Feminine Submitted Names

Kârat f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Karen 1.

Kara’titahkhe f Mohawk

Karau f Polynesian
Means "rain" in Gilbertese.

Karauria f & m Māori
Māori version of Claudius, Claude or Claudia. ... [more]

Karawa f Polynesian
Means "sky" in Gilbertese.

Karawek f & m Thai
Thai name for the kalavinka, an immortal mythical bird in Buddhist belief that is said to possess an enchanting cry. The term itself is derived from Sanskrit कलविङ्क (kalavinka) meaning "sparrow" or "Indian cuckoo"... [more]

Karaya m & f Caribbean (Modern, Rare)
It’s the Taino word for “moon”.

Karbari f Indian
Means "night".

Karbeyaz f Turkish
Means "snow white" in Turkish.

Karča f Czech
Diminutive of Karla, Karola and Karolína, not used as a given name in its own right.

Karcyn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Carson

Karda f German (Rare)
Germanised spelling of Carda.

Kardelen f Turkish
Directly taken from Turkish kardelen "galanthus flower; snowdrop (flower)".

Kardella f German (Bessarabian)
Variant of Kartela.

Kärdi f Estonian (Rare)
Variant of Kärt.

Kärdu f Estonian
Variant of Kärdi.

Káre f Sami
Sami form of Kari 1.

Kare m & f Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.

Kārearea f & m Maori
Means "falcon" in Maori.

Karecia f Caribbean (Rare), African American (Rare)

Karee f African American

Kareela f Indigenous Australian
Australian locational name. Derived from an Australian Aboriginal word which means "place of trees and water" or "south wind".

Kareema f Arabic
Variant transcription of Karima.

Kareemah f Arabic
Meaning "generous,noble, bountiful, something invaluable".

Kareen m & f English
Variant of Carreen, a name created for the novel Gone With The Wind.

Kareena f Indian, Marathi, Hindi
Variant of Karina.

Kareeshma f Tamil, Hinduism, Indian
This name means blossum.And is similar to the name karishma

Kareha f Japanese
Means "dried leaves" in Japanese.

Karel f English (Rare)
Variant of Carol 1.

Karela f Spanish (Latin American)
A feminine form of Karel.

Karelia f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Danish (Archaic), Norwegian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Karel.

Karelia f Russian (Archaic)
Transferred use of the place name Karelia.

Karella f German (Rare)
Maybe a feminine form to Karel.

Karely f Spanish (Mexican), American (Hispanic), English (American, Rare)
Perhaps a blend of names such as Karen 1 (or Karla, Karina) and Arely... [more]

Karelys f Spanish (Latin American)
Feminine form of Karel using the suffix -lys.

Karem f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Karen 1.

Kareman f Arabic
Varian latinisation of Kariman.

Káren f Sami
Sami form of Karen 1.

Karën f French (Modern, Rare)
Probably a French variant of Karen 1

Karena f Japanese
From Japanese 佳 (ka) meaning "beautiful, good" or 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance", 玲 (re) meaning "tinkling of jade" combined with 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree". This name can also be formed of other kanji combinations.

Karenanna f Norwegian (Archaic)
Combination of Karen 1 and Anna.

Karene m & f English
Variant of Karen 1.

Karenina f Spanish (?), Indonesian
Meaning unknown, possibly used in reference to the novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy published in 1877.

Karenna f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Karen 1. It may be influenced by Corinna, or by karenna, one of the Iroquois names for spiritual energy inherent in people and their environment.

Karensa f English (Rare)
Variant of Kerensa.

Karense f Norwegian (Rare)
Variation of Karen 1.

Karessa f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Caressa, which might be an elaborated form of Caress influenced by Carissa.

Karestan f English (American, Rare)
Meaning uncertain. It might possibly be a variant of Kersten or Kirsten, both of which come from the same etymological root.

Karey f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Carey.

Kårhild f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian form of Kárhildr.

Kárhildr f Old Norse
Old Norse combination of kárr "curly-haired" or "obstinate; reluctant" and hildr "battle, fight".

Karian f English (Canadian, Modern, Rare)

Kariana f English (Modern, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Modern, Rare)

Karianna f English (American, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Karianne f Norwegian
Combination of Kari 1 and Anne 1.

Karianne f Finnish, English
Karianne is a name that has multiple meanings, including: "Beloved, Friend", "a combination of pure Kari and grace or favor anne.", "Yahweh is Gracious", "dimunutive of Katherine"

Kariara f Ijaw
Means "I prayed for her" in Ijaw.

Karidad f Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog karidad, from the Spanish word (and name) Caridad meaning "charity".

Karie f English, Medieval Welsh (Anglicized)
Early Anglicization of Ceri.

Kariebi m & f Ijaw
Means "the blessing we prayed for" in Ijaw.

Karielle f German

Karielys f Spanish (Latin American, Modern, Rare)
Invented name using the popular suffix -lys (cf. Odalys, Marielys).

Karien f Dutch
Dutch variant of Karin.

Karigan f English (Modern)
Variant of Kerrigan.

Karihwénhawe f Mohawk

Kariinná f Sami
Sami form of Karina.

Karijn f Dutch
Variant of Karin

Karikakar f Estonian (Rare)
This name means “Daisy” in Estonian.

Kariko f Japanese
From Japanese 雁 (kari) meaning "wild goose" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Karilė f Lithuanian
From the Lithuanian element karė which is either derived from karas (war) or karys (warrior).

Kariliz f Spanish (Mexican, Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare)

Karilyn f English (American, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Carolyn.

Kärimä f Tatar, Bashkir
Tatar and Bashkir form of Karima.

Kərimə f Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Karima.

Karïma f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Kazakh and Kyrgyz form of Karima.

Karimah f Arabic, Indonesian, Malay
Arabic alternate transcription of Karima as well as the Indonesian and Malay form.

Karimala f Northern African
Nubian queen whose existence is known from a temple relief in Semna (present-day Sudan).

Kəriman f Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Karima.

Kariman f Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from Arabic كَرِيم (karīm) meaning "noble, generous" (see Karim).

Karime f Spanish (Latin American, Modern)
Possibly a variant of Karima.

Karín f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Karin.

Karîn f Kurdish
Means "be able to" in Kurdish.

Karin f Japanese
From Japanese 果 (ka) meaning "fruit" and 鈴 (rin) meaning "bell, chime". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Karin f Hebrew (Modern)
Popular girls name in Israel, it may be the Hebrew form of Katherine or variant of Keren.

Karína f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic form of Karina.

Karina f Japanese

Karinah f English
Alternate spelling of Karina

Karinda f English (Rare)

Kariñe f Basque
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Carina 1 and Carine.

Karinna f Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Karina.

Karinne f English
Variant of Karin.

Karis f English (Modern)
Variant of Charis, or sometimes Carys. Also compare Karissa.

Karisa f English
Variant of Carisa.

Karishma f Dari Persian
Dari form of Kereshmeh (a Persian name meaning "coquetry").

Karisma f African American
Variant of Charisma.

Karissime f Medieval Flemish
Medieval Flemish variant of Carissima

Karistal f Arabic
Arabic transcription of Crystal.

Karistiaanna f Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Karistiãna.

Karistiãna f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Christiana.

Karistina f Medieval Scottish (Latinized)
Latinization of Cairistìona.

Karîta f Greenlandic
Variant of Krîta.

Karítas f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Karita.

Karitas f Icelandic
Variant of Karítas.

Karitász f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Charity.

Karitate f Basque (Rare)
Basque form of Spanish Caridad.

Karitez f Breton
Breton form of Caritas.

Karja f Literature, German (Modern, Rare)
A fictional Mixtec woman in the works of the German writer Karl May. She occurs in two books and two films.

Karka f Indian

Karlah f Indonesian (Rare)

Karlanna f English (American, Rare)

Karle f Basque
Basque form of Carla.

Karleen f English (Rare)
Variant of Carlene.

Karleigh f English (Modern)
Variant of Carly using the popular prefix leigh.

Karlen m & f English (Rare), Brazilian (Rare)
Variant of Carlin/Carline or an elaboration of Karl.

Karlesha f English (Rare)
Variant of Karla.

Karley f English
Variant of Carly.

Karleyna f English (Modern)
Meaning unknown. Perhaps an elaborate form of Karly, Karla, or other names beginning with the -kar.

Karlia f English (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare)

Karliah f Popular Culture
The name of a character in 'The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'.

Karlička f Czech
Diminutive of Karla.

Karlien f Flemish, Afrikaans, Dutch (Rare)
Dutch and Afrikaans form of Carline.

Karlijne f Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare)
Variant of Karlijn.

Karlin f Alsatian (Archaic)
Vernacular form of Karoline.

Karlina f German (Rare), Slovene
Elaboration of Karla.

Karlinda f English (American, Rare)
A blend of Karla with a name ending in -Linda.

Karlīne f Latvian
Variant of Karlīna.

Karline f German (Rare)
Variant of Karlina.

Kar Ling f & m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Jialing.

Karlisha f African American (Modern)
Variant of Carlisha, a combination of Carla and Lisha. Also compare Kalisha.

Karlota f Basque
Basque form of French Charlotte.

Karlotta f English (Rare), German (Rare), Icelandic
Variant of Carlotta.

Karlotte f Estonian (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Archaic)
Estonian, Norwegian and Danish form of Charlotte.

Karlu m & f Indian

Karly f & m German
A diminutive of the name Karl.

KarlyAnn f English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Karly and Ann

Karlygash f Kazakh
Means "swallow (bird)" in Kazakh.

Karlyn f English (Rare)
Variant of Karline.

Karlyna f English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Karlynn f English
Variant of Carlin.

Karmah f Arabic (Rare)

Karmalyn f American (Rare)
Variant of Carmeline

Karman f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Karmen.

Karme f & m Estonian
Either derived from Estonian kärme meaning "swift", or else a short form of Karmo or Karmen, or an adoption of the Greek name Karme.

Karmel f & m Hebrew, Basque (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Original Hebrew form of Carmel, also used in other languages. In Basque, it is exclusively a masculine name.

Karméla f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Carmela.

Karmele f Basque
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Carmen and Carmela.

Karmelia f Polish (Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Karmela. Last year it was borne by 11 women in Poland.

Karmelina f Hungarian, Albanian (Rare)
Hungarian and Albanian form of Carmelina.

Karmelita f Polish (Modern, Rare)
Rare Polish variant of Carmelita or elaboration of Karmela, which also coincides with the Polish word "karmelita" meaning (male) Carmelite... [more]

Kármen f Hungarian
Hungarian borrowing of Carmen.

Karmena f Latvian (Rare), Polish, Maltese
Latvian, Polish and Maltese form of Carmen.

Kármin f Hungarian (Modern)
Derived from Hungarian kármin "carmine" (ultimately from Latin carminium “carmine”).

Karmin f English (Rare)
Variant of Carmen.

Karmina f Spanish (Mexican, Rare), Filipino (Rare)

Karmiya f Soviet
Variant of Krasarma.

Karmjeet m & f Indian (Sikh)
Variant of Karamjeet.

Karmjit m & f Indian (Sikh)
Variant of Karamjeet.

Karmni f Maltese (Archaic)
Karmni Grima (2 February 1838 – 25 May 1922) was a Maltese peasant whose mystical religious experience led to the constructions and services as an apostle of Our Lady of Ta' Pinu.

Karmon f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Carmen.

Karmyn f English
Variant of Carmen.

Karn m & f Thai
Means "beloved" in Thai.

Karna f Danish, Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Known since the 15th century, Karna was used as a variant of Karla in the southern parts of Sweden and as a variant of Karen 1 in the eastern parts of Denmark.

Karnaim m & f Biblical
Genesis 14:5, also Greek Karnain. A place near the Dead Sea.

Karne m & f Telugu, Nepali
Possibly related to Karna.

Karneshia f English (American)

Karni f Hebrew (Modern)
Means "my horn, my ray of light", derived from Hebrew Keren, meaning "ray of light".

Karnika f Sanskrit
Karnika means the Heart of the Lotus.

Karnilla f Literature
Karnilla is the name of the Norn Queen, a character in Marvel Comics.

Karniya f Indian, Tamil, Sanskrit

Karo m & f Finnish
Feminine nickname for Karoliina or a variant of Kari 2.

Karó f Icelandic
Iclandic form of Karo.

Karolaine f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Carolaine.

Karolayne f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Carolaine.

Karolcia f Polish
Diminutive of Karola and Karolina.

Karole f Corsican (Modern, Rare), French (Modern, Rare)

Karoleena f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Carolina.

Karolëna f Kashubian
Kashubian form of Caroline.

Karoli f Estonian

Karolien f Dutch, Flemish, Afrikaans
Variant of Carolien.

Karoliine f Estonian
Estonian form of Caroline.

Karoliinná f Sami
Sami form of Karolina.

Karolijn f Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Carolijn.

Kärolin f Estonian

Karólín f Icelandic (Rare)
Iclandic short form of Karólína.

Karolin f German (Rare), Swedish, Hungarian, Estonian, Banat Swabian
Swedish and Hungarian variant of Karolina and German variant of Karoline, reflecting the French pronunciation of Caroline.

Karólína f Icelandic
Iclandic form of Karolina.

Karolīne f Latvian (Rare)
Latvian form of Karoline.

Karolinka f Polish
Diminutive of Karolina.

Karölka f Vilamovian
Feminine form of Karöl.

Karolka f Vilamovian
Feminine form of Karol 1.

Karolt f Hungarian (Rare)
Old Hungarian name of Turkic origin said to mean "black stoat, black weasel" (compare Sarolt). The name was probably first used in the Carpathian Basin around the 9th-10th centuries.

Karolyna f Portuguese (Brazilian)

Karolyne f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Caroline.

Karolynn f English (Rare)
Variant of Carolyn.

Karomat f Uzbek
Means "miracle" in Uzbek.

Karon f English (American)
Variant of Karen 1.

Karone f Popular Culture
From the character in Power Rangers.

Kʼarooyye m & f Sidamo
Means "wise, clever" in Sidama.

Karoru f Japanese
Japanese version of Carol.

Karoun f Armenian
Means "spring" or "springtime" in Armenian.

Karpalo f & m Finnish
Means "cranberry" in Finnish.

Karpo m & f Tibetan
Means "white, pure" in Tibetan.

Karpo f Greek Mythology
Original Greek form of Carpo.

Karra f English (American, Modern)
Variant of Kara 1.

Karrah f English (American, Modern)
Variant of Karra.

Karren f English
Variant of Karen 1.

Karri f English (Modern)
Variant of Carrie.

Karri f Indigenous Australian
Australian Aboriginal word for the Eucalypt Tree, Eucalyptus Diversicolour, which is found in the South Western Region of Western Australia.

Karrienna f American, English
Variant of Karina.

Karrington f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Carrington.

Karro f Indigenous Australian
Means "blood" in Kaurna.

Karron f & m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Caron/Charon and Karen 1.

Karrueche f Obscure

Karry f & m English

Karryn f English (American, Modern)
Variant of Karyn.

Karsen m & f English
Variant of Carson.

Karsha f English (Modern, Rare)

Karsie f Arthurian Cycle
Duchess of Arundel in Gottfried’s Tristan.... [more]

Karsje f Dutch (Rare)

Kärsti f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kerstin.

Kärstin f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kerstin.

Karstyn f English (American)
Feminine spelling of Karsten.

Kārta f Baltic Mythology

Karta f German (Bessarabian)

Kartaava m & f Greenlandic
Short form of Nukartaava.

Kartar m & f Indian (Sikh)
Means "creator, doer, maker" in Punjabi.

Kartâva f & m Greenlandic
Short form of Nukartâva.

Kartela f German (Bessarabian)

Kartella f German (Bessarabian)
Variant of Kartela.

Karthy f & m American (Rare)
Variant of Carthy.

Kartia f English (Canadian)

Kartier m & f African American (Modern)
Variant of Cartier.

Kartika f & m Indonesian
Means "star" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit कृत्तिका (krittika). This is also the Indonesian name for the constellation of the Pleiades.

Kartikasari f Indonesian
From Indonesian kartika meaning "star" and sari meaning "essence".

K'artuvat f Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.

Karua f Abkhaz
Means "amber" in Abkhaz.

Karugendo m & f Haya
Means "pertaining to a journey" in Ruhaya.

Karui f Japanese

Karuko f Japanese
From Japanese 佳 (ka) meaning "beautiful, good" combined with 瑠 (ru) meaning "precious stone" and 子 (ko) meaning "child"

Karuma f Japanese
From Japanese 果 (ka) meaning "fruit", 瑠 (ru) meaning "precious stone" combined with 摩 (ma) meaning "to rub; to scour; to grind". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Karún f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Blend of Karín or Karen 1 and Old Norse rún meaning "secret lore, rune".

Karúngi f Kiga
Means "something good, beautiful" in Rukiga.

Karungi f Haya
Means "the one who is beautiful" in Haya.

Karunka f Czech
Diminutive of Karla.

Karura f Japanese
Japanese version of Karla.

Karusia f Polish

Karusja f Polish (?)

Karvi f Hindi, Hinduism, Punjabi, Indian, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi
Meaning- female artisan; doer; maker

Karwasisa f Quechua
Means "yellow flower" in Quechua, from Quechua karwa, "yellow" and sisa, "flower".

Karweñe m & f Tocharian
Means "stone" in Tocharian.

Kary f English

Karya f Greek Mythology
Derived from Ancient Greek καρύα "hazel, hazel tree, hazel bush", ultimately from Ancient Greek κάρυον "nut". In Greek Mythology, Karya is attributed to the hamadryads, one of those nymphs who live in trees and are closely linked to the fate of the tree... [more]

Karya f Russian
Diminutive of Karina.

Karyl f English (American)
Variant of Carol 1.

Karylle f English (American, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Variant of Carol 1.

Karyme f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), American (Hispanic)
Possibly a form of Karima. A known bearer is Mexican actress Karyme Lozano (1978-).

Karyne f French (Rare)
Variant of Karine 1.

Karynn f English (Rare)
Variant of Karen 1.

Karynne f English
Variant of Karen 1.

Karys f English (Modern)

Karyssa f English
Variant of Karissa.

Kas m & f Dutch
Variant spelling of Cas.

Kasa f Hopi
Means "wearing leather" in Hopi.

Kasai f & m Japanese
Means "fire" or "flame".

K'asaloĸ f Greenlandic
Means "bark of fir tree, used for the dying of skins" in Greenlandic.

Kasambayi f Chewa
Means “page” in Chichewa.

Kasane f & m Japanese
This name can be used as 襲 (shuu, oso.u, kasa.ne), which refers the layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat, ultimately derived from the noun 重ね (kasane), the continuative or stem form of the verb 重ねる (kasaneru) meaning "to pile, add (layers), stack, heap" or "to repeat."... [more]

Kasanita f Fijian
Allegedly means "strike wood together to make fire" in Fijian.

Kasar m & f Indian (Muslim)

Kasara f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Cassarah.

Kasarah f English (Rare)
Variant of Cassarah.

Kasaundra f English (Rare)
Variant of Cassandra.

Kase m & f English
Variant of Case.

Kaseigh f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Casey.

Kasen f Japanese
Means "flower fan".... [more]

Kase:waien f Mohawk

Kaseweetin f Cree

Kasha f English (Modern, Rare)
Most likely a modern phonetic respelling of Cassia, although in some cases it seems to be used as an Anglicized spelling of Polish Kasia.

Kashaundria f Obscure

Kashavia f African American (Modern), African American

Kashawna f African American (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Kashawn.

Ka'shayla f African American
Variant of Kashayla.

Kashayla f African American
Combination of the prefix ka and Shayla.

Kashell f English (Modern, Rare)

Kashfia f Bengali (Rare)

Kashia f African American (Modern)

Kashifa f Arabic, Urdu
Feminine form of Kashif.

Kashiko f Japanese
“Kashi” (菓) means: candy, cake, fruit. “Ko” (子) means: child.... [more]

Kashish m & f Indian, Punjabi, Hinduism
Means "lord of the Kashis" or "lord of Kashi city" in Sanskrit, from the place name काशी (Kashi), which refers to one of the seven sacred cities of the Hindus (also known as Varanasi or Benares), and ईश (īśa) meaning "lord"... [more]

Kashlyn f English (Modern, Rare)
A combination of Kash and Lyn.

Kashlynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kashlyn.

Kashm f Afghan
She who is attracted

Kashmala f Pashto
From Pashto کشمالو (kash-malu) meaning "holy basil".

Kashmere m & f African American
Variant of Cashmere.

Kashmir m & f English, Indian
From Hindi कश्मीर (kaśmīr) or Urdu کشمیر‎ (kašmīr), referring to a region of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, between China, India and Pakistan. It is also the name of a 1975 Led Zeppelin song.

Kashmira f Indian, Indian (Parsi)
Feminine form of Kashmir. This is the name of the female protagonist of Salman Rushdie's novel Shalimar the Clown (2005).

Kashonda f African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix ka and the given name Shonda. It can be spelled KaShonda or Kashonda.

Kashti f & m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "my rainbow" in Hebrew. Derived from Keshet, meaning "rainbow".

Kashtyn m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kashton.

Kashvi f Hindi, Urdu, Rajasthani
Meaning "Shining". This Name could also be an Indian Translated Form of Shine.