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Kejdi m Albanian

Keka f Spanish

Kekezza f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Comes directly from the Cornish meaning "heath."

Kel f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Short form of Kelly.

Kela f Medieval Jewish, Jewish (Archaic)
Variant of Gela, recorded in what is now Germany between the 13th and 14th centuries.

Kelana m & f Indonesian, Malay
Means "wanderer, roamer" in Indonesian and Malay.

Kelaya f Obscure

Kelby m & f English (Modern, Rare)
A name of Norse origin meaning "lives at a farm near a well or spring".

Keldan m English (Modern, Rare)

Keldon m English (Rare)

Keldrin m American (South, Rare)

Kele f Medieval Jewish
Variant of Kela.

Kelea f American (Rare)

Keleah f American (Modern, Rare)

Kelecia f African American (Modern, Rare)

Keled m Hungarian
Old Hungarian name of uncertain origin and meaning.

Keleka f Hawaiian
Hawaiian adoption of Theresa.

Kelela f Tongan

Kelemér m Medieval Hungarian

Kelen m Medieval Hungarian
Of uncertain origin and meaning; theories include a contracted form of Kelemen.

Kelene f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Kalene.

Keletta f English (American)

Keli f American (Modern)
Variant of Kelly.

Kélia f French (Modern), Portuguese (Brazilian)
French and Portuguese form of Kelia.

Keliah f American (Rare)
Variant of Kelia.

Kélian m French (Modern)
French form of Kelian.

Kelian m French (Modern, Rare), Various (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kilian.

Keliana f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Keliane.

Kéliane f French (Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Kélia.

Keliane f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Elaboration of Kélia.

Kelijah m American (Modern, Rare)

Kelilah f English (Rare)
Variant transcription of Kelila.

Kelin f & m American (Modern, Rare)

Kélina f French (Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Kélia.

Kelina f Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a diminutive of Kela and a variant of Caelina.

Kelisa f English (Modern, Rare)

Kella f English (Rare)
Possibly a Latinization of Kelly.

Kellagh m Manx
Manx form of Ceallach.

Kellana f American (Rare)

Kellea f English (Rare)

Kellee f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kelly.

Kellene f American (Rare)

Keller f & m American
Transferred use of the surname Keller. Used in L. J. Smith's 'Night World' series.

Kelli f Estonian (Modern, Rare)
Contracted form of Kerli. In some cases, however, it may also be a borrowing of the English name.

Kellia f American (Rare)
Variant of Kelia.

Kellian m American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kelian.

Kelliana f American (Modern, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Either a variant of Keliana, an elaboration of Kellia or an elaboration of Kelly.

Kellisa f English (Modern, Rare), Caribbean (Rare)

Kellissa f American (Rare)

Kellyanna f Obscure

Kellye f American (Modern)
Variant of Kelly.

Kellyn f & m English (American, Modern), Portuguese (Brazilian, Modern, Rare)
Variant (typically feminine) of Kellen.

Kellynne f American (Modern, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Modern, Rare)

Kelpie f & m Celtic Mythology, English (Modern, Rare)
The name of a shape-shifting water spirit that takes the form of a greyish black horse. The Kelpie drowns then devours anyone who tries to ride it.... [more]

Kelsei f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kelsey.

Keltie f English (Canadian)
From the Scottish surname Keltie, which was a variant of Kelty... [more]

Kelton m English
Transferred use of the surname Kelton.

Keltse f Basque
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Celsa.

Kelty f English (American, Rare), English (Canadian)
Transferred use of the surname Kelty.

Kélvia f Portuguese (Brazilian)

Kelvyn m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kelvin.

Kélya f French (Modern)
Variant of Kélia.

Kelyan m French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern)
Variant of Kélian.

Kelyn f & m English (Modern, Rare)

Kelyn f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish kelyn "holly".

Kelynen f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish kelynnen "hollies". This is a modern Cornish name.

Kem m Romani
Romani name derived from cam meaning both "sun" and "to love".

Kema m Papuan
Name of football player Kema Jack born in 1982 in Papua New Guinea.

Kemelia f Jamaican Patois

Kemenes m Medieval Hungarian

Kemper m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Kemper.

Kemry f & m English (American, Rare)

Kemys m English (Rare)

Kénán m Biblical Hungarian
Hungarian form of Kenan 1.

Kénan m Biblical French
French form of Kenan 1.

Kenan m Breton, Cornish
Breton and Cornish cognate of Cynan.

Kenda f English (American)

Kendell f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kendall.

Kendre m African American

Kendrix f & m American
A variant of Kendrick, influenced by the sound of names like Hendrix.

Kendry m & f English (American), Spanish (Latin American)

Kenea m Ethiopian

Kenert m Estonian (Rare)

Kenese m Medieval Hungarian

Kenette f English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the masculine name Ken 1 and the feminine suffix -ette.

Kenéz m Medieval Hungarian

Kenia f English (American, Modern)
Variant of Kenya or a feminine form of Ken 1 (see also Kenna).

Kenise f African American (Rare)
Possibly a rhyming variant of Denise influenced by Ken 1/Kenna/Kenneth.

Kenito m Spanish (Latin American, Modern, Rare)

Kenlee f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kenley.

Kenlie f & m English (American, Rare), Caribbean (Rare)
Variant of Kenley.

Kenlyn f & m English (American)

Kenna m Ethiopian
Famous bearer is Kenna Zemedkun, musician.

Kennelly m & f American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Kennelly.

Kennerly f English
From an English last name, specifically from Cornwall. Famous bearer is American harpist Kennerly Kitt.

Kennetha f American (Rare)
Feminine form of Kenneth.

Kennette f American (Rare)

Kenniagh m Manx
Manx form of Coinneach. This name was traditionally Anglicized as Kenneth.

Kennick m Romani
Directly taken from Romani kennick "house-dweller", ultimately derived from Romani ken "house".

Kenniesha f African American, Jamaican Patois
Variant of Kenisha.

Kennis m English
Transferred use of the surname Kennis.

Kenno m Estonian
Short form of Eugen.

Kennon m American

Kennra f American (Rare)
Variant of Kenra.

Kenra f English
Variant of Kennra.

Kenric m English (Rare)
Variant of Kendrick.

Kensa f Cornish (Modern)
Derived from Cornish kensa "first". This is a modern Cornish name.

Kensey f American (Modern, Rare)

Kentsy f American (Modern, Rare)

Kenza m Romani (Archaic)

Kenza f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic كَنْز (kanz) meaning "treasure".

Keomi f Romani (Archaic)

Keona f Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Keomi.

Keonaona f & m Hawaiian
Means "the soft fragrance," "the soft perfume" or "the aroma," from definite article ke and onaona meaning "soft fragrance/perfume, aroma."

Keori f English (American, Rare)

Kepe f Basque (Rare)
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Petra.

Keperiñe f Basque (Rare)
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Zéphyrine and Ceferina.

Kepler m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Kepler.... [more]

Kéra f Hungarian
Meaning unknown.

Keralyn f American (Rare)
Possibly a phonetic respelling of Caroline reflecting certain accents.

Keran m French (Modern)

Keran m Biblical
Variant of Cheran.

Keratsa f Medieval Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic
Keratsa Petritsa was a Bulgarian noblewoman (bolyarka) whose eldest son Ivan Alexander rose to the Bulgarian throne.

Kéren-Happuc f Biblical French
French form of Keren-Happuch.

Kerenhappuch f English (Archaic), Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Keren-Happuch.

Keresi f Fijian
Fijian form of Grace.

Keresztély m Medieval Hungarian
Old Hungarian form of Christianus.

Keresztes m Medieval Hungarian
Variant of Keresztély.

Kerian m English (Rare)
Variant of Kyrian.

Keriann f English (American)
Combination of Keri and Ann.

Keriata f Maori

Kerim m Lezgin, Chechen, Karachay-Balkar, Abazin, Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Bosnian
Form of Karim used in various languages.

Kerima f Bosnian, Spanish (Latin American)
Bosnian form of Karima.

Kerith f English
Variant of Cherith.

Kerkira f Greek (Rare)

Kerli f Estonian (Modern)
Contraction of either of Kertu and Eliisabet or Kertu and Liidia.

Kerly f Estonian
Variant of Kerli.

Kermo m Estonian
Originally a short form of Kerman, now used as a given name in its own right.

Kerna f English (Rare)

Kerowyn f Literature
The name of a character in By the Sword, a 1991 fantasy novel by Mercedes Lackey.

Kerra f Cornish (Modern)
Derived from Cornish kerra "dearer" (the comparative form of ker "dear, precious"). This is a modern Cornish name.

Kerria f English (American, Rare)
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a Latinization of Kerri, a feminine form of Kerr and a direct adoption of the plant name kerria which was named after Scottish gardener and plant hunter William Kerr, the first Western professional full-time plant collector (d... [more]

Kerrill m Irish, English
Anglicized form of Caireall.

Kerrin f North Frisian
Variant form of Karrin, which is a North Frisian form of Katharina.

Kerron m Manx
Manx form of Ciarán.

Kerryn f English (Australian)
Variant of Karen 1 perhaps influenced by Kerry.

Kersa f Medieval Finnish, Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Most likely a variant of Kirsa.

Kersey m & f English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Kersey.

Kershnie f Indian (Rare), South African

Kershun m Medieval Jewish
Variant of Gershom.

Ķērsta f Latvian (Rare)

Kersten m Low German, East Frisian
Low German variant of Karsten.

Kersten f American (Rare)
Variant of Kerstin.

Kerstena f Medieval Baltic

Kerstina f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kerstin and Kristina tradtionally found in Scania.

Kerstine f Low German (Archaic), Medieval Baltic, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kerstina.

Kersty f Scottish
Variant of Kirsty.

Kerstyn f American (Rare)
Variant of Kerstin.

Kersztin f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian borrowing of Kerstin.

Kert f & m Estonian
Feminine variant of Kärt and masculine variant of Gert.

Kerti f Estonian

Kerubina f Croatian (Rare), Hungarian (Rare)
Croatian and Hungarian form of Cherubina.

Kervon m American (Rare)

Keryn f English (Australian), English (New Zealand)
Variant of Karen 1.

Keryna f English (Modern, Rare)

Kes f Popular Culture
The name of a character in Star Trek, as well as the name of Billy's kestrel in the play Kes.

Késa f Hungarian
Short form of Gizella.

Kesaia f Fijian

Kesenia f English (Archaic)

Keshell f English (Modern, Rare), Trinidadian Creole (Rare)

Keshun f & m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Keshaun.

Késia f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Quésia.

Kesia f Biblical Norwegian, Biblical Danish, Biblical Swedish, Biblical Finnish, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Finnish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Scandinavian form of Keziah and Brazilian Portuguese variant of Késia.

Kesiah f English (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare)
Variant of Keziah.

Kesley f English (Modern, Rare)

Kęsmina f Lithuanian
Variant form of Kęsminė.

Kesor f Khmer

Kessa f American (Rare)

Kesselyn f Filipino (Rare)

Kessia f English (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Likely a variant of Keziah (compare Kesiah and Kesia).... [more]

Kessiah f English (Rare), Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Keziah.

Kestra f English (Rare), Popular Culture

Keszi m Medieval Hungarian

Kesző m Medieval Hungarian
Variant of Keszi.

Keterlyn f Medieval German
Medieval German diminutive of Katharina.

Ketha f German (Rare, Archaic), Medieval German
Variant of Käthe, used by the 16th-century religious leader Martin Luther as a pet name for his wife Katharina.

Kethe f German (Silesian)
Silesian German variant of Käthe.

Ketherlin f Medieval German
Medieval German variant of Kaetherlin.

Kéthévane f Georgian (Gallicized)
French form of Ketevan. A known bearer of this name is the French writer and journalist Kéthévane Davrichewy (b. 1965), who is of Georgian descent.

Kethrin f Estonian (Rare)
Variant of Ketrin.

Keti f Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Short form of Katarina, influenced by the English pronunciation of Katie. Cognate of Kati.

Ketia f Haitian Creole
Perhaps a variant of Katia (a Russian name) or Ketsia (a form of Keziah used in some French translations of the Bible).

Ketija f Latvian (Modern)
Latvian borrowing of Kathy.

Ketille m History (Ecclesiastical)
French form of Ketill.

Ketlin f Estonian
Variant of Kätlin.

Ketlīna f Latvian (Modern)
Latvian boworring of Caitlin.

Ketourah f Biblical French
French form of Keturah.

Ketri f Estonian (Rare)

Ketrin f Estonian
Variant of Katrin.

Ketrina f Albanian

Ketsara f Thai
Derived from Thai เกสร (keson) meaning "pollen".

Ketsia f Biblical French, French (Modern), French (Belgian, Rare)
French variant of Kezia.

Ketta f Danish (Rare)
Variant of Kette.

Kette f Danish (Rare)
Danish form of Kate.

Ketter f Estonian (Rare)
Variant of Getter.

Ketti f Luxembourgish
Diminutive of Katharina. 'D’Maus Ketti' (Ketti, the mouse in English) (1936) is a children's book by Luxembourgish writer Auguste Liesch.

Ketúrá f Biblical Hungarian
Hungarian form of Keturah.

Ketura f Biblical German, Biblical Dutch, Biblical Finnish, Biblical Polish, Biblical French, French (Modern, Rare), Flemish (Rare), Dutch (Surinamese)
French, German, Finnish, Polish and Dutch form of Keturah.

Keturà f Biblical Italian
Italian form of Keturah.

Ketyl m Medieval Polish
Medieval Polish borrowing of Ketil.

Keundtra f African American (Rare)
Female name of unknown origin, occasionally used in the USA.

Keva f English (Rare)
Anglicized form of Caoimhe.

Keve m Hungarian
Derived from Old Hungarian kev- or köv- (kő in Hungarian) "stone; rock".

Keveen m Manx
Manx form of Cóemgein.

Keveena f African American (Rare)

Kevern m Cornish
Younger form of Kaveran, itself derived from Achebrannus which in turn was a Latinization of Irish Accobran or Áed Cobhran.

Keverne m Cornish (Archaic)
Variant of Kevern.

Keveryn m Cornish (Archaic)
Variant of Kevern.

Keveryne m Cornish (Archaic)
Variant of Kevern.

Kevina f Irish (Rare)
Feminine form of Kevin.

Kevinas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian adoption of Kevin.

Kevine f & m French (Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
Feminine form as well as a masculine variant of Kevin.

Kevril m & f Obscure
A combination of Kevin and April.

Kevser f Turkish
Turkish form of Kawthar.

Keya f Bengali, Indian, Bengali (Hindu)
Means "screw pine" in Bengali, a tropical plant that flowers during monsoon season.

Keyden m French (Modern, Rare)

Keyik f Turkmen
Means "deer" in Turkmen.

Keylan m American (Rare)
Rare variant of Keelan.

Keyle f Yiddish
Derived from the Yiddish word for "merry".

Keyna f History (Ecclesiastical)
Variant of Keyne.

Keyne f History (Ecclesiastical)
Saint Keyne was a 5th-century holy woman and hermitess who is said to have traveled widely through what is now South Wales and Cornwall. The only literary source on the life of Saint Keyne, however, is the Vita Sanctae Keynae, which was edited by John of Tynemouth and included in his Sanctilogium Angliae Walliae Scotiae et Hiberniae in the 14th century.

Kéziah m & f French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
French form of Keziah.

Khadeejah f Arabic (Rare)
Variant transcription of Khadija.

Khải m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 凱 (khải) meaning "triumph, victory".

Khairunnisa f Arabic, Indonesian, Malay
Alternate transcription of Arabic خير النساء (see Khayr an-Nisa), as well as the Indonesian and Malay form.

Khala f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Khaleb m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Caleb.

Khaleesia f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Khaleesi.

Khalen f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kaylyn.

Khaley f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kaylee.

Khali f & m English (Rare)

Khalia f African American (Modern)

Khaliah f English (Modern, Rare)

Khalina f Malaysian (Rare)

Khalli f American (Modern, Rare)

Khambrell m African American (Modern, Rare)

Khamsa f Jewish, Northern African

Khana f Pakistani, Bengali
Feminine form of Khan.

Khandi f English
Variant of Candy.

Khanim f Azerbaijani
Azeri feminine name derived from the Turkish word hanım or Azeri xanım, both meaning "lady". The former is also used as a polite term of address, thus this name is relatively rare.

Khanny m & f Filipino (Rare)

Khari m African American (Rare)

Kharitina f Russian (Archaic), Ukrainian (Archaic), History (Ecclesiastical)
Russian and Ukrainian form of Charitina.

Kharlyn f Filipino (Modern, Rare)

Kharytyna f Ukrainian (Rare, Archaic), History (Ecclesiastical)
Variant transliteration of Харитина (see Kharitina).

Khatskel m Yiddish
Variant of Khaskl.

Khaya m South African

Khaye f Yiddish
Possibly a feminine variant of Kayem (itself a variant spelling of Chaim).

Khayman m English (Canadian, Modern, Rare)

Khelina f Russian
Presumably a Russian form of Helia.

Khelsey f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kelsey.

Khiamaniy f Obscure

Khilah f African American (Modern, Rare)

Khîm m Literature
The name of a character in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

Khindasvint m Medieval Catalan
Catalan form of Chindaswinth.

Khioniya f Russian (Rare), History (Ecclesiastical)
Russian form of Chionia. This name was borne by a failed assassin of Rasputin; Khioniya Guseva stabbed Rasputin in the street in 1914, but he recovered and she was institutionalized.

Khiry m African American
Possibly a variant of Khayri. Also compare Kyrie 1. A known bearer of this name is American R&B singer Khiry Abdulsamad (1973-) of the band The Boys.

Khivrya f Ukrainian (Rare, Archaic), Theatre
Ukrainian variant of Fevroniya. The name was borne by a character in Modest Mussorgsky's comic opera 'The Fair at Sorochyntsi' (1874 - 1880) which was based on Nikolai Gogol's short story of the same name, from his early (1832) collection of Ukrainian stories 'Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka'.

Khlea f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Clea.

Khloé f American (Modern)
Variant of Chloe. This is the name of Khloé Kardashian who is an American entrepreneur and television personality of Armenian descent.

Kholood f Arabic (Rare)

Khriska f Bulgarian
Diminutive of Khristina.

Khristina f Bulgarian, Russian (Rare)
Bulgarian variant transcription of Hristina and rare Russian variant transcription of Kristina.

Khrystafor m Belarusian
Variant transcription of Chrystafor.

Khrystal f American (Rare)
Variant of Crystal.

Khrystel f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Crystal.

Khrystofor m Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Christopher.

Khulai m Romani (Archaic)
Derived from (Turkish) Romani khulai "gentleman". This name has been found from at least the early 1800s onward.

Khyle m American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kyle.

Kía f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic form of Kia.

Kiam m Malaysian

Kiamber f African American (Modern, Rare)

Kiandre m Romani (Archaic)

Kiani f African American (Modern, Rare), English (American)
Variant of Kiana 2.

Kiann f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Kianne and Kian 2.

Kiannah f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kiana 2.

Kianu m English (Modern), Russian, Ukrainian
Variant of Keanu, reflecting the English pronounciation.

Kianya f African American (Modern, Rare)
Rare variant of Kiana 2 possibly influenced by Anya. This is borne by Kianya 'Kiki' Haynes (1976-), an American actress.

Kiara f Hungarian
Hungarian borrowing of Italian Chiara.

Kiari f & m African American (Rare)
Meaning uncertain, perhaps from Kiara/Ciara 1, Ciarán/Kiaran or Chiara... [more]

Kiaria f African American (Rare)
Likely to be a variant of Kiara.

Kiarisse f French (Rare, Archaic), Literature
Local vernacular form of Clarisse found in the Poitou-Charentes region of France.... [more]

Kiaya f English (Modern, Rare)

Kiba m Medieval Polish
Medieval Polish variant of Kuba.

Kibele f Turkish
Turkish form of Cybele.

Kichelle f English (Modern, Rare), Filipino (Modern, Rare)
Rhyming variant of Michelle.

Kiel m English (American)
Popularized by the American television actor Kiel Martin (1944-1990), who was named after the city of Kiel in Germany (see the place name Kiel)... [more]

Kielan f & m English
Transferred use of the surname Kielan.

Kiely f & m American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kiley.

Kiên m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 堅 (kiên) meaning "hard, firm".