Hai

Usage of Hai in different languages / cultures

The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Hai against each list of names.

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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Hai is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.

Featured in baby name books

Hai is Vietnamese and Chinese for “sea.”

Sources

Hai in official name statistics

United States

Fewer than 5 boys were named Hai in the US in 2025. Since 1975, 567 boys have been named Hai, with the most (44) in 1983.

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Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.

Towns named Hai

There are 1,482 towns and villages with Hai in their name, in 26 countries.

🇻🇳 Vietnam 897🇹🇭 Thailand 283🇺🇦 Ukraine 70🇲🇲 Myanmar 58🇱🇧 Lebanon 54🇨🇳 China 46🇱🇦 Laos 30🇩🇿 Algeria 7

Hải Dương, Hai Phong, Vietnam · population 241,373 · View larger map

Name	Where	Population
Hải Dương	Hai Phong, 🇻🇳 Vietnam	241,373	Map
Hải Châu	Da Nang City, 🇻🇳 Vietnam	131,427	Map
An Hải	Da Nang City, 🇻🇳 Vietnam	82,635	Map
Duyên Hải	Vinh Long, 🇻🇳 Vietnam	69,961	Map
Kiên Hải	An Giang, 🇻🇳 Vietnam	23,179	Map
Phak Hai	Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, 🇹🇭 Thailand	19,386	Map
Khánh Hải	Khanh Hoa, 🇻🇳 Vietnam	15,585	Map
Zelenyi Hai	Mykolaiv, 🇺🇦 Ukraine	1,128	Map
Zelenyi Hai	Donetsk, 🇺🇦 Ukraine	915	Map
Zelenyi Hai	Zaporizhzhia, 🇺🇦 Ukraine	641	Map

Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.

Lakes named Hai

There are 55 lakes and reservoirs with Hai in their name, in 4 countries.

🇨🇳 China 23🇹🇭 Thailand 23🇻🇳 Vietnam 8🇨🇦 Canada 1

Name	Where
Cao Hai	Guizhou, 🇨🇳 China	Map
Changqiao Hai	Yunnan, 🇨🇳 China	Map
Cheng Hai	Yunnan, 🇨🇳 China	Map
Cheng Hai	🇨🇳 China	Map
Dai Hai	Inner Mongolia, 🇨🇳 China	Map
Datun Hai	Yunnan, 🇨🇳 China	Map
Er Hai	Yunnan, 🇨🇳 China	Map
Ga Hai	Qinghai, 🇨🇳 China	Map
Gai Hai	Qinghai, 🇨🇳 China	Map
Hai Lake	British Columbia, 🇨🇦 Canada	Map

Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.

Hai songs

393 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Hai in their title. The best known:

Mera Joota Hai Japani – Shankar–Jaikishan (1955)
Hai Yorokonde – Kocchi no Kento (2024)
Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa – Ghulam Ali (1990)
Aaj Rang Hai
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil – Pritam Chakraborty (2016)
Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh
Dil To Hai Dil – Kalyanji–Anandji (1978)
Hai to Diamond / Go City Go / Hook no Hōsoku – BEYOOOOONDS
Hai un momento Dio? – Luciano Ligabue (1996)
Mera Naam Mary Hai – Chinmayi Sripada

Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.

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