Names Starting with K

gender
usage
Kaan m Turkish
Variant of Kağan.
Kaapo m Finnish
Finnish variant of Gabriel.
Kaapro m Finnish (Rare)
Finnish variant of Gabriel.
Kaarel m Estonian
Estonian form of Charles.
Kaarina f Finnish
Finnish form of Katherine.
Kaarle m Finnish
Finnish form of Charles.
Kaarlo m Finnish
Finnish form of Charles.
Kabelo m Sotho, Tswana
Means "allotment, share, gift" in Sotho and Tswana.
Kabujiya m Old Persian
Old Persian form of Cambyses.
Kacey f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Casey.
Kacper m Polish
Polish form of Jasper.
Kadek m & f Balinese
Possibly from Balinese adik meaning "younger sibling". This name is traditionally given to the second-born child.
Kader 1 m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic قادر (see Qadir).
Kader 2 f Turkish
Means "fate, destiny" in Turkish.
Kadi f Estonian
Short form of Katariina.
Kadiatou f Western African
Form of Khadija used in parts of French-influenced West Africa.
Kadir m Turkish
Turkish form of Qadir.
Kadmos m Greek Mythology
Greek form of Cadmus.
Kadri 1 f Estonian
Estonian form of Katherine.
Kadri 2 m Turkish, Albanian
Means "value" in Turkish.
Kadriye f Turkish
Feminine form of Kadri 2.
Kadyr m Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Kazakh
Kyrgyz, Turkmen and Kazakh form of Qadir.
Kae f English (Rare)
Variant of Kay 1.
Kaede f & m Japanese
From Japanese (kaede) meaning "maple" or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.
Kaety f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Kate.
Kağan m Turkish
From a Turkish title meaning "king, ruler", ultimately of Mongolian origin. The title is usually translated into English as Khan.
Kagiso m & f Tswana
Means "peace" in Tswana.
Kaguya f Literature
Means "bright, shining" in Japanese. It is spelled with the kanji (kagaya) meaning "bright" and (ya) meaning "reflect". The name originates from the old Japanese folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, about a bamboo cutter who finds a tiny baby in a bamboo stalk and names her Kaguya-hime "shining princess". When she grows up she rejects all proposals for marriage (including that from the Emperor) and eventually returns to her true home on the moon.... [more]
Kahina f Berber
Derived from Arabic الكاهنة (al-Kāhina) meaning "the diviner, the fortuneteller". This was a title applied to the 7th-century Berber queen Dihya, who resisted the Arab expansion into North Africa.
Kahurangi f & m Maori
From the name of a type of green gemstone found in New Zealand, meaning "sky blue" in Maori.
Kai 1 m Frisian, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, English
Meaning uncertain, possibly a Frisian diminutive of Gerhard, Nicolaas, Cornelis or Gaius. It is borne by a boy captured by the Snow Queen in an 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Spreading from Germany and Scandinavia, this name became popular in the English-speaking world and other places in Western Europe around the end of the 20th century.
Kai 2 f Estonian
Short form of Kaia.
Kai 3 m & f Hawaiian
Means "sea" in Hawaiian.
Kai 4 m Chinese
From Chinese (kǎi) meaning "triumph, victory, music of triumph", as well as other characters pronounced in a similar way.
Kaiaphas m Biblical Greek
Form of Caiaphas found in the Greek New Testament.
Kaidi f Estonian
Short form of Katariina.
Kaija f Finnish
Diminutive of Katariina.
Kailani f Hawaiian
From Hawaiian kai "ocean, sea" and lani "sky, heaven".
Kailash m Hindi, Marathi
From the name of a mountain in the Himalayas that is believed to be the paradise of the Hindu god Shiva. It is probably derived from Sanskrit केलास (kelāsa) meaning "crystal".
Kaimana m & f Hawaiian
From Hawaiian kai "ocean, sea" and mana "power". It is also Hawaiian meaning "diamond", derived from the English word diamond.
Kain m Biblical Greek
Form of Cain used in the Greek Bible.
Kainan m Biblical Greek
Form of Cainan used in the Greek Bible.
Kaipo m & f Hawaiian
Means "the sweetheart" from Hawaiian ka, a definite article, and ipo "sweetheart".
Kais m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic قيس (see Qays).
Kaisa f Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian diminutive of Katherine.
Kaiser m Various
German form of the Roman title Caesar (see Caesar). It is not used as a given name in Germany itself.
Kaiti f Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Καίτη (see Keti 2).
Kaito m Japanese
From Japanese (kai) meaning "sea, ocean" combined with (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, or (to) meaning "soar, fly". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Kaj m Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
Danish form of Kai 1.
Kája f Czech
Diminutive of Karolína.
Kaja 1 f Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Estonian, Slovene
Scandinavian diminutive of Katarina.
Kaja 2 f Polish, Slovene
Variant of Gaja 1.
Kaja 3 f Estonian
Means "echo" in Estonian.
Kajal f & m Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati
From Sanskrit कज्जल (kajjala) meaning "kohl, collyrium", referring to a black powder traditionally used as an eyeliner.
Kajetán m Czech (Rare), Slovak (Rare), Hungarian (Rare)
Czech, Slovak and Hungarian form of Caietanus (see Gaetano).
Kajetan m Polish
Polish form of Caietanus (see Gaetano).
Kajsa f Swedish
Swedish diminutive of Katarina.
Kajus m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Gaius.
Kakalina f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Katherine.
Kala 1 f Tamil
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, royal, majesty".
Kale m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Charles.
Kalea f Hawaiian
Means "joy, happiness" in Hawaiian.
Kaleb m English (Modern)
English variant of Caleb.
Kalei m & f Hawaiian
Means "the flowers" or "the child" from Hawaiian ka "the" and lei "flowers, lei, child".
Kal-El m Popular Culture, English (Modern)
Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1938 as the birth name of the comic book hero Superman, who came from the distant planet Krypton. The original spelling Kal-L was changed to Kal-El in the 1940s. Some have theorized that El is inspired by the common Hebrew name element אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". Although Siegel and Shuster were Jewish, there is no evidence that they had this connection in mind, and it seems possible they simply made it up. Superman's other name, Clark Kent, was given to him by his adoptive parents.... [more]
Kalena f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Karen 1.
Kaleo m Hawaiian
Means "sound, voice" from Hawaiian ka "the" and leo "sound, voice".
Kalervo m Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Possibly a combination of Kaleva and Kullervo. In the Finnish epic the Kalevala this was the name of the father of Kullervo.
Kalev 1 m Estonian
Estonian form of Kaleva. This is the name of a character (the father of Kalevipoeg) in the Estonian epic poem Kalevipoeg.
Kalev 2 m Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Caleb.
Kaleva m Finnish, Finnish Mythology
From the name of the mythological ancestor of the Finns, which is of unknown meaning. The name of the Finnish epic the Kalevala means "the land of Kaleva".
Kálfr m Old Norse
Means "calf" in Old Norse.
Kali 1 f & m Hinduism, Bengali, Tamil
Means "the black one", derived from Sanskrit काल (kāla) meaning "black". The Hindu goddess Kali is the fierce destructive form of the wife of Shiva. According to stories in the Puranas, she springs from the forehead of Durga in order to defeat various demons. She is typically depicted with black skin and four arms, holding a severed head and brandishing a sword. As a personal name, it is generally masculine in India.
Kalidas m Hindi
Modern form of Kalidasa.
Kalidasa m Sanskrit
Means "servant of Kali" from the name of the Hindu goddess Kali 1 combined with Sanskrit दास (dāsa) meaning "servant". Kalidasa (or Kālidāsa) was a 4th-century Indian poet and dramatist, the author of the Abhijnanashakuntalam and other works.
Kalin m Bulgarian
Masculine form of Kalina.
Kalina f Bulgarian, Macedonian, Polish
Means "viburnum tree" in Bulgarian, Macedonian and Polish.
Kalisha f African American (Modern)
Combination of the name prefix ka and Lisha.
Kaliyah f African American (Modern)
An invented name, based on the sound of Aaliyah.
Kalju m Estonian
Means "rock, boulder" in Estonian.
Kalle m Swedish, Finnish, Estonian
Swedish diminutive of Karl. It is used in Finland and Estonia as a full name.
Kallias m Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek κάλλος (kallos) meaning "beauty". This was the name of an Athenian who fought at Marathon who later became an ambassador to the Persians.
Kallikrates m Ancient Greek
Means "beautiful power", derived from the Greek elements κάλλος (kallos) meaning "beauty" and κράτος (kratos) meaning "power".
Kallinikos m Ancient Greek
Means "beautiful victory" from Greek κάλλος (kallos) meaning "beauty" and νίκη (nike) meaning "victory".
Kalliope f Greek Mythology
Means "beautiful voice" from Greek κάλλος (kallos) meaning "beauty" and ὄψ (ops) meaning "voice". In Greek mythology she was a goddess of epic poetry and eloquence, one of the nine Muses.
Kalliopi f Greek
Modern Greek transcription of Kalliope.
Kallippos m Ancient Greek
Means "beautiful horse", derived from the Greek elements κάλλος (kallos) meaning "beauty" and ἵππος (hippos) meaning "horse".
Kallirroi f Greek
Modern Greek transcription of Καλλιρρόη (see Callirrhoe).
Kallisto f Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek κάλλιστος (kallistos) meaning "most beautiful", a derivative of καλός (kalos) meaning "beautiful". In Greek mythology Kallisto was a nymph who was loved by Zeus. She was changed into a she-bear by Hera, and subsequently became the Great Bear constellation. This was also an ancient Greek personal name.
Kallistrate f Ancient Greek
Means "beautiful army" from the Greek elements κάλλος (kallos) meaning "beauty" and στρατός (stratos) meaning "army".
Kálmán m Hungarian
Probably of Turkic origin, meaning "remainder". This was the name of a 12th-century king of Hungary. It was also borne in the 13th-century by the first king of Galicia-Volhynia, who was also a member of the Hungarian Árpád royal family. This name has been frequently confused with Koloman.
Kaloyan m Bulgarian
From Greek καλός Ἰωάννης (kalos Ioannes) meaning "handsome John", the nickname of a 13th-century emperor of Bulgaria. He successfully defended the empire from the Fourth Crusade.
Kalpana f Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Nepali
Means "imagining, fantasy" in Sanskrit.
Kaltrina f Albanian
Possibly from Albanian kaltër meaning "blue, azure".
Kalyan m Hindi, Bengali, Telugu
From Sanskrit कल्याण (kalyāṇa) meaning "beautiful, lovely, auspicious".
Kalyana m Telugu
Variant of Kalyan.
Kalyani f Hinduism, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Marathi, Hindi
Means "beautiful, lovely, auspicious" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Parvati.
Kalyna f Ukrainian (Rare)
From the Ukrainian word for a type of shrub, also called the guelder rose (species Viburnum opulus).
Kam m & f English (Modern)
Short form of Kameron.
Kama m Hinduism
Means "love, desire" in Sanskrit. Kama is the Hindu god of love and pleasure, typically depicted as a young man armed with a bow and riding on the back of a giant parrot. His wife is Rati.
Kamadeva m Hinduism
From Sanskrit काम (kāma) meaning "love, desire" and देव (deva) meaning "god". This is another name of the Hindu love god Kama.
Kamakshi f Hinduism, Hindi
From Sanskrit काम (kāma) meaning "love, desire" and अक्षि (akṣi) meaning "eye". This is the name of a Hindu goddess. She is sometimes considered to be an aspect of Parvati.
Kəmal m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Kamal 1.
Kamal 1 m Arabic, Persian, Azerbaijani, Urdu, Bengali, Malay, Indonesian
Means "perfection" in Arabic.
Kəmalə f Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani feminine form of Kamal 1.
Kamala f & m Hinduism, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Nepali
Means "lotus" or "pale red" in Sanskrit. In Sanskrit this is a transcription of both the feminine form कमला and the masculine form कमल, though in modern languages it is only a feminine form. In Tantric Hinduism and Shaktism this is the name of a goddess, also identified with the goddess Lakshmi.
Kamal ad-Din m Arabic
Means "perfection of religion", derived from Arabic كمال (kamāl) meaning "perfection" and دين (dīn) meaning "religion".
Kamalani f & m Hawaiian
Means "heavenly child" or "royal child" from Hawaiian kama "child" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".
Kamal ud-Din m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic كمال الدين (see Kamal ad-Din).
Kamari m & f African American (Modern)
Combination of the sounds found in names such as Jamari, Amari and Kamaria.
Kamaria f Comorian
From Arabic qamar meaning "moon", also the root of the name of the island country of the Comoros.
Kamatchi f Tamil
Tamil form of Kamakshi.
Kamau m Kikuyu
Meaning unknown. This was the birth name of the Kenyan president Jomo Kenyatta (1897-1978).
Kambiz m Persian
Modern Persian form of Old Persian Kabujiya (see Cambyses).
Kambujiya m Old Persian
Alternate transcription of Old Persian 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 (see Kabujiya).
Kamen m Bulgarian
Means "stone" in Bulgarian. This is a translation of the Greek name Πέτρος (Petros).
Kamil 1 m Arabic
Means "perfect, complete" 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.
Kamilė f Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Camilla.
Kamilla f Russian, Hungarian, Polish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Russian and Hungarian form of Camilla, as well as a Polish and Scandinavian variant. This is also the Hungarian word for the chamomile flower (species Matricaria chamomilla).
Kamini f Hindi
Means "desirable" in Sanskrit.
Kamiyah f African American (Modern)
An invented name, blending the popular phonetic prefix ka and Maya 2.
Kamoliddin m Uzbek
Uzbek form of Kamal ad-Din.
Kamon m & f Thai
Means "heart, mind" in Thai.
Kamran m Persian, Urdu, Azerbaijani
Means "successful, prosperous, fortunate" in Persian.
Kamryn f & m English (Modern)
Variant (typically feminine) of Cameron.
Kanako f Japanese
From Japanese (ka) meaning "increase" or (ka) meaning "fragrance" combined with (na), a phonetic character, or (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" and finished with (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well.
Kənan m Azerbaijani
From the Azerbaijani name for the ancient region of Canaan.
Kanani f Hawaiian
Means "the beauty" from Hawaiian ka "the" and nani "beauty, glory".
Kanata m & f Japanese
From Japanese (kana) meaning "play music, complete" and (ta) meaning "many", as well as other combinations of kanji that have the same pronunciation.
Kanchana f Tamil, Thai
From Sanskrit कञ्चन (kañcana) meaning "golden".
Kanda f Thai
Means "beloved" in Thai.
Kandaĵa f Esperanto
Means "made of candy" in Esperanto, a derivative of kando meaning "candy, rock sugar".
Kandake f Biblical Greek, Biblical
Biblical Greek form of Candace, as well as the spelling used in some English translations.
Kandi f English
Variant of Candy.
Kāne m Polynesian Mythology
Means "man" in Hawaiian, a cognate of Tāne. In Hawaiian mythology Kāne was the creator god.
Kane m English (Modern)
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Catháin, derived from the given name Cathán.
Kaneonuskatew m Cree (Anglicized)
Means "he who walks on four claws" in Cree, derived from ᓀᐅᐧ (newo) "four" and the root ᐊᐢᑲᓯᕀ (askasiy) "claw". This was the name of a 19th-century Plains Cree chief in Saskatchewan, also known as George Gordon.
Kaniehtiio f Mohawk
Means "she is good snow" in Mohawk, from ka- "she", óniehte "snow" and the suffix -iio "good".
Kanna f Japanese
From Japanese (kan) meaning "bookmark" and (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well.
Kannan m Tamil
Tamil form of Krishna.
Kannon 1 f Buddhism
Japanese form of Guanyin.
Kanon f Japanese
From Japanese (ka) meaning "flower, blossom" and (non) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible as well.
Kanstantsin m Belarusian
Belarusian form of Constantine.
Kanta f & m Hindi, Bengali
From Sanskrit कान्त (kānta) meaning "desired, beautiful". The feminine form has a long final vowel, while in the masculine form it is short.
Kanti m & f Hindi, Bengali, Hinduism
Means "beauty" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.
Kantuta f Aymara
Means "cantua flower" in Aymara (species Cantua buxifolia).
Kanya f Thai
Means "young woman" in Thai.
Kanye m African American (Modern)
Meaning uncertain. It could be from the name of a town in Botswana (of Tswana origin). Yoruba, Igbo, Xhosa and Fula meanings have also been suggested. It is borne by the American rapper Kanye West (1977-), and the name briefly appeared on the United States top 1000 list in 2004 when he released his debut album.
Kaolin m English (Rare)
Anglicized form of Caolán. This is also the name of a type of clay.
Kaori f Japanese
From Japanese (kaori) meaning "fragrance". It can also come from an alternate reading of (ka) combined with (ori) meaning "weaving". Other kanji combinations are possible. It is often written using the hiragana writing system.
Kaoru f & m Japanese
From Japanese (kaoru), (kaoru), (kaoru) all meaning "fragrance, fragrant", as well as other kanji having the same reading.
Kaourintin m Breton
Breton form of Corentin.
Kapel m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Yaakov.
Kapena m Hawaiian
Means "captain" in Hawaiian (of English origin).
Kapil m Hindi, Marathi
Modern form of Kapila.
Kapila m Hinduism
Means "reddish brown" in Sanskrit, derived from कपि (kapi) meaning "monkey". According to Hindu tradition this was the name of a sage who founded Samkhya philosophy. He is sometimes considered an incarnation of Vishnu.
Kapka f Bulgarian
Means "droplet" in Bulgarian.
Kapono m Hawaiian
Means "the good one" from Hawaiian ka, a definite article, and pono "good, moral".
Kapua f & m Hawaiian
Means "the flower" or "the child" from Hawaiian ka, a definite article, and pua "flower, offspring".
Kára f Norse Mythology
Probably from Old Norse kárr meaning "curly, curved". In Norse legend this was the name of a valkyrie.
Kara 1 f English
Variant of Cara.
Kara 2 m Ottoman Turkish
Means "black, dark" in Turkish. This was sometimes used as a byname by Ottoman officials, figuratively meaning "courageous".
Karabo m & f Sotho, Tswana
Means "answer" in Sotho and Tswana.
Karam m & f Arabic
Means "nobility, generosity" in Arabic, derived from كرم (karuma) meaning "to be generous".
Karan m Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi
From Sanskrit करण (karaṇa) meaning "clever, skillful".
Karcsi m Hungarian
Diminutive of Károly.
Kåre m Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
From the Old Norse name Kári meaning "curly, curved".
Kareem m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic كريم (see Karim). A famous bearer of this name is basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947-).
Karekin m Armenian
Western Armenian transcription of Garegin.
Karel m Dutch, Czech, Slovene
Dutch, Czech and Slovene form of Charles.
Karen 1 f Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, English, German
Danish short form of Katherine. It became common in the English-speaking world after the 1930s.
Karen 2 m Armenian
Western Armenian transcription of Garen.
Karen 3 f Japanese
From Japanese (ka) meaning "flower" and (ren) meaning "lotus, water lily". Other combinations of kanji can also form this name.
Karena f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Karen 1, possibly influenced by Carina 1.
Karenza f Cornish
Variant of Kerensa.
Karesinda f Esperanto
Means "worthy of a caress" in Esperanto.
Kári m Old Norse
Old Norse form of Kåre.
Kari 1 f Norwegian
Norwegian short form of Katarina.
Kari 2 m Finnish
Form of Macarius (see Macario) used by the Finnish author Juhani Aho in his novel Panu (1897).
Kərim m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Karim.
Karim m Arabic, Persian, Tajik, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar
Means "generous, noble" in Arabic, from the root كرم (karuma) meaning "to be generous". In Islamic tradition الكريم (al-Karīm) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Karima f Arabic
Feminine form of Karim.
Karīna f Latvian
Latvian variant of Karina.
Karine 1 f French
French form of Carina 1. It can also function as a short form of Catherine, via Swedish Karin.
Karine 2 f Norwegian
Elaborated form of Karin.
Karine 3 f Armenian
Probably from Կարին (Karin), the Armenian name for the city of Erzurum in eastern Turkey. It was an Armenian city in classical times.
Karishma f Hindi
Means "miracle" in Hindi.
Karissa f English
Variant of Charissa.
Karita f Swedish
Variant of Carita.
Kariuki m Kikuyu
Means "reincarnated one" in Kikuyu.
Karl m German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, English, Finnish, Estonian, Germanic, Old Norse
German and Scandinavian form of Charles. This was the name of seven rulers of the Franks and the Holy Roman Empire. It was also borne by a beatified emperor of Austria (1887-1922), as well as ten kings of Sweden. Other famous bearers include the German philosophers Karl Marx (1818-1883), one of the developers of communism, and Karl Jaspers (1883-1969), an existentialist and psychiatrist.
Karlene f English
Variant of Carlene.
Karl-Heinz m German
Combination of Karl and Heinz.
Karlheinz m German
Combination of Karl and Heinz.
Karlijn f Dutch
Dutch feminine form of Karel.
Karlīna f Latvian
Contracted form of Karolīna.
Kārlis m Latvian
Latvian form of Charles.
Karlo m Croatian, Slovene, Georgian
Croatian, Slovene and Georgian form of Charles.
Karma m & f Bhutanese
From the Sanskrit word कर्म (karma) meaning "action, deed, fate".
Karme f Greek Mythology
Greek form of Carme 2.
Karmela f Croatian
Croatian form of Carmela.
Karmen f Slovene, Croatian, Estonian
Slovene, Croatian and Estonian form of Carmen.
Karna m Hinduism
Derived from Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa) meaning "ear". According to the Hindu epic the Mahabharata this was the name of the son of the sun god Surya and Kunti, who gave birth to him through her ear. He was a great warrior who became the king of Anga, eventually joining the Kauravas to fight against his half-brothers the Pandavas.
Karol 1 m Polish, Slovak, Slovene
Polish, Slovak and Slovene form of Karl.
Karol 2 f English
Variant of Carol 1.
Karola f German, Hungarian, Polish
German, Hungarian and Polish feminine form of Carolus.
Karoliina f Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian feminine form of Carolus.
Karolína f Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak feminine form of Carolus.
Karolīna f Latvian
Latvian feminine form of Carolus.
Karoline f German, Danish, Norwegian
Feminine form of Carolus.
Karolis m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Carolus.
Karolos m Greek
Greek form of Carolus.
Károly m Hungarian
Hungarian form of Karl.
Karolyn f English
Variant of Caroline.
Karp m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Karpos (see Carpus).
Karrie f English
Variant of Carrie.
Karsyn f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Carson.
Kärt f Estonian
Short form of Kertu.
Karter m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Carter.
Karthik m Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Southern Indian form of Kartik.
Karthika f Tamil, Malayalam
Southern Indian feminine form of Kartik.
Kartik m Hindi, Marathi
From Sanskrit कृत्तिका (Kṛttikā), the name for the constellation of the Pleiades.
Kartikeya m Hinduism
From Sanskrit कृत्तिका (Kṛttikā), the Indian name for the constellation the Pleiades, ultimately from कृत् (kṛt) meaning "to cut, to divide". This is another name for the Hindu god Skanda, given because he was raised by the Krttikas.
Karuna f & m Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Telugu
From Sanskrit करुणा (karuṇā) meaning "compassion, mercy".
Karyn f English
Variant of Karen 1.
Karyna f Ukrainian, Belarusian
Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Karina.
Kasandra f English (Modern), Polish
English variant and Polish form of Cassandra.
Kasey m & f English
Variant of Casey.
Kashi f Hindi
From the name of a holy city in India, famous for its many temples dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. Its name is derived from Sanskrit काशि (kāśi) meaning "shining".
Kashton m English (Modern)
Probably a combination of Kash and the popular name suffix ton, inspired by names such as Ashton.
Kashyapa m Hinduism
Means "turtle, tortoise" in Sanskrit. In Hindu belief this is the name of one of the Saptarshis, or seven sages. He appears often in Hindu scripture, and is believed to be the author of several hymns in the Rigveda. According to the Puranas he was the husband of the goddess Aditi and the father by her of some of the gods.
Kasi f Telugu, Tamil
Southern Indian form of Kashi.
Kasia f Polish
Diminutive of Katarzyna.
Kasih f Indonesian, Malay
Means "love" in Malay and Indonesian.
Kasım m Turkish
Turkish form of Qasim.
Kasimir m German (Rare)
German form of Casimir.
Kasimira f German (Archaic)
Feminine form of Kasimir.
Kasjan m Polish
Polish form of Cassian.
Kašpar m Czech (Rare)
Czech form of Jasper.
Kaspar m German, Estonian
German and Estonian form of Jasper.
Kasparas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Jasper.
Kaspars m Latvian
Latvian form of Jasper.