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Updated January 23, 2020

How Popular Is The Name Hai

Family name origins & meanings

  • Muslim : from a personal name based on Arabic hayy ‘alive’. Al-Hayy, ‘the Living’, is one of the attributes of Allah.
  • Chinese : from the name of Hai Qun, a senior minister of the state of Wei during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). The character for this name also means ‘ocean’.
  • Vietnamese : unexplained.
  • Jewish (Israeli) : ornamental name from Hebrew chai ‘alive’, ‘vivid’.

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