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Kasia f Biblical Greek, Late GreekGreek form of
Keziah, as it first appeared in the Septuagint. It coincides with the Greek noun κασία
(kasia) meaning "cassia, cinnamon", which was borrowed into Greek from Hebrew and therefore comes from the same etymological root as Keziah... [
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Kasinda f KongoMeans “child who was born at dawn” in Kikongo.
Kaska f EnglishMay be used in reference to the place name of Kaska in the Bible.
Kaskazi f SwahiliSwahili feminine name meaning "north wind" or "hot season, summer".
Kass m & f English (Rare)Variant of
Cass, though it may also be from a East German surname
Kass derived from Czech
kos "blackbird".
Kassa m & f AmharicMeans "compensation, reparation" in Amharic.
Kássia f Portuguese (Brazilian)Brazilian Portuguese variant spelling of
Cássia. A known bearer of this name is the Brazilian television presenter, singer and actress Kássia Franco.
Kassiani f GreekFeminine form of
Kassianos. This was the name of a 9th-century Byzantine saint famous as a hymnographer, who supposedly fell in love with the emperor Theophilos but was rejected when she proved to be more intelligent than he.
Kastehelmi f FinnishDerived from Finnish
kastehelmi "dewdrop", ultimately from
kaste "dew" and
helmi "pearl".
Kasthuri f IndianPossibly of Sanskrit origin. Meaning "fragrance" or "musk".
Kasturba f IndianIndian name meaning "musk from the musk deer" combined with a feminine honorific. This was the name of the wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
Kasue f JapaneseFrom Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, addition, increase", 須 (su) meaning "must, have to, necessary" combined with 恵 (e) meaning "favour". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Kasumiko f JapaneseFrom Japanese 霞 (kasumi) meaning "mist" or 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance", 住 (sumi) meaning "dwell, reside, live, inhabit" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible... [
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Kataluna f Obscure (Rare)Possibly a variant of
Katalina or a combination of
Katalina and
Luna. Kataluna Patricia Enriquez is an American beauty pageant titleholder who is the first openly transgender woman to earn the titles and to become qualified to compete in the Miss USA pageant.
Katana f English (Rare), Popular CultureCommonly associated with the Japanese word (刀) referring to a single-edged sword, derived from a combination of 片 (kata) meaning "one-sided" and 刃 (na) meaning "edge." The name is borne by a fictional superheroine in the DC Comics universe... [
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Katara f Popular CultureThe name of a character in the animated television series
Avatar: The Last Airbender. Her name was apparently taken from the Arabic word قطرة
(qatra) meaning "raindrop, droplet".
Katariya f IndianPossibly stems from Katariya the city in the Ambedkar Nagar district of India.
Kataro m & f JapaneseIn my culture, me being born with the first name Kataro, I’ve never really known what it meant, but our interpretation of it was somebody who was a bright person, but saw things that weren’t there, not like a mental disorder just more so somebody who’s able to see spirits, not communicate but see them and lead them to a peaceful land to rest... [
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Kateline f French (Modern, Rare), French (Quebec, Rare), French (Swiss, Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare), Flemish (Rare)Variant of
Cateline.
Kateni f MaoPossibly from the Mao
ttie meaning "small".
Katešḫapi m & f HittiteMeans "King of the Gods", from the Hittite elements
katte ("king") and
ašḫab ("god"). The name of a Hittite god, which was also borne by a queen of the Middle Kingdom period of the Hittite empire, who is known only from fragmentary documents... [
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Kathely f LiteratureKathely Burnell is one of the main characters in the book "The Wrylin" by Allen Lamb.
Katholiki f GreekMeans "universal", apparently taken from the Greek title of the Virgin Mary Παναγιά Καθολική
(Panagia Katholike) (see also
Panagiotis)... [
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Katisha f Theatre, African American (Rare)Meaning unknown. This was used for a character in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera
The Mikado (1885), set in Japan. Since the 1970s it has also been used as a blend of the prefix
ka with the name
Latisha.
Katishe f Russian (?), LiteraturePerhaps a Russified form of French
Catiche, an archaic diminutive of
Catherine. This name is used for a character, Princess
Katerina 'Katishe' Mamontova, in English translations of Leo Tolstoy's epic novel
War and Peace (1869).
Katiti f African American (Rare)A name coined in the 1970s in the movement of choosing Afrocentric names for children, after the Ugandan place name Katiti.
Katitzi f RomaniRomani diminutive for Katarina or Kati, meaning "little Kati".
Katixa f BasqueBasque diminutive of
Katalin. This name was first recorded in Etxaleku (Navarre) in 1548, and it has been revived in modern times.
Katori f & m JapaneseFrom Japanese 佳 (ka) meaning "beautiful, good" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person" and 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine"
Katranide f ArmenianThe name of two queens consort in the Bagratuni dynasty (862-1045) in the Kingdom of Armenia.