Dai (given name)

Dai is a Welsh masculine given name, a diminutive form of Dafydd (David), as well as a masculine Japanese given name. It is also a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Dai Buell (died 1939), American pianist and teacher
• Dai Davies (footballer, born 1880)
• Dai Davies (footballer, born 1948)
• Dai Davies (politician)
• Dai Greene, a British hurdler
• Dai Fujikura (藤倉 大, born 1977), Japanese classical composer
• Dai Henwood, New Zealand comedian
• Dai Matsumoto (松本 大, born 1959), Japanese voice actor
• Dai Nagao, Japanese composer, musician and producer
• Dai Oketani (桶谷 大, born 1977), Japanese basketball coach
• Dai Satō (佐藤 大, born 1969), Japanese screenwriter and musician
• Dai Ward, Wales international footballer
• Dai Young, Wales international rugby union player

Fictional characters

• 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 Blackthorn, a role-playing character from the RPG GURPS.
• Dai Dickins, character in the Discworld novel Night Watch, and martyr of The Glorious Twenty-Fifth of May.