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The Name Begins With The Letter K:
KAVERI  f  Indian
From the name of the Kaveri River in southern India.

KAVITA  f  Indian
Means "poem" in Sanskrit.

KAWACATOOSE  m  Native American
Means "poor man" or "lean man" in Cree...

KAY (1)  f  English
Short form of KATHERINE and other names beginning with K.

KAY (2)  m  Welsh Mythology
Possibly a Welsh form of GAIUS...

KAYCEE  f  English (Modern)
Feminine variant of CASEY

KAYE  f  English
Variant of KAY

KAYETAN  m  German
German form of Caietanus (see GAETANO).

KAYIN  m & f  Yoruba
Means "celebrated child" in Yoruba.

KAYLA (1)  f  English
Combination of KAY and the popular name suffix la.

KAYLA (2)  f  Yiddish
Variant transcription of KAILA

KAYLEAH  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE

KAYLEE  f  English
Combination of KAY (1) and the popular name suffix lee.

KAYLEEN  f  English (Modern)
Combination of KAY (1) and the popular name suffix leen.

KAYLEIGH  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE...

KAYLEY  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE

KAYLIE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE

KAYLIN  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLYN

KAYLY  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE

KAYLYN  f  English (Modern)
Combination of KAY (1) and the popular name suffix lyn.

KAYLYNN  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLYN

KAYODE  m  Yoruba
Means "he brought joy" in Yoruba.

KAZIA  f  Polish
Short form of KAZIMIERA

KAZIMERAS  m  Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of CASIMIR

KAZIMIERA  f  Polish
Feminine form of KAZIMIERZ

KAZIMIERZ  m  Polish
Polish form of CASIMIR

KAZIMIR  m  Russian
Russian form of CASIMIR

KÁZMÉR  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of CASIMIR

KAZUKI  m  Japanese
From Japanese 一 (kazu) "one" or 和 (kazu) "harmony" combined with 輝 (ki) "radiance, shine" or 希 (ki) "hope".

KAZUKO  f  Japanese
From Japanese 一 (kazu) "one" or 和 (kazu) "harmony" combined with 子 (ko) "child".

KAZUO  m  Japanese
From Japanese 一 (kazu) "one" or 和 (kazu) "harmony" combined with 男 (o) "male" or 夫 (o) "husband, man".

KEAN  m  Irish
Anglicized form of CIAN

KEANE  m  Irish
Variant of KEAN

KEANNA  f  English (Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix Ke and ANNA.

KEANU  m  Hawaiian
Possibly means "cool breeze" in Hawaiian.

KEARA  f  English (Modern)
Variant of CIARA

KEATON  m  English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "shed town" in Old English.

KEAVY  f  Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of CAOIMHE

KEEFE  m  Irish, English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Caoimh meaning "descendent of Caomh"...

KEEGAN  m  English, Irish
From the Gaelic surname Mac Aodhagáin, which means "descendent of Aodhagán"...

KEELAN  f & m  Irish
Anglicized form of CAOILFHIONN, sometimes used as a masculine name.

KEELEIGH  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KEELY

KEELEY  f  English
Variant of KEELY

KEELIN  f  Irish
Anglicized form of CAOILFHIONN

KEELY  f  English
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Caolaidhe meaning "descendent of Caoladhe"...

KEENAN  m  Irish
Anglicized form of CIANÁN

KEES  m  Dutch
Dutch pet form of CORNELIUS...

KEEVA  f  Irish
Anglicized form of CAOIMHE

KEFILWE  m & f  African
Means "I was given" in Tswana.

KEGAN  m  English, Irish
Variant of KEEGAN

KEGHART  m  Armenian
Means "lance, spear" in Armenian.

KEIGHLEY  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE

KEIKO  f  Japanese
From Japanese 慶 (kei) "celebrate", 敬 (kei) "respect" or 啓 (kei) "open" combined with 子 (ko) "child".

KEILA  f  English (Modern)
Possibly a variant of KAYLA

KEIR  m  Scottish, English
From a surname, a variant of KERR.

KEIRA  f  English
Variant of KIERA

KEIRAN  m  English
Variant of KIERAN

KEISHA  f  English
Recent coinage, possibly invented, possibly based on KEZIAH.

KEITH  m  English, Scottish
From a Scottish surname which was originally derived from a place name possibly meaning "wood" in British...

KEITHA  f  English, Scottish
Feminine form of KEITH

KEKEPANIA  f  Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of STEPHANIE

KEKOA  m  Hawaiian
Means "the brave one" in Hawaiian.

KELAN  m  Irish
Anglicized form of CAOLÁN

KELCEY  m & f  English (Modern)
Variant of KELSEY

KELD  m  Danish
Danish form of KETTIL

KELDA  f 
Possibly derived from Old Norse kildr meaning "a spring".

KELEBEK  f  Turkish
Means "butterfly" in Turkish.

KELEMEN  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of CLEMENT

KELIA  f  English
Possibly a feminine variant of KELLY

KELILA  f  Jewish
Means "crown of laurel" in Hebrew.

KELLEIGH  f  English
Variant of KELLY

KELLEY  f  English
Variant of KELLY

KELLI  f  English
Variant of KELLY

KELLIE  f  English
Variant of KELLY

KELLY  m & f  Irish, English
It could be related to the first name CEALLACH or the surname derived from it Ó Ceallaigh...

KELSEY  m & f  English
From an English surname which is of disputed meaning...

KELSI  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KELSEY

KELSIE  f  English
Variant of KELSEY

KELVIN  m  English
From a surname which was derived from the name of a Scottish river (perhaps meaning "narrow water")...

KEMEN  m  Basque
Means "courage, vigour" in Basque.

KEMP  m  English
From a surname which meant "warrior, champion, athlete" in Old English.

KEN (1)  m  English
Short form of KENNETH

KEN (2)  m  Japanese
Means "healthy, strong" in Japanese.

KENAN  m  Biblical
Possibly means "possession" in Hebrew...

KENANIAH  m  Biblical
Means "YAHWEH establishes" in Hebrew... 

KENDAL  m  English, Welsh
Variant of KENDALL

KENDALL  m & f  English, Welsh
From a surname which comes from the name of a city in northwest England meaning "valley of the River Kent".

KENDRA  f  English
Feminine form of KENDRICK

KENDRICK  m  English
The meaning of this name is not known for certain but there are several possibilities: "royal power" from the Old English name Cyneric, "bold power" from Old English Ceneric, "high hill" from Welsh Cynwrig, or "son of HENRY" from the Gaelic surname Mac Eanraig.

KENELM  m  English
From the Old English name Cenhelm, which was composed of the elements cene "bold, keen" and helm "helmet"... 

KEN'ICHI  m  Japanese
From Japanese 健 (ken) "healthy, strong" or 研 (ken) "study" combined with 一 (ichi) "one".

KENINA  f  Scottish
Feminine form of KENNETH

KENITH  m  English
Variant of KENNETH

KENJI  m  Japanese
From Japanese 研 (ken) "study" and 二 (ji) "two".

KENNA  f  Scottish
Feminine form of KENNETH

KENNARD  m  English
From the Old English name Cyneweard which meant "royal guard", composed of the elements cyne "royal" and weard "guard".

KENNEDY  f & m  English, Irish, Scottish
From the Gaelic name Cinnéidigh meaning "armoured head" or "misshapen head"...

KENNET  m  Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of KENNETH

KENNETH  m  Scottish, English
Anglicized form of both COINNEACH and CINÁED...

KENNITH  m  English
Variant of KENNETH

KENNY  m  Scottish, English
Pet form of KENNETH

KENRICK  m  English
Variant of KENDRICK

KENSHIN  m  Japanese
From Japanese 謙 (ken) "modest" and 信 (shin) "truth".

KENT  m  English
From a surname which was originally derived from Kent, the name of a county in England.

KENTA  m  Japanese
From Japanese 健 (ken) "healthy, strong" and 太 (ta) "thick, big".

KENTIGERN  m  Scottish
Possibly means "chief lord" in Gaelic...

KENTON  m  English
From a surname which was derived from an English place name meaning either "town on the River Kenn" or "royal manor" in Old English.

KENYA (1)  m  Russian
Pet form of INNOKENTIY

KENYA (2)  f  English (Modern)
From the name of the African country.

KENYON  m  English
From a surname which was derived from an English place name.

KENZIE  m & f  English
Short form of MACKENZIE

KEONI  m  Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of JOHN

KEPA  m  Basque
Basque form of CEPHAS

KEREN  f  English
Short form of KEREN-HAPPUCH

KERENA  f  English
Variant of KEREN

KEREN-HAPPUCH  f  Biblical
Means "horn of eyeshadow" in Hebrew...

KERENSA  f  English
Means "love" in Cornish.

KERENZA  f  English
Variant of KERENSA

KERI  f  English
Variant of KERRY

KERMAN  m  Basque
Basque form of Germanus (see GERMAN).

KERMIT  m  English
From the Irish surname Mac Dhiarmaid, which means "son of DIARMAID"...

KERNEELS  m  Dutch
Dutch (South African) variant of CORNELIUS

KERR  m  Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from a place name meaning "rough wet ground" in Old Norse.

KERRI  f  English
Feminine variant of KERRY

KERRIE  f & m  English
Variant of KERRY

KERRY  m & f  English
From the name of the Irish county, which means "Ciar's people" in Gaelic.

KERSTIN  f  German, Swedish
Low German and Swedish form of CHRISTINA

KERTTU  f  Finnish
Finnish form of GERTRUDE

KESHAUN  m  English (Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix Ke and SHAUN.

KESHAWN  m  English (Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix Ke and SHAWN.

KESHET  m & f  Jewish
Means "rainbow" in Hebrew.

KESHIA  f  English
Variant of KEISHA

KESTER  m  Scottish
Scottish form of CHRISTOPHER

KESTREL  f  English
From the name of the bird of prey, ultimately derived from Old French crecelle "rattle", which refers to the sound of its cry.

KETTIL  m  Swedish
Derived from Old Norse ketill meaning "kettle, cauldron" (later also acquiring the meaning "helmet")...

KETURAH  f  Biblical, English
Means "incense" in Hebrew... []

KEVAN  m  Irish
Anglicized form of Caoimheán, a variant of Caoimhin (see KEVIN) with a different diminutive suffix.

KEVIN  m  English, Irish, French
Anglicized form of the Irish name Caoimhín, derived from the older Irish Coemgen, composed of the Old Irish elements coem "kind, gentle, handsome" and gein "birth"...

KEVORK  m  Armenian
Armenian form of GEORGE

KEVYN  m & f  English (Modern)
Variant or feminine form of KEVIN

KEYSHA  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KEISHA

KEZIA  f  English
Variant of KEZIAH

KEZIAH  f  Biblical, English
Means "cassia" in Hebrew, from the name of the spice tree...

KGOSI  m  African
Means "king, chief" in Tswana.

KHADIGA  f  Arabic
Variant transcription of KHADIJA

KHADIJA  f  Arabic
Means "premature child" in Arabic...

KHAJAG  m  Armenian
Means "blue-eyed" in Armenian.

KHALED  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of KHALID

KHALEEL  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of KHALIL

KHALID  m  Arabic
Means "eternal", derived from Arabic khalada "to last forever"...

KHALIDA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of KHALID

KHALIFA  m  Arabic
Means "successor, caliph" in Arabic...

KHALIL  m  Arabic
Means "friend" in Arabic.

KHALILAH  f  Arabic
Feminine form of KHALIL

KHALIQ  m  Arabic
Means "creator" in Arabic.

KHAMISI  m  African
Means "born on Thursday" in Swahili.

KHARITON  m  Russian
Russian form of CHARITON

KHATIJAH  f  Arabic
Variant transcription of KHADIJA

KHAYRAT  m & f  Arabic
Derived from Arabic khayra meaning "good deed".

KHAYRI  m  Arabic
Means "charitable" in Arabic.

KHAYRIYYA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of KHAYRI

KHAYYAM  m  Arabic
Means "tent maker" in Arabic...

KHLOE  f  English
Variant of CHLOE

KHODADAD  m  Iranian
Means "God given" from Persian khoda "god, lord" and dad "given".

KHORDAD  f  Near Eastern Mythology
Modern Persian form of HAURVATAT...

KHORSHID  m & f  Iranian
Variant of KHURSHID

KHURSHID  m & f  Iranian, Near Eastern Mythology
Modern Persian form of Hvare Khshaeta meaning "shining sun" in Avestan...

KHWAJA  m  Iranian
Means "master, owner" in Persian...

KIA  f  Swedish
Pet form of KRISTINA

KIAN  m  English, Irish
Variant of CIAN

KIANA  f  Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of DIANA

KIANOUSH  m  Iranian
Derived from Persian kian "royal".

KIARA  f  English
Variant of CIARA

KIARAN  m  English
Anglicized form of CIARÁN

KIARRA  f  English (Modern)
Variant of CIARA

KIBWE  m  African
Means "blessed" in Swahili.

KICHIRO  m  Japanese
Variant transcription of KICHIROU

KICHIROU  m  Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (kichi) "good luck" and 郎 (rou) "son".

KIEFER  m  English
From a surname meaning "barrel maker" in German.

KIELO  f  Finnish
Means "lily of the valley" in Finnish.

KIERA  f  Irish
Anglicized form of CIARA

KIERAN  m  Irish
Anglicized form of CIARÁN

KIERON  m  Irish
Anglicized form of CIARÁN

KIERRA  f  English (Modern)
Anglicized form of CIARA

KIERSTEN  f  Danish, English
Variant of KIRSTEN

KIKI  f  English (Modern)
Pet form of names beginning with K.

KIKU  f  Japanese
Means "chrysanthemum" in Japanese.

KILEY  f  English
Variant of KYLIE

KILIAN  m  Irish, German
Irish variant and German form of CILLIAN

KILIE  f  English
Variant of KYLIE

KILIKINA  f  Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of CHRISTINA

KILLIAN  m  Irish
Variant of CILLIAN

KIM (1)  f  English
Short form of KIMBERLY

KIM (2)  m  Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of JOACHIM

KIM (3)  f  Vietnamese
Means "golden" in Vietnamese.

KIMBALL  m  English
From a surname which was derived from the Welsh first name Cynbel meaning "chief war" or the Old English first name Cynebald meaning "royal boldness".

KIMBERLEE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KIMBERLY

KIMBERLEIGH  f  English (Modern)
Variant of KIMBERLY

KIMBERLEY  f & m  English
Variant of KIMBERLY

KIMBERLY  f  English
From the name of a city in South Africa which was originally named for Lord Kimberley, whose surname means "land belonging to CYNEBURGA" in Old English.

KIMBERLYN  f  English (Modern)
Combination of KIMBERLY and LYNN

KIMBRA  f  English
Pet form of KIMBERLY

KIMIKO  f  Japanese
From Japanese 后 (kimi) "empress" or 君 (kimi) "senior, noble" combined with 子 (ko) "child".

KIMMY  f  English
Pet form of KIMBERLY

KIMO  m  Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of JAMES

KINBOROUGH  f  Medieval English
Medieval form of CYNEBURGA

KING  m  English
From a nickname which derives from the English word, ultimately from Old English cyning.

KINGA  f  Polish, Hungarian
Polish and Hungarian form of KUNIGUNDE

KINGE  f  German
Pet form of KUNIGUNDE

KINGSLEY  m & f  English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "king's wood" in Old English.

KIP  m  English
Pet form of KIPLING or CHRISTOPHER

KIPLING  m  English
Means "one who cures salmon or herring", derived from Middle English kypre "salmon"...

KIRA  f  Russian
Russian form of KYRA

KIRABO  m & f  African
Means "gift" in Luganda.

KIRAN  m  Indian
Derived from the Sanskrit word किरण (kirana), which can mean "dust" or "thread" or "sunbeam".

KIRBY  m  English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "church settlement" in Old Norse.

KIRI  f  Maori
Means "skin of a tree or fruit" in Maori...

KIRIL  m  Bulgarian, Macedonian
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of CYRIL

KIRILL  m  Russian
Russian form of CYRIL

KIRK  m  English
From a surname meaning "church" from Old Norse kirkja.

KIRSI  f  Finnish
Finnish form of CHRISTINA, or a short form of KIRSIKKA.

KIRSIKKA  f  Finnish
Means "cherry" in Finnish.

KIRSTEEN  f  Scottish
Variant of KIRSTIN

KIRSTEN  f  Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of CHRISTINA

KIRSTI  f  Finnish
Finnish form of CHRISTINA

KIRSTIE  f  Scottish
Pet form of KIRSTIN

KIRSTIN  f  Scottish
Scottish form of CHRISTINA

KIRSTY  f  Scottish
Pet form of KIRSTIN

KISECAWCHUCK  m  Native American
Means "daystar" in Cree. This was the name of a 19th-century Cree chief.

KISHA  f  English
Variant of KEISHA

KISHAN  m  Indian
Modern form of KRISHNA

KISHEN  m  Indian
Modern form of KRISHNA

KISHOR  m  Indian
Derived from Sanskrit किशोर (kishora) meaning "colt".

KISHORE  m  Indian
Variant transcription of KISHOR

KISHORI  f  Indian
Feminine form of KISHOR

KISTIÑE  f  Basque
Basque form of CHRISTINA

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