Earth or pure
In Scandinavian contexts, Kaj is a variant of Kai, often linked to the Latin name Gaius meaning 'to rejoice'. In some Frisian and Estonian traditions, it is also associated with the word for 'earth' or 'pure'.
Less common today
Kaj isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #4,561 in 2006.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Influential Finnish designer and 'conscience of Finnish design'
Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor
The young protagonist in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale · The Snow Queen
