Pronouncing Kagi and where did that name come from?
Kagi: "KA" as in COpper, "gi" as in GEEse. Accent on the first syllable. KA-gi.Kagi is the Japanese word for Key. Seemed like a reasonable choice for a company name that was not already trademarked given that Kagi is operated by Kee Nethery. Kee is a european family name from way back, my guess is that it is an abbreviation of McKee but I'm not certain. You should check out the Kagi logo. If you pay by check, when you get your check back, turn it over and look at the logo on the endorsement. As an alternative, if you are viewing the FAQ on the web site, view the kagi logo on the web page upside down.
Kee is a common asian family name but it is not a very common name for non-asians. I have found three others who are using Kee as a first name and there might be a fourth:
1. A Macintosh programmer on the east coast of the USA. He has a great story behind his name. He got the name because Kee is the Navaho slang word for a boy. His parents were working on a Navaho reservation when he was conceived. They went back to the east coast and when he was born, since his parents hadn't come up with a name yet, on the birth certificate the doctor wrote "Boy" and their last name. They decided to go with the name on the certificate but to use the Navaho word instead.
2. A teacher in Canada who used to write Mathematical Recreations for Scientific American magazine. His is from the name of an Indian tribe in Canada.
3. A Ukrainian. "I happen to be Ukrainian and my father gave me the name Kee because the founder of the capital city of Ukraine, Kiev, some 1500 years ago was named Kee. Just for your information, 'kee' in the old Ukrainian language - which would be similar to Shakepearean English - was the name given the "staff" that the chief, leader, or head elder held in his hand. I guess the staff represented his authority over the village or clan. In modern Ukrainian it is a rarely used word for a billiard cue. I like the 'authority' meaning better :-)."
4. A psychologist in the US. She got a lot of press testifying on a supposed daycare child abuse case a number of years ago. She is supposedly mentioned in the book The Politics of Child Abuse by Paul & Shirley Eberle.
If you know any others, have them contact me, I'm collecting. :-) Kee
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