Kei's 1st Blog

Kei Raw is an 8 year-old boy who lives in Swaziland. He is still learning to read and write, so his dad (Darron) is helping out with the typing....just for now. We've been suss'ing out where the name "Kei" comes from. These are some of the results that we got.
One source said:

The meaning of the name Kei is Sandy, White
The origin of the name Kei is African

Another mentioned that Kei hailed from the Middle Ages and appears in the tales of King Arthur.

Arthurian Legend: Arthur's brother

Another spelling is Kai, which is of Germanic orgin and derived from the Kaiser, meaning leader. Kaiser itself is derived from Ceasar, which gave rise to Czar as well. It is a great name.

In Japan, Kei is a fairly common name, according to Wikipedia:

Kei (けい, ケイ) is a Japanese male's personal name; used increasingly as a femaile name as well, as a shortening of Keiko

• Kei, a type of bowl shaped bell that rests upon a cushion with the bell's mouth facing upwards. It is used to summon kami.
• Kei car, a Japanese category of small automobiles
• Kei truck, a tiny but practical 4WD pickup truck in Japan
• -kei, a suffix, such as when referring to Shibuya-kei or Akiba-kei

Kei can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 圭, "square jewel"
• 恵, "blessing"
• 慧, "wise"
• 慶, "jubilation"
• 敬, "respect"
• 佳, "excellent"
• 桂, "Japanese Judas-tree"
• 啓, "disclose"

So the question remains, where did Kei Raw get his name from?

Well according to his parents, Anita (Kei's Mom) saw the name Kai in a list of possible names and Kei's Dad also quite liked it... but preferred the African version thereof, which is spelt K E I and is best known as the name of a major river in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. As Kei's dad is a keen kayaker and has paddled many of the rivers of Southern Africa, having a son named after a river had definite appeal.

So that his how Kei got his name.