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), 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), 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), Japanese basketball coach
 * Dai Qing (born 1941), Chinese journalist
 * Dai Satō (佐藤 大), 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