Dai (given name)

Dai is a Welsh masculine given name, a hypocorism of Dafydd or David, as well as a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

Dai Ailian (1916–2006), Chinese dancer
Dai Andrews (born 1977), American performance and visual artist
Dai Bingguo (born 1941), Chinese politician and diplomat
Dai Bradley (born 1953), English actor
Dai Buell (1892-1939), American pianist and teacher
Dai Davies (1880–1944), Welsh footballer
Dai Davies (1948–2021), Welsh footballer
Dai Davies (born 1959), Welsh politician
Dai Greene (born 1986), a British hurdler
Dai Fujikura (藤倉大, born 1977), Japanese classical composer
Dai Henwood (born 1978), New Zealand comedian
Dai Jin (1388–1462), Chinese painter
Dai Le (born 1968), Vietnamese-born Australian politician
Dai Li (1897–1946), Chinese spymaster
Dai Matsumoto (松本大, born 1959), Japanese voice actor
Dai Dai N'tab (born 1994), Dutch long track speed skater
Dai Nagao, Japanese composer, musician and producer
Dai Oketani (桶谷大, born 1977), Japanese basketball coach
Dai Qing (born 1941), Chinese journalist
Dai Satō (佐藤大, born 1969), Japanese screenwriter and musician
Dai Sijie (born 1954), Chinese-French author and filmmaker
Dai Vernon (1894–1992), Canadian magician
Dai Wai Tsun (born 1999), Hong Kong-born Chinese professional footballer
Dai Vernon (1894–1992), Canadian magician
Dai Ward (1934–1996), Wales international footballer
Dai Xi (1801–1860), Chinese painter
Dai Yi (1926–2024), Chinese historian
Dai Yongge, Chinese businessman and entrepreneur
Dai Young (born 1967), Wales international rugby union player
Dai Zhen (1724–1777), Chinese philosopher

Fictional characters

Dai, the title character in the manga series Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai
Dai Blackthorn, a character from the role-playing game GURPS
Dai Bread, a bigamist character in Dylan Thomas' 1954 Radio play Under Milk Wood.
Mrs Dai Bread One, Dai Bread's first wife.
Mrs Dai Bread Two, Dai Bread's second wife.
Dai Dickins, character in the Discworld novel Night Watch, and martyr of the Glorious Revolution Twenty-Fifth of May
Dai Evans, character in the 1973 Doctor Who serial The Green Death
Dai Greatcoat, a character from David Jones' In Parenthesis
Dai Takabayashi (高林ダイ), a fictional character from the anime series Super Doll Licca-chan
Dai Station, a character from the Welsh animation series Ivor the Engine
Dai Bando, a minor character in Richard Llewellyn's novel How Green Was My Valley, played by Rhys Williams in the John Ford film of the same name

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