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[Facts] Was bedeutet der Vorname "Kai-Uwe"?
What does the name or names "Kai-Uwe" mean in German? I've known two people named Uwe (OO-va) and one named Kai-Uwe over the years, but never thought to ask any what their name meant.Using the meanings for these names in Mikey's generally-excellent listing yields a Scandinavian translation like "hen-blade', which seems ludicrous. Any thoughts out there?
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I have heard it explained as "fire" & "blade" ie: "blade of fire".
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My German name book says that Kai comes from the latin Caius/Gaius (as someone already wrote) and Uwe is the equivalent of the French Yves (yew tree).
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I've known a couple of Kais, and I've heard the name Uve--Together, it sounds like the German equivalent of Billy-Bob!I heard a theory that Kai is a germanic form of the Latin Caius or Gaius.
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Thanks, Norah. The Kai-Gaius connection looks logical. And I prefer it to "hen".
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A matter of chicken and/or eggAn equally ludicrous but less oxymoronic interpretation: Uwe is a wizzygothian transliteration of "ovum" the latin word for egg ("uovo" in Italian.
In which case your friend's name means "Chicken-egg" and is presumably safe for human consumption as opposed to other ovarian varieties featured in proto-germanic menus.
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If this egg thing is true, then I wish I'd known it in high school. I had a friend named Ova ("eggs"?), a little guy who was always getting picked on over his name.If it's the equivalent of Uwe, he could have used THAT spelling and been known as "Hughie" like one Uwe I used to work with (he got tired of explaining the pronunciation). Hughies hardly ever got picked on in high school.
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