Kawai

From Japanese 河合 or Japanese 川合.

Kawai

1. A surname from Japanese.

ka (“the”) + wai (“water”); also a short form of compound given names beginning thus.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈwai̯/, [kəˈʋɐj], [kəˈʋɛj] (rapid speech)

Kawai

1. a male or female given name from Hawaiian
2. a surname

• Kawailani
• Nāwai
• Wailani

• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Kawai occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 36 women and 16 men.

Kawai

1. Rōmaji transcription of かわい