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Vietnam
Highest density in:
Vietnam
Dai Forename Definition:
A Welsh m. ‘Christian’, possibly—like French Dé—from a Celtic word meaning ‘fire’.
Dai Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 83% | 105,149 | 1:881 | 170 |
| India | 100% | 6,523 | 1:186,245 | 19,672 |
| Indonesia | 67% | 4,039 | 1:63,868 | 7,744 |
| Nigeria | 99% | 3,843 | 1:46,205 | 3,478 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3,551 | 1:2,183 | 165 |
| United States | 81% | 3,431 | 1:105,665 | 4,610 |
| Myanmar | - | 3,150 | 1:16,492 | 440 |
| Japan | 76% | 2,208 | 1:57,965 | 3,181 |
| Egypt | 98% | 2,104 | 1:43,679 | 2,622 |
| Papua New Guinea | 66% | 715 | 1:11,402 | 1,149 |
| Thailand | 68% | 596 | 1:117,560 | 9,359 |
| China | - | 586 | 1:2,331,153 | 44,796 |
| Malaysia | 55% | 544 | 1:55,974 | 4,497 |
| England | 89% | 491 | 1:113,244 | 4,119 |
| Pakistan | 94% | 409 | 1:475,202 | 11,235 |
| Wales | 84% | 388 | 1:7,975 | 730 |
| Taiwan | 52% | 369 | 1:64,416 | 8,970 |
| Canada | 100% | 298 | 1:111,186 | 5,410 |
| Brazil | 89% | 251 | 1:853,530 | 23,545 |
| Cameroon | 97% | 176 | 1:122,787 | 6,019 |
| Algeria | 100% | 132 | 1:289,218 | 3,700 |
| Afghanistan | 79% | 118 | 1:276,470 | 6,139 |
| Iran | 77% | 96 | 1:817,676 | 7,721 |
| Nepal | 70% | 94 | 1:303,057 | 11,008 |
| Australia | - | 80 | 1:170,720 | 4,694 |
| Tanzania | 61% | 76 | 1:694,583 | 17,085 |
| Cambodia | 58% | 62 | 1:262,473 | 7,490 |
| Mexico | 57% | 61 | 1:2,035,155 | 12,026 |
| France | 94% | 60 | 1:1,107,839 | 8,314 |
| Germany | 71% | 60 | 1:1,611,298 | 10,294 |
| New Zealand | - | 49 | 1:92,572 | 4,140 |
| Philippines | 60% | 46 | 1:2,304,554 | 49,521 |
| Zambia | - | 43 | 1:368,716 | 9,762 |
| DR Congo | 50% | 41 | 1:1,800,673 | 45,176 |
| Singapore | 70% | 41 | 1:153,343 | 8,029 |
| South Africa | 78% | 40 | 1:1,363,316 | 46,664 |
| Russia | 75% | 37 | 1:3,898,208 | 20,782 |
| Iraq | 80% | 34 | 1:1,029,937 | 8,327 |
| South Korea | - | 32 | 1:173,263 | 7,040 |
| Benin | 91% | 29 | 1:364,684 | 13,715 |
| Greece | 88% | 29 | 1:377,053 | 5,762 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Argentina | 100% | 24 | 1:1,782,218 | 7,077 |
| Norway | 95% | 24 | 1:213,847 | 5,267 |
| Denmark | - | 23 | 1:245,630 | 5,032 |
| Sweden | 76% | 22 | 1:448,087 | 11,903 |
| Ivory Coast | 60% | 20 | 1:1,153,797 | 32,566 |
| Netherlands | 75% | 19 | 1:889,583 | 16,206 |
| Niger | 56% | 19 | 1:1,009,684 | 15,865 |
| Scotland | 100% | 19 | 1:281,598 | 4,379 |
| Italy | 60% | 15 | 1:4,070,806 | 21,403 |
| Qatar | 100% | 13 | 1:182,277 | 21,851 |
| Switzerland | 68% | 13 | 1:631,807 | 9,098 |
| Belgium | 65% | 12 | 1:957,503 | 11,814 |
| Yemen | - | 12 | 1:2,191,396 | 3,718 |
| Ukraine | 64% | 11 | 1:4,136,355 | 7,862 |
| Peru | 57% | 10 | 1:3,179,145 | 27,401 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Guyana | 83% | 9 | 1:84,807 | 6,788 |
| Israel | 56% | 9 | 1:933,658 | 13,501 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 8 | 1:103,116 | 2,395 |
| Liberia | 100% | 8 | 1:551,508 | 14,444 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8 | 1:893,999 | 27,106 |
| Czechia | 71% | 7 | 1:1,522,309 | 4,223 |
| Ecuador | - | 7 | 1:2,532,417 | 12,755 |
| Hungary | 100% | 7 | 1:1,398,824 | 3,444 |
| Lebanon | 80% | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Spain | - | 5 | 1:9,305,993 | 18,112 |
| Uganda | 80% | 5 | 1:8,191,384 | 58,906 |
| Uruguay | - | 5 | 1:685,527 | 7,487 |
| Venezuela | - | 5 | 1:6,040,379 | 77,223 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Burkina Faso | 75% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Mali | 50% | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Finland | 80% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Zimbabwe | 67% | 3 | 1:5,141,272 | 76,754 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Jordan | 67% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Armenia | 50% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Daï (38), Daî (4) & Daí (2) are calculated separately.
Dai (4,941,711) may also be a surname.
Dai Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Welsh m. ‘Christian’, possibly—like French Dé—from a Celtic word meaning ‘fire’.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Dai Forename Popularity
Dai Demographics
Average Male Dai Height
172.34 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 159 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daï | 89 | 38 | / |
| Daî | 89 | 4 | / |
| Daí | 89 | 2 | / |
| Daji | 86 | 8,625 | / |
| Dhai | 86 | 7,170 | / |
| Dayi | 86 | 4,563 | / |
| Dais | 86 | 3,834 | / |
| Daai | 86 | 3,538 | / |
| Daie | 86 | 2,441 | / |
| Daia | 86 | 1,208 | / |
| Daid | 86 | 772 | / |
| Daih | 86 | 673 | / |
| Daip | 86 | 625 | / |
| Daii | 86 | 475 | / |
| Daiy | 86 | 447 | / |
| Daij | 86 | 431 | / |
| Dait | 86 | 392 | / |
| Daiz | 86 | 152 | / |
| Daio | 86 | 151 | / |
| Daiu | 86 | 93 | / |
| Hdai | 86 | 93 | / |
| Ddai | 86 | 35 | / |
| Daği | 86 | 23 | / |
| Daiê | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tdai | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dgai | 86 | 1 | / |
| Di | 80 | 1,612,301 | / |
| Da | 80 | 616,965 | / |
| Dawie | 75 | 2,614 | / |
| Dahia | 75 | 1,094 | / |
| Dahai | 75 | 795 | / |
| Daiou | 75 | 343 | / |
| Dhaiy | 75 | 315 | / |
| Daiho | 75 | 315 | / |
| Ddaio | 75 | 311 | / |
| Dhayi | 75 | 286 | / |
| Dajie | 75 | 282 | / |
| Daiah | 75 | 275 | / |
| Daggi | 75 | 251 | / |
| Dhait | 75 | 222 | / |
| Dhaji | 75 | 178 | / |
| Dahio | 75 | 170 | / |
| Dahii | 75 | 127 | / |
| Dhaid | 75 | 127 | / |
| Dayis | 75 | 122 | / |
| Dayit | 75 | 104 | / |
| Daihe | 75 | 102 | / |
| Daaji | 75 | 101 | / |
| Dahiy | 75 | 101 | / |
| Dayih | 75 | 101 | / |
| Daiyo | 75 | 95 | / |
| Dayid | 75 | 90 | / |
| Daish | 75 | 88 | / |
| Daiha | 75 | 83 | / |
| Dajiy | 75 | 81 | / |
| Daije | 75 | 70 | / |
| Dhais | 75 | 54 | / |
| Dayip | 75 | 42 | / |
| Dahji | 75 | 41 | / |
| Daiud | 75 | 36 | / |
| Dahyi | 75 | 34 | / |
| Daius | 75 | 28 | / |
| Daioh | 75 | 27 | / |
| Dagie | 75 | 27 | / |
| Dhaii | 75 | 25 | / |
| Daias | 75 | 23 | / |
| Dayio | 75 | 20 | / |
| Daiys | 75 | 19 | / |
| Daiod | 75 | 18 | / |
| Dahiu | 75 | 18 | / |
| Daiiy | 75 | 16 | / |
| Dayii | 75 | 16 | / |
| Dhaia | 75 | 15 | / |
| Dayie | 75 | 15 | / |
| Dajih | 75 | 15 | / |
| Daihu | 75 | 15 | / |
| Daiis | 75 | 14 | / |
| Dauia | 75 | 14 | / |
| Daiut | 75 | 12 | / |
| Dauio | 75 | 12 | / |
| Daihy | 75 | 11 | / |
| Daist | 75 | 10 | / |
| Daiuh | 75 | 9 | / |
| Daioo | 75 | 8 | / |
| Daiot | 75 | 8 | / |
| Dahei | 75 | 8 | / |
| Daiip | 75 | 7 | / |
| Daayi | 75 | 7 | / |
| Daiaa | 75 | 7 | / |
| Dhaie | 75 | 7 | / |
| Daiee | 75 | 7 | / |
| Daios | 75 | 6 | / |
| Daich | 75 | 6 | / |
| Daies | 75 | 6 | / |
| Daihi | 75 | 5 | / |
| Hdait | 75 | 5 | / |
| Daiid | 75 | 5 | / |
| Dauie | 75 | 5 | / |
| Daais | 75 | 5 | / |
| Daiie | 75 | 5 | / |
| Daiih | 75 | 5 | / |
| Dahij | 75 | 5 | / |
| Daaij | 75 | 4 | / |
| Daiat | 75 | 4 | / |
| Dayiy | 75 | 4 | / |
| Dayiz | 75 | 4 | / |
| Dhaai | 75 | 3 | / |
| Dhaij | 75 | 3 | / |
| Dhaiu | 75 | 3 | / |
| Dhaiz | 75 | 3 | / |
| Daiss | 75 | 3 | / |
| Daaid | 75 | 3 | / |
| Hdayi | 75 | 3 | / |
| Daied | 75 | 3 | / |
| Dhaio | 75 | 3 | / |
| Dajio | 75 | 2 | / |
| Dajip | 75 | 2 | / |
| Daieh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Daiio | 75 | 2 | / |
| Daiiz | 75 | 2 | / |
| Daaia | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ddhai | 75 | 2 | / |
| Doaia | 75 | 2 | / |
| Daiad | 75 | 2 | / |
| Daidh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Daihs | 75 | 2 | / |
| Dhaih | 75 | 1 | / |
| D'Hai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Da'ai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Daaih | 75 | 1 | / |
| Daaii | 75 | 1 | / |
| Daiph | 75 | 1 | / |
| Daisz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Daiuu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Daiyd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Daiyz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dai'i | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dai'u | 75 | 1 | / |
| Daiap | 75 | 1 | / |
| Daiau | 75 | 1 | / |
| Daiaz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Daidd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Daids | 75 | 1 | / |
| Daiep | 75 | 1 | / |
| Daiit | 75 | 1 | / |
| Daijh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Daijj | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ddaai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dayij | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dayyi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hdaid | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dajij | 75 | 1 | / |
| Daizz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Daihj | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hdaji | 75 | 1 | / |
| Daihz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Daijë | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dajii | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ddaia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dat | 67 | 435,161 | / |
| Dad | 67 | 96,774 | / |
| Dip | 67 | 94,321 | / |
| Dau | 67 | 59,250 | / |
| Dea | 67 | 44,671 | / |
| Daieep | 67 | 36,903 | / |
| Day | 67 | 27,675 | / |
| Die | 67 | 26,719 | / |
| Das | 67 | 25,653 | / |
| Dah | 67 | 23,081 | / |
| Dha | 67 | 19,037 | / |
| Dio | 67 | 16,940 | / |
| Doi | 67 | 15,138 | / |
| Dae | 67 | 8,245 | / |
| Dhi | 67 | 7,883 | / |
| Dei | 67 | 6,070 | / |
| Dit | 67 | 5,105 | / |
| Doa | 67 | 4,450 | / |
| Dui | 67 | 3,195 | / |
| Dii | 67 | 2,183 | / |
| Daa | 67 | 1,864 | / |
| Dis | 67 | 1,414 | / |
| Dap | 67 | 1,279 | / |
| Daj | 67 | 896 | / |
| Did | 67 | 759 | / |
| Dih | 67 | 509 | / |
| Hdayit | 67 | 472 | / |
| Dioaia | 67 | 470 | / |
| Dij | 67 | 460 | / |
| Daihou | 67 | 453 | / |
| Hda | 67 | 356 | / |
| Daz | 67 | 257 | / |
| Dahiah | 67 | 239 | / |
| Daihuo | 67 | 224 | / |
| Diz | 67 | 181 | / |
| Dda | 67 | 177 | / |
| Ddahio | 67 | 151 | / |
| Diy | 67 | 146 | / |
| Ddi | 67 | 129 | / |
| Hdi | 67 | 120 | / |
| Déa | 67 | 105 | / |
| Dyi | 67 | 91 | / |
| Dga | 67 | 68 | / |
| Tda | 67 | 63 | / |
| Dgi | 67 | 57 | / |
| Dêa | 67 | 47 | / |
| Dahaji | 67 | 42 | / |
| Tdi | 67 | 36 | / |
| Dhaggi | 67 | 20 | / |
| Geedai | 67 | 19 | / |
| Dhajiy | 67 | 16 | / |
| Dúa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Dağ | 67 | 9 | / |
| Dawioh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Daè | 67 | 9 | / |
| Daihyo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Daiich | 67 | 8 | / |
| Daiusz | 67 | 8 | / |
| Dauies | 67 | 8 | / |
| Daihee | 67 | 7 | / |
| Dajith | 67 | 6 | / |
| Dhahio | 67 | 6 | / |
| Daihau | 67 | 4 | / |
| Dhaiyo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Dhawie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dhahia | 67 | 3 | / |
| Daious | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dajaia | 67 | 3 | / |
| D'A | 67 | 3 | / |
| Daiesh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Daiood | 67 | 2 | / |
| Daitch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Daajij | 67 | 2 | / |
| Daã | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dhaish | 67 | 2 | / |
| Déi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dhaius | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dahiat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Deauji | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dëa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dèa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dujaia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dhauiy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dhayis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dhdhai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dhhaio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dhhaji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dhaais | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dhahai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dhahiy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dhaiah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dhaiho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dhaiis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dhaije | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dhajis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dahaia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dahiee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daaist | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daiooh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daitts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daizch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daiahe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daiaia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daiatt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daiaud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daiaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daiett | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daihah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daihap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daihos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daihut | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daihyp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dahioh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dahius | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dajieh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dajiph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dasgie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dejaia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dauiad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dauiat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daujit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daujyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ddaiah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ddhaji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dayich | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dayije | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dayizz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daň | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ïda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daihat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daggio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daieed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daieth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daihux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daiush | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daiass | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dahias | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dahied | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dahiod | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dauhia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dawieh | 67 | 1 | / |
Dai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dai in the Russian language | ||
| Даи | dai | - |
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Footnotes
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dai