Kei (given name)

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

Possible writings
Kei can be written using different kanji characters and can mean (with Wiktionary links):
 * 圭 (圭), "square jewel"
 * 恵 (恵), "blessing"
 * 慧 (慧), "wise"
 * 慶 (慶), "jubilation"
 * 敬 (敬), "respect"
 * 佳 (佳), "excellent"
 * 桂 (桂), "Japanese Judas-tree"
 * 啓 (啓), "disclose"
 * 硅 (硅), "silicon"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

 * Kei (ケイ), Japanese singer
 * Kei Akagi (赤城 恵), Japanese-American jazz pianist
 * Kei Aoyama (青山 景), Japanese manga artist
 * Kei Aran (安蘭 けい), Japanese actress
 * Kei Chinen (知念 慶), Japanese footballer
 * Kei Cozzolino (born 1987), Japanese-born Italian racing driver
 * Kei Enue (えぬえ けい), Japanese manga artist
 * Kei Fujiwara (不二稿 京), Japanese actress, cinematographer, editor, writer and film director
 * Kei Hirose (廣瀬 慧), Japanese footballer
 * Kei Homma (本間 圭), Japanese football manager and coach
 * Kei Honda (本田 奎), Japanese shogi player
 * Kei Horie (堀江 慶), Japanese actor and film director
 * Kei Hosogai (細貝 圭), Japanese actor and musician
 * Kei Hosoya (細谷 圭), Japanese baseball player
 * Kei Igarashi (五十嵐 圭), Japanese basketball player
 * Kei Igawa (井川 慶), Japanese baseball player
 * Kei Ikeda (池田 圭), Japanese footballer
 * Kei Inoo (伊野尾 慧), Japanese singer and actor
 * Kei Ishikawa (石川 慧), Japanese footballer
 * Kei Ito (伊東 慧), Japanese photographer and installation artist
 * Kei Jonishi (上西 恵), Japanese idol and singer
 * Key Kobayashi (小林 啓), better known as Kobametal, Japanese music producer
 * Kei Koizumi (小泉 慶), Japanese footballer
 * Kei Kumai (熊井 啓), Japanese film director
 * Kei Kusunoki (楠 桂), Japanese manga artist
 * Kei Marumo (丸茂 圭衣), Japanese synchronized swimmer
 * Kei Mikuriya (御厨 景), Japanese footballer
 * Kei Mizutani (水谷 ケイ), Japanese adult film actress
 * Kei Morikawa (森川 圭), Japanese film director
 * Kei Munechika (宗近 慧), Japanese footballer
 * Kei Nakano (中野 圭), Japanese footballer
 * Kei Nakazawa (中沢 けい), Japanese writer and academic
 * Kei Nishikori (錦織 圭), Japanese tennis player
 * Kei Nomoto (野本 圭), Japanese baseball player
 * Kei Ogura (小椋 佳), Japanese singer-songwriter and composer
 * Kei Omoto (尾本 敬), Japanese footballer
 * Kei Orihara (折原 恵), Japanese photographer
 * Oura Kei (大浦 慶), Japanese businesswoman
 * Kei Pilz (died 2001), Japanese chef
 * Kei Saito (齋藤 慧), Japanese speed skater
 * Kei Sanbe (三部 敬), Japanese manga artist
 * Kei Satō (佐藤 慶), Japanese actor
 * Kei Shimizu (清水 圭), Japanese comedian
 * Kei Shindō (真堂 圭), Japanese voice actress
 * Kei Sugimoto (杉本 圭), Japanese footballer
 * Kei Suma (すま けい), Japanese actor
 * Kei Taguchi (田口 計), Japanese actor
 * Kei Takahashi (高橋 敬), Japanese luger
 * Kei Takase (高瀬 慧), Japanese sprinter
 * Kei Takei (武井 慧), Japanese dancer
 * Kei Takeoka (竹岡 圭), Japanese television personality and motoring journalist
 * Kei Tanaka (田中 圭), Japanese actor
 * Kei Tani (谷 啓), Japanese comedian, actor and musician
 * Kei Taniguchi (谷口 圭), Japanese footballer
 * Kei Tomiyama (富山 敬), Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator
 * Kei Tomozawa (born 1999), American soccer player
 * Kei Toume (冬目 景), Japanese manga artist
 * Kei Uemura (植村 慶), Japanese footballer
 * Kei Yamaguchi (山口 慶), Japanese footballer
 * Kei Yamamoto (山本 圭), Japanese actor
 * Kei Yasuda (保田 圭), Japanese singer, musician and actress
 * Kei Yoshimizu (吉水 慶), Japanese actor and voice actor

Other people

 * Kei (singer) (birthname Kim Ji-yeon, born 1995), South Korean singer of the girl group Lovelyz
 * Kei Kamara (born 1984), Sierra Leonean footballer
 * Kei Miller (born 1978), Jamaican poet and writer
 * Kei Nakano, Japanese guitarist, Associate professor of Osaka University Of Arts

Fictional characters

 * Kei (Akira) (ケイ), protagonist of the manga series Akira
 * Kei (Dirty Pair) (ケイ), a character in the manga series Dirty Pair
 * Kei (ケイ), a character in the anime series Girls und Panzer
 * Kei (Prétear) (蛍), a character in the manga series Prétear
 * Kei, a character in the film Moon Child
 * Cyberdoll Kei, a character in the anime series Hand Maid May
 * Kei Asai (浅井 ケイ), the protagonist of the light novel series Sagrada Reset
 * Kei Ashida (芦田 圭), a character in the light novel series Yumemiru Danshi wa Genjitsushugisha
 * Kei Hazuki (葉月 珪), a character in the video game Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side
 * Kei Karuizawa (軽井沢 恵), a character in the light novel series Classroom of the Elite
 * Kei Kishimoto (岸本 恵), a character in the manga series Gantz
 * Kei Kuramoto (倉本 圭), a character in the manga series Flying Witch
 * Kei Kurono (玄野 計), a character in the manga series Gantz
 * Kei Kusanagi (草薙 桂), the protagonist of the anime series Please Teacher!
 * Kei Makino (牧野 慶), a character in the PS2 video game Forbidden Siren
 * Kei Nagase (永瀬 ケイ), a character in the video game series Ace Combat
 * Kei Niitoki (新刻 敬), a character in the light novel Boogiepop and Others
 * Kei Okano (岡野 佳), a character in the manga series Yuyushiki
 * Kei Ogata (新藤 景), protagonist of the visual novel PureMail
 * Kei Shindo (新藤 景), a character in the visual novel Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two
 * Kei Shirogane (白銀 圭), a character in the manga series Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
 * Kei Takishima (滝島 彗), a character in the manga series S · A: Special A
 * Kei Tsukikage (月影 ケイ), a character in the anime series Soar High! Isami
 * Kei Tsukishima (月島 蛍), a character in the manga series Haikyu!! with the position of middle blocker from Karasuno High
 * Kei Yoshikawa (吉川 恵), the protagonist of the manga series The Day of Revolution
 * Kei Yuki (有紀 蛍), a character in the manga series Space Pirate Captain Harlock