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The Name Begins With The Letter K:
KAAPO  m  Finnish
Finnish form of GABRIEL

KAAPRO  m  Finnish
Finnish form of GABRIEL

KAARINA  f  Finnish
Finnish form of KATHERINE

KAARLE  m  Finnish
Finnish form of CHARLES

KAARLO  m  Finnish
Finnish form of CHARLES

KACEY  f  English (Modern)
Variant of CASEY

KACIE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of CASEY

KACPER  m  Polish
Polish form of JASPER

KADE  m  English
Variant of CADE

KADEN  m  English
Variant of CADEN

KADER (1)  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of QADIR

KADER (2)  f  Turkish
Means "fate, destiny" in Turkish.

KADRI (1)  f  Estonian
Estonian form of KATHERINE

KADRI (2)  m  Turkish
Means "value" in Turkish.

KAE  f  English
Variant of KAY (1)

KAEDE  f & m  Japanese
Means "maple" in Japanese.

KAELEA  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE

KAELEE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE

KAETY  f  English
Pet form of KATE

KAGISO  f  African
Means "peace" in Tswana.

KAI  m  Scandinavian, Finnish, Frisian, Dutch, German
Possibly a pet form of either GAIUS or GERHARD.

KAI (2)  f  Swedish
Variant of KAJA

KAI (3)  m & f  Hawaiian
Means "sea" in Hawaiian.

KAIA  f  Norwegian
Variant of KAJA (1)

KAIJA  f  Finnish
Pet form of KATARIINA

KAILA  f  Yiddish
Yiddish form of KELILA

KAILASH  m  Indian
From the name of a mountain in the Himalayas which is believed to be the paradise of the Hindu god Shiva.

KAILEE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE

KAILEY  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE

KAILYN  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLYN

KAIMANA  m & f  Hawaiian
Means "power of the ocean" in Hawaiian...

KAISA  f  Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian pet form of KATHERINE

KAISER  m  Various
German form of CAESAR

KAITLIN  f  English
Variant of CAITLIN

KAITLYN  f  English
Variant of CAITLIN

KAITLYNN  f  English
Variant of CAITLIN

KAITO  m  Japanese
From Japanese (kai) "sea, ocean" combined with 斗 (to), which refers to the constellation Ursa Major, or 翔 (to) "soar, fly".

KAJ (1)  m  Scandinavian
Variant of KAI (1)

KAJ (2)  f  Swedish
Variant of KAJA

KÁJA  f  Czech
Pet form of KAROLÍNA

KAJA (1)  f  Scandinavian
Scandinavian pet form of KATARINA...

KAJA (2)  f  Polish
Polish pet form of KAROLINA

KAJA (3)  f  Estonian
Means "echo" in Estonian.

KAJAL  f  Indian
Means "kohl, medical lotion" in Sanskrit.

KAJETAN  m  Polish
Polish form of Caietanus (see GAETANO).

KAJSA  f  Swedish
Swedish pet form of KATARINA

KAKALINA  f  Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of KATHERINE

KALA (1)  f  Indian
Means "art form, virtue" in Sanskrit.

KALA (2)  f  Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of SARAH

KALANI  m & f  Hawaiian
Means "the heavens" from Hawaiian ka "the" and lani "heaven, sky".

KALE  m  Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of CHARLES

KALEA  f  Hawaiian
Means "bright" in Hawaiian.

KALEB  m  English
Variant of CALEB

KALEIGH  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE

KALENA  f  Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of KAREN

KALEO  m  Hawaiian
Means "sound, voice" from Hawaiian ka "the" and leo "sound, voice".

KALEV  m  Estonian, Mythology
Estonian form of Kaleva (see KALEVI)... []

KALEVI  m  Finnish
Derived from Kaleva, the name of the mythological ancestor of the Finns, which is of unknown meaning...

KALEY  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE

KALI  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "the black one" in Sanskrit...

KALIDAS  m  Indian
Modern transcription of KALIDASA

KALIDASA  m  Indian
Means "servant of Kali" from the name of the Hindu goddess KALI combined with Sanskrit दास (dasa) "servant"...

KALIE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE

KALINA  f  Bulgarian
Means "rowan tree" in Bulgarian.

KALISHA  f  English (Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix Ka and LISHA.

KALJU  m  Estonian
Means "rock, boulder" in Estonian.

KALLA  f  English
Variant of CALLA

KALLE  m  Swedish, Finnish
Swedish and Finnish pet form of KARL

KALLIAS  m  Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek καλλος (kallos) meaning "beauty"...

KALLIE  f  English
Variant of CALLIE

KALLIKRATES  m  Ancient Greek
Means "beautiful power", derived from the Greek elements καλλος (kallos) "beauty" and κρατος (kratos) "power".

KALLIOPE  f  Greek Mythology
Means "beautiful voice" from Greek καλλος (kallos) "beauty" and οψ (ops) "voice"...

KALLISTO  f  Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek καλλιστος (kallistos) meaning "most beautiful"...

KALLISTRATE  f  Ancient Greek
Means "beautiful army" from the Greek elements καλλος (kallos) "beauty" and στρατος (stratos) "army".

KÁLMÁN  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of Columbanus (see COLMÁN).

KALOYAN  m  Bulgarian
From Greek καλος Ιωαννης (kalos Ioannes) meaning "handsome JOHN", the nickname of a 13th-century emperor of Bulgaria...

KALPANA  f  Indian
Means "imagining, fantasy" in Sanskrit.

KALYAN  m  Indian
Means "beautiful, lovely, auspicious" in Sanskrit.

KALYANI  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Feminine form of KALYAN...

KALYN  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLYN

KALYNA  f  Ukrainian
From the Ukrainian word for a type of shrub, also called the guelder rose.

KALYPSO  f  Greek Mythology
Variant of CALYPSO

KALYSTA  f  English (Modern)
Variant of CALLISTA

KAM  m  English
Short form of CAMERON

KAMA  m  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "love, desire" in Sanskrit...

KAMAL (1)  m  Arabic
Means "perfection" in Arabic.

KAMAL (2)  m  Indian
Means "lotus" or "pale red" in Sanskrit.

KAMALA  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Feminine form of KAMAL ...

KAMARIA  f  African
Swahili name, likely related to QAMAR.

KAMEN  m  Bulgarian
Means "stone" in Bulgarian...

KAMERON  m  English (Modern)
Variant of CAMERON

KAMIL (1)  m  Arabic
Means "perfect" in Arabic.

KAMIL (2)  m  Czech, Slovak, Polish
Czech, Slovak and Polish form of CAMILLUS

KAMILA  f  Czech, Slovak, Polish
Czech, Slovak and Polish form of CAMILLA

KAMILLA  f  Hungarian
Hungarian form of CAMILLA

KAMRYN  f  English
Feminine variant of CAMERON

KANDACE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of CANDACE

KANDAJHA  f  Esperanto
Means "made of candy" in Esperanto.

KANDI  f  English (Modern)
Variant of CANDY

KANE  m  Irish
Anglicized form of CATHÁN

KANEONUSKATEW  m  Native American
Means "one that walks on four claws" in Cree...

KANON  f  Japanese
From Japanese 花 (ka) "flower" and 音 (non) "sound".

KANTA  f  Indian
Means "desired, beautiful" in Sanskrit.

KANTI  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "beauty" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.

KANYA  f  Thai
Means "girl" in Thai.

KAOLIN  m  ?
Variant of CAOLÁN...

KAORI  f  Japanese
From Japanese 香 "smell, perfume, fragrance"...

KAORU  f & m  Japanese
Means "fragrance" in Japanese.

KAPEL  m  Yiddish
Yiddish pet form of JACOB

KAPENA  m  Hawaiian
Means "captain" in Hawaiian.

KAPIL  m  Indian
Modern transcription of KAPILA

KAPILA  m  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "reddish brown" in Sanskrit, derived from कपि (kapi) "monkey"...

KARA  f  English
Either a pet form of KATHERINE or a variant of CARA

KARAM  m & f  Arabic
Means "generosity" in Arabic.

KARAN  m  Indian
Variant of KARNA

KARAUGH  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KARA

KARCSI  m  Hungarian
Pet form of KÁROLY

KAREEM  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of KARIM...

KAREL  m  Dutch, Czech, Slovene
Dutch, Czech and Slovene form of CHARLES

KAREN (1)  f  Danish, Norwegian, German, English
Danish form of KATHERINE

KAREN (2)  m  Armenian
Short form of Karekin, an Armenian name of unknown meaning.

KARENA  f  English
Either an elaboration of KAREN (1) or a variant of CARINA

KARENZA  f  English
Variant of KERENSA

KARESINDA  f  Esperanto
Means "worthy of a caress" in Esperanto.

KARI (1)  f  Norwegian
Norwegian form of KATHERINE

KARI (2)  m  Finnish
Finnish form of Makarios (see MACARIO).

KARIM  m  Arabic
Means "noble, generous" in Arabic.

KARIMA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of KARIM

KARIN  f  Swedish, German, Dutch, Finnish
Swedish form of KATHERINE

KARINA  f  Polish, Russian, German
Polish and Russian form of KARIN

KARISHMA  f  Indian
Means "miracle" in Sanskrit.

KARISSA  f  English
Variant of CHARISSA

KARITA  f  Norwegian
Norwegian form of CHARITY

KARL  m  German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian form of CHARLES...

KARLA  f  German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian feminine form of CHARLES

KARLEE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of CARLY

KARLENE  f  English
Feminine form of CHARLES

KARLMANN  m  German
German form of CARLOMAN

KARLY  f  English (Modern)
Variant of CARLY

KARNA  m  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Derived from Sanskrit कर्ण (karna) meaning "ear"...

KAROL  m  Polish, Slovak
Polish and Slovak form of KARL

KAROLA  f  Hungarian
Hungarian feminine form of KARL

KAROLIINA  f  Finnish
Finnish feminine form of CAROLUS

KAROLÍNA  f  Czech
Czech feminine form of CAROLUS

KAROLINA  f  Polish, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Slovene, German
Feminine form of CAROLUS

KAROLINE  f  German, Danish, Norwegian
Feminine form of CAROLUS

KAROLIS  m  Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of CAROLUS

KÁROLY  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of KARL

KAROLYN  f  English
Variant of CAROLINE

KARP  m  Russian
Russian form of Karpos (see CARPUS).

KARRIE  f  English
Variant of CARRIE

KARSTEN  m  German
Low German form of CHRISTIAN

KARYN  f  English
Variant of KAREN (1)

KARYNA  f  English (Modern)
Either an elaboration of KAREN (1) or a variant of CARINA

KASANDRA  f  English
Variant of CASSANDRA

KASEY  m & f  English
Variant of CASEY

KASHI  f  Indian
From the name of a holy city in India, famous for its many temples dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva...

KASI  f  Indian
Variant transcription of KASHI

KASIA  f  Polish
Pet form of KATARZYNA

KASIMIR  m  German
German form of CASIMIR

KASIMIRA  f  ?
Feminine form of CASIMIR

KASPAR  m  German
German cognate of JASPER

KASPER  m  Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian
Polish, Dutch and Scandinavian cognate of JASPER

KASSANDRA  f  English, Greek Mythology
Ancient Greek form of CASSANDRA

KASSIA  f  English
Variant of CASSIA

KASSIDY  f & m  English
Variant of CASSIDY

KASSY  f  English
Pet form of CASSIA or KASSANDRA

KASUMI  f  Japanese
From Japanese 霞 "mist"...

KAT  f  English
Pet form of KATHERINE

KATA  f  Hungarian, Finnish
Hungarian short form of KATALIN and Finnish short form of KATARIINA

KATALIN  f  Hungarian, Basque
Hungarian and Basque form of KATHERINE

KATARIINA  f  Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian form of KATHERINE

KATARIN  f  Breton
Breton form of KATHERINE

KATARÍNA  f  Slovak
Slovak form of KATHERINE

KATARINA  f  German, Swedish, Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Lithuanian
Cognate of KATHERINE

KATARINE  f  German
German form of KATHERINE

KATARZYNA  f  Polish
Polish form of KATHERINE

KATASHI  m  Japanese
Means "firm, hard" in Japanese.

KATE  f  English
Short form of KATHERINE...

KATEE  f  English
Pet form of KATE

KATELIJN  f  Dutch
Dutch form of KATHERINE, used especially in Flanders.

KATELIJNE  f  Dutch
Dutch form of KATHERINE, used especially in Flanders.

KATELIN  f  English
Variant of CAITLIN

KATELL  f  Breton
Breton form of KATHERINE

KATELYN  f  English
Variant of CAITLIN

KATELYNN  f  English (Modern)
Variant of CAITLIN

KATENKA  f  Russian
Pet form of YEKATERINA

KATERI  f  History
From the Mohawk pronunciation of KATHERINE...

KATEŘINA  f  Czech
Czech form of KATHERINE

KATERINA  f  Macedonian, Russian, Bulgarian, Greek
Macedonian form of KATHERINE, a Russian short form of YEKATERINA, a Bulgarian short form of EKATERINA, and a Greek variant of AIKATERINE.

KATERYNA  f  Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of KATHERINE

KATEY  f  English
Pet form of KATE

KATHARINA  f  German
German form of KATHERINE

KATHARINE  f  German, English
German and English variant of KATHERINE

KATHARYN  f  English
Variant of KATHERINE

KÄTHE  f  German
German pet form of KATHERINE

KATHERINA  f  English, German
Latinate form of KATHERINE...

KATHERINE  f  English
From the Greek name Αικατερινη (Aikaterine)...

KATHERYN  f  English
Variant of KATHERINE

KATHERYNE  f  English
Variant of KATHERINE

KATHI  f  English
Short form of KATHERINE

KATHIE  f  English
Short form of KATHERINE

KATHLEEN  f  Irish, English
Anglicized form of CAITLÍN

KATHLYN  f  English
Anglicized form of CAITLÍN

KATHRIN  f  German
German short form of KATHARINA

KATHRYN  f  English
Contracted form of KATHERINE

KATHY  f  English
Short form of KATHERINE

KATI  f  Finnish, Hungarian
Finnish pet form of KATARIINA and Hungarian pet form of KATALIN

KATIA  f  Russian
Variant transcription of KATYA

KATICA  f  Slovene
Slovene pet form of KATHERINE

KATIDA  f  Esperanto
Means "kittenish" in Esperanto.

KATIE  f  English
Pet form of KATE

KATINA  f  Greek
Greek contracted form of KATERINA

KATINKA  f  German
German form of KATENKA

KATJA  f  German, Slovene
German and Slovene pet form of KATHERINE

KATLEGO  m & f  African
Means "success" in Tswana.

KATLYN  f  English
Variant of CAITLIN

KATO  m  African
Means "second of twins" in Luganda.

KATÓ  f  Hungarian
Hungarian pet form of KATALIN

KATRI  f  Finnish
Short form of KATARIINA

KATRIEN  f  Dutch
Dutch form of KATHERINE

KATRIINA  f  Finnish
Short form of KATARIINA

KATRIJN  f  Dutch
Dutch form of KATHERINE

KATRIN  f  German, Swedish
German and Swedish short form of KATHERINE

KATRINA  f  English, German, Swedish, Dutch
Variant of CATRIONA... []

KATRINE  f  Scandinavian, Dutch
Scandinavian and Dutch contracted form of KATHERINE

KATRIONA  f  English
Variant of CATRIONA

KATSU  m  Japanese
Means "victory" in Japanese.

KATSUO  m  Japanese
From Japanese 勝 (katsu) "victory" and 雄 (o) "hero, manly".

KATSURO  m  Japanese
Variant transcription of KATSUROU

KATSUROU  m  Japanese
From Japanese 勝 (katsu) "victory" and 郎 (rou) "son".

KATY  f  English
Pet form of KATE

KATYA  f  Russian
Pet form of YEKATERINA

KAUKO  m  Finnish
Means "far away" in Finnish.

KAUR  f  Indian (Sikh)
Means "princess" in Punjabi...

KAUSALYA  f  Indian
Means "of the Kosala people" in Sanskrit...

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