Name Kyi

There are multiple origins and translations for the name Kyi:

1. Old Slavic name (Кий) means - "mace, hammer"

2. Derived from the Persian (Farsi) word (كي) [key] and interpretation is - "sultan, king, lord; kiyanid (representative of the dynasty Kiyanidov)"

Kyi (Kij or Kyj), Shchek and Khoryv and their sister Lybid - are the legendary founders of medieval Kiev city - now the capital of Ukraine. The legend is widely recognized as a source of Kiev's mythology and urban naming.