Daiki as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Daiki

What is the meaning of the name Daiki ?

The baby name Daiki is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced {'ipa': '/daiki/', 'english_approximation': 'DYE-kee'}.

Daiki is Japanese in Origin.

Daiki is a Japanese masculine given name. It derives from the kanji element 大 (dai, “great; big”) combined with ki from various characters, most commonly 輝 (“radiance”), 樹 (“tree”), 貴 (“noble”), 希 (“hope”), or 紀 (“chronicle”). Accordingly, meanings range from “great brightness” and “mighty tree” to “great nobility” or “lofty hope.” In kana it is written だいき. The reading uses on-yomi for dai and kun/on readings for the second character, a typical Japanese name formation.

Used since the 20th century, Daiki rose in popularity from the 1980s into the 2000s and remains familiar in Japan, borne by athletes and artists, for example Olympic gymnast Daiki Hashimoto. Common nicknames include Dai and Ki. Variants are chiefly orthographic: 大輝, 大樹, 大貴, 大希, 大紀. Some of these kanji sets can also be read Taiki, a related cross-reading, though Daiki is the standard romanization.