Kasai

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
10
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
#639
new to the top 1000
UK popularity
#2269
10 babies

Kasai by the numbers

In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Kasai. In the US, 26 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Kasai

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kasai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kanaiof the sea26 in the US (2017)
  • Kasivaranasi; the holy city; shining13 in the US (2017)
  • Kamaiwork or labor3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kawaicute or lovely6 in the US (2017)
  • Kashivaranasi; luminous, shining city4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Katai14 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kasai

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