The baby name Kai-Uwe is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced KAI-Uwe: KYE-OO-vuh (IPA: /kaɪ ˈuːvə/).
Kai-Uwe is German in Origin.
The baby name Kai-Uwe is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced KAI-Uwe: KYE-OO-vuh (IPA: /kaɪ ˈuːvə/).
Kai-Uwe is German in Origin.
Kai-Uwe is a German hyphenated masculine given name combining two North German/Frisian elements. Kai, in this context, is the Frisian/Scandinavian form of Kaj/Kai, often traced to Latin Gaius (Caius), of uncertain sense, commonly interpreted as “to rejoice”; outside Europe Kai also has unrelated meanings (e.g., Hawaiian “sea”), but those are not the source here. Uwe is a Low German/Frisian short form related to Udo and Ulrich, deriving from Old High German uodal/odal, “heritage, patrimony.” Together, the compound can be read as “joy” joined with “heritage.”
The name rose with the mid‑20th‑century German fashion for double names and peaked in the 1950s–1970s; it remains familiar through figures like Kai-Uwe von Hassel (politician) and Kai-Uwe Ricke (business executive). Variants include the unhyphenated Kai Uwe, the rare inversion Uwe-Kai, and related singles such as Kai/Kaj/Cai (from Gaius) and Uwe/Udo/Ove.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BG | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 3,850 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #331 | 2 | 7,401 |
| Germany | 0 | #416 | 22 | 2,542 | |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #576 | 433 | 5,697 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
Kai-Uwe is popular in 5 countries — most recent births per country:
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