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Kleola f Greek MythologyPossibly a short form or corruption of either Κλεολεία
(Kleoleia) or Κλεολαία
(Kleolaia), both of which derive their first element from Greek κλέος
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Klil f & m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)Means "whole, full, completely, crowned" in Hebrew. Also a flower name, known as "Cercis siliquastrum" in English.
Klila f MandaeanMeans "wreath, circlet" in Mandaic, in Mandaeism myrtle wreaths are used during religious ceremonies and seen as a feminine symbol.
Klinta f LatvianDerived from Latvian
klints "rock; cliff". This name was used by Latvian writer Ilze Indrāne in her novel
Ūdensnesējs (1971).
Klotilda f Croatian (Rare), Lithuanian, Czech (Rare), Slovak (Rare), Kashubian, Slovene, German (Bessarabian), AlbanianCroatian, Lithuanian, Czech, Slovak, Kashubian, Albanian and Slovene form of
Clotilde.
Kmara f Georgian (Archaic)Derived from the Georgian interjection კმარა
(kmara) meaning "Enough!". The use of this word as a given name was started by parents who did not want any more daughters, but yet ended up having another one... [
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Knarik f ArmenianArmenian feminine name derived from the word
քնար (k'nar) meaning "lyre".
Knasgowa f CherokeeKnasgowa is Cherokee for heron. Herons, eagles, and other animals are a big part of Cherokee culture.
Kniertje f DutchDutch
diminutive of
Cunera. Popularized by a character in the 1900 play Op Hoop van Zegen by Dutch playwright Herman Heijermans.
K'nyaw m & f KarenMeans "Karen" in S'gaw Karen, derived from Burmese ကရင်
(kayin) of uncertain origin.
Koai f JapaneseJapanese
小 (ko) meaning "small" and
愛 (ai) meaning "love".
Koaki f JapaneseJapanese feminine name derived from
小 (ko) meaning "small",
亜 (a) meaning "come after" and
希 (ki) meaning "hope, pray".
Koala f AmericanThe word koala comes from the Dharug gula. Although the vowel 'u' was originally written in the English orthography as "oo" (in spellings such as coola or koolah), it was changed to "oa", possibly in error... [
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Koatsu f JapaneseFrom Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" combined with 厚 (atsu) meaning "thick, heavy, kind". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Koba f & m JapaneseFrom Japanese 木 (ko) meaning "tree" or 小 (ko) meaning "small, little" combined with 葉 (ba) meaning "leaf". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Kobeni m & f JapaneseThe name Kobeni means "small" (小) (ko) and "red, vermilion, crimson" (紅) (beni).
Kochab f AstronomyPossibly from Arabic الكوكب
(al-kawkab) or Hebrew כוכב
(kokhav) meaning "star". This is the name of the second brightest star (after
Polaris) in the constellation Ursa Minor.
Kochav f & m HebrewMeans "Venus" or "Star" in Hebrew. This is the name of wedding dress designer Pnina Tornai's sister, and has a strictly feminine variant,
Kochava.
Kodak m & f American (Modern, Rare)Variant of
Kodiak perhaps popularized by an American Rapper: Kodak Black. He was most active from 2013 to present. His real name is Dieuson Octave.
Kodian f Popular CultureKodian is the name of a female character in the online role-playing game World of Warcraft.
Koeri f JapaneseJapanese feminine given name derived from
小 (ko) meaning "small" and
衿 (eri) meaning "collar".
Kofiya f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
kofi meaning "sufficient".
Kofoworola m & f YorubaMeans "He/She did not buy this wealth with money" in Yoruba, derived from
kò meaning "(he/she) didn't",
fi meaning "use",
owó meaning "money",
rà meaning "buy" and
ọlá meaning "wealth".
Kofuku f JapaneseFrom Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 福 (fuku) meaning "fortune". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well. A fictional bearer of this name is Kofuku (小福) from the anime Noragami.
Kofuyu f JapaneseFrom Japanese 湖 (ko) meaning "lake", 香 (ko) meaning "fragrance" or 小 (ko) meaning "small, little" combined with 冬 (fuyu) "winter". Other combinations of kanji are possible.
Kögala f Karachay-BalkarFrom the Karachay-Balkar
кёк (kök) meaning "blue, sky" and
ала (ala) meaning "I; them", "mottled, speckled" or "light".
Kogane f Japanese (Rare)This name is used as either 黄金 or 小金 with 黄 (ou, kou, ki, ko-) meaning "yellow", 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small" and 金 (kin, kon, gon, kana-, kane, -gane) meaning "money, metal."... [
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Kogasa f JapaneseFrom Japanese 小 (ko) "little" and 傘 (gasa) "umbrella."
Kogiku f JapaneseKo means "small" and giku is a form of kiku, meaning "chrysanthemum".
Kohane f Japanesemeans " may 7th" in japanese. mainly used for girls born on that day.... [
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Kohara f Polynesian MythologyKohara is the goddess of tuna, and is considered the "mother of all tuna fish". The word also means "to throw a flash of lightning, as a deity". In Māori mythology, lightning begat tuna. In that sense, Kohara can be considered the "ancestor of tuna".
Kohare f Japanese (Modern, Rare)From 晴れ
(hare) meaning "clear/fine weather" prefixed with a
ko kanji, like 小 meaning "small," 心 meaning "heart, mind," 木 meaning "tree" or 虹 meaning "rainbow."... [
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Kohasu f JapaneseFrom Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 蓮 (hasu) meaning "lotus, waterlily". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well.
Kohime f JapaneseFrom Japanese 姫 (kohime) meaning "princess" or from Japanese 瑚 (ko) meaning "coral", 紅 (ko) meaning "crimson",小 (ko) meaning "small, little", 恋 (ko) meaning "love", 光 (hi) meaning "light" combined with 女 (me) meaning "female, woman, wife", 姫 (hime) meaning "princess" or 媛 (hime) meaning "beauty, beautiful woman, princess"... [
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Kohina f JapaneseFrom Japanese 小 (
ko) meaning "small, little", 日 (
hi) meaning "sun, day" combined with 菜 (
na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Koi f Japanese (Rare)Koi means "Love, Affection, Yearn For" similarly to
Ai 1, but it mostly refers to "Romantic, Passionate" love, rather than compassionate love... [
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Koidu f EstonianDerived from the genitive singular (attributive) form of Estonian
koit "dawn".
Koikana f JapaneseFrom Koi meaning “love” (恋), Ka meaning “incense” (香) and Na meaning “Vegetables, greens” (菜). Other kanji combinations are possible.
Koiko f JapaneseFrom 恋 (
koi, ren) meaning "affection, romantic love, yearn for" and 子 (
ko, shi) means "child, sign of the rat, first sign of the Chinese zodiac". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Koiku f JapaneseJapanese feminine name derived from
小 (ko) meaning "small, child" and
郁 (iku) meaning "cultural progress, perfume".
Koinu f Japanese (Rare)Taken from 子犬 (koinu) meaning "puppy". Could also use the Kanji combinations 小犬 (koinu) meaning "little dog" or 心犬 (koinu) meaning "heart dog".
Koishi f JapaneseTaken from 恋 (koishii), which means "to love" in Japanese. It is written こいし using the hiragana writing system.
Koito f & m Japanese (Rare)From
Ito prefixed with a
ko kanji, such as 小 meaning "small," 紅 meaning "crimson," 瑚, part of
Sango, 心 meaning "heart, mind," 幸 meaning "good luck, happiness" or 香 meaning "fragrance." It can also be written as a combination of 恋
(koi) meaning "(romantic) love" and a
to kanji, e.g. 音 meaning "sound" (this combination is more often used on males).... [
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Koiya f JapaneseWith the kanji meaning 恋 meaning love, and 屋 meaning house, And 子 meaning child with the suffix -iya.
Kojika f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 子鹿 (kojika) meaning "fawn", or 小 (ko) meaning "small" or 仔 (ko) meaning "pup, cub, kit, calf" combined with 鹿 (jika, shika) meaning "deer".
Kokachin f Medieval MongolianKokachin was a 13th-century Mongol princess from the Yuan dynasty in China, belonging to the Mongol tribe of the Bayaut.
Kokage f JapaneseFrom Japanese 湖 (ko) meaning "lake" combined with 景 (kage) meaning "light". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Ko'kcha f UzbekDerived from the name of a certain kind of melon.
Kokimi f JapaneseJapanese feminine name derived from
小 (ko) mean "small, child",
喜 (ki) meaning "rejoice" and
美 (mi) meaning "beauty".
Ko'klamoy f UzbekDerived from
ko'klam meaning "springtime" and
oy meaning "moon".
Koko m & f JapaneseA Japanese name that can have different meanings depending on the kanji used to write it. ... [
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Koko f PashtoMeans "cute" in Pashto. It is used as a nickname in Afghanistan, often together with
Gul.
Kokoha f JapaneseFrom Japanese 心 (koko) meaning "heart, mind, soul" combined with 羽 (ha) meaning "feathers", 花 (ha) or 華 (ha) meaning "flower", 春 (ha) meaning "spring", 初 (ha) meaning "beginning, start, first", 晴 (ha) meaning "clear up" or 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf"... [
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Kokoko f JapaneseFrom Japanese 狐 (ko) meaning "fox", 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Kokomi f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 心 (
koko) meaning "heart, mind, spirit" or 湖 (
ko) meaning "lake" combined with 美 (
mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful" or 己 (
mi) meaning "itself, oneself"... [
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Kokomo f JapaneseDerived from the Japanese kanji 心 (
koko) meaning "mind, heart, spirit, soul; thoughts, ideas" or 心 (
ko) and 々 a Kanji used when the previous kanji is repeated, combined with 桃 (
mo) meaning "peach" or 椛 (
mo) meaning "birch" or 萌 (
mo) meaning "bud, sprout"... [
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Kokona f JapaneseFrom Japanese 琴 (
ko) meaning "harp" or 湖 (
ko) meaning "lake" combined with
々, which duplicates the first syllable and Japanese 奈 (
na) a phonetic character, 菜 (
na) meaning "vegetables, greens" or 南 (
na) meaning "south"... [
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Kokonatsu f JapaneseFrom Japanese 心 (
koko) meaning "heart, mind, soul", 南 (
na) meaning "south" combined with 子 (
tsu) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are also possible. ... [
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Kokonattsu f JapaneseFrom Japanese 心 (koko) meaning "heart, mind, soul" combined with 夏 (nattsu) meaning "summer". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well. ... [
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Kokono f JapaneseFrom Japanese 心 (koko) meaning "heart, mind, soul" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Kokora f JapaneseFrom Japanese 心 (koko) meaning "heart, mind, soul" combined with 桜 (ra) meaning "cherry blossom". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Kokori f JapaneseFrom Japanese 心 (koko) meaning "heart, mind, soul" combined with 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Kokorin f Japanese (Modern)Form of
Kokoro. Combination of Kanji Characters
心 meaning "Heart" or "Feeling" and
莉 meaning "White Jasmine" or
里 meaning "Homeland".
Kokorin f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 心 (
koko) meaning "heart, mind, core" combined with 梨 (
rin) meaning "pyrus; pear".... [
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Kokoromi f JapaneseFrom Japanese 心 (kokoro) meaning "heart, mind, soul" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Kokorozashige f JapaneseFrom Japanese 心 (kokoro) meaning "heart" combined with 石 (za) meaning "pomegranate / granate", 月 (shi) meaning "moon" and 善 (ge) meaning "flower, bloom, blossom"
Kokoru f JapaneseFrom Japanese 心 (koko) meaning "heart, mind, soul" combined with 瑠 (ru) meaning "lapis lazuli". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Kokowa f Japanese (Modern)This name is used as 心和 with 心 (shin, kokoro, -gokoro) meaning "heart, mind, spirit" and 和 (o, ka, wa, nago.mu, nago.yaka, yawa.ragu, yawa.rageru) meaning "harmony, Japan, Japanese style, peace, soften."
Koku f ChechenKoku Istambulova (1 June 1889? - 27 January 2019) was a Russian longevity claimant who claimed to be the world's oldest person at the time of her death
Kokumo m & f YorubaMeans "he will not die anymore" in Yoruba, typically given to an
Abiku child. Abiku are spirits that are believed to enter a pregnant woman and move in a constant cycle of birth, death, and rebirth... [
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Kolap f & m KhmerMeans "rose" in Khmer, of Persian origin.
Kolga f Norse MythologyMeans "the cold one" in Old Norse, referring to cold water. In Norse mythology, Kolga was a the daughter of
Ægir and
Rán.
Kolinda f Croatian (Rare)Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (born 1968) was the president of Croatia 2015–2020. She was named after a 1967 song ‘
Colinda’ by the Croatian singer Zdenka Vučković... [
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Kolob m & f Mormon (Rare)The name given to a great star revealed to Abraham in the Book of Abraham. There is a possible connection to the Khmer,
Kolab.
Kolþerna f Old NorseDerived from the Germanic name elements
kolr "coal" and
þerna "maid-servant".
Kolthida f KhmerMeans "daughter of a respectable family" in Khmer.
Koma m & f JapaneseFrom kanji '子' meaning 'child' and '魔' meaning demon or devil. Koma, or 子魔, means demon child, or young devil.
Komachi f JapaneseFrom Japanese 小 (ko) "little" and 町 (machi) "town." A famous bearer includes the Japanese waka poet Ono no Komachi (c. 825 - c. 900).
Komaki f JapaneseFrom Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small, little, short" combined with 巻 (maki) meaning "a scroll or book". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Komako f JapaneseJapanese feminine name derived from
駒 (koma) meaning "pony, horse" and
子 (ko) meaning "child".
Komaru f Japanesekomaru means "divided current". the kanji used are 齣(koma) meaning "divided" and 流(ru) meaning "current".
Komaru f JapaneseFrom Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" combined with 丸 (maru) meaning "round", or 齣 (koma) meaning "divided" combined with 流(ru) meaning "current" or 瑠 (ru) meaning "lapis lazuli". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.
Kombe f Greek MythologyThe name of a nymph of the island of Euboia who was the mother of the seven Euboian Korybantes. Her name comes from the element
κομβώο (komboo) meaning "girdled, buckled".
Kometitza f Medieval BasqueMedieval Basque name of uncertain origin and meaning. It was first recorded in Pamplona in 1074. It might possibly be related to
Comitessa.
Komomo f JapaneseFrom Japanese 子 (ko) meaning "child", 小 (ko) meaning "small", 紅 (ko) meaning "crimson", 光 (ko) meaning "light", 瑚 (ko) meaning "coral" or 心 (ko) meaning "heart, mind, soul" combined with 桃 (momo) meaning "peach"... [
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Kömöšhïlïw f BashkirFrom Bashkir
көмөш (kömöš) meaning "silver" and
һылыу (hiliw) meaning "beautiful, beauty".
Kömöšnur f BashkirFrom Bashkir
көмөш (kömöš) meaning "silver" and Arabic
نور (nur) meaning "light".
Komugi f JapaneseFrom Japanese 小麦 (komugi) meaning "wheat". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.
Kona f Greenlandic (Archaic)Derived from Old Norse
kona meaning "woman" or "wife", a loanword from the Norse period (985-1470) which was later used in the pidgin between European whalers and Greenlanders. The name
Kona was common in Southern Greenland and later spread to Western and Northern Greenland.
Kona f & m HawaiianHawaiian word meaning "leewards" corresponding to South West due to Hawaiian tradewinds.
Kona f & m JapaneseFrom Japanese 黄 (ko) meaning "yellow", 香 (ko) meaning "fragrance" or 小 (ko) meaning "small" combined with 南 (na) meaning "south", 夏 (na) meaning "summer", 波 (na) meaning "wave", 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" or 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree"... [
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Konadu f & m AfricanUsed among Akan peoples in Ghana, West Africa. Can be used as a first name and surname.
Konami f JapaneseFrom Japanese 湖 (ko) meaning "lake", 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree", 南 (na) meaning "south", 波 (na) meaning "wave" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", 実 (mi) meaning "fruit, good result, truth", 海 (mi) meaning "sea, ocean" or 波 (nami) meaning "wave"... [
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Konana f JapaneseFrom Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" combined with 七 (nana) meaning "seven". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Konata f & m JapaneseEither "this direction, this side, thereafter, this person" or from
kona "powdered" and
ta "rice field". Used by the main character in the manga 'Lucky Star'.
Konatsu f & m JapaneseFrom the Japanese kanji 杏 (
ko) meaning "apricot" or小 (
ko) meaning "small" combined with 夏 (
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Konchok m & f Tibetan, LadakhiFrom Tibetan དཀོན་མཆོག
(dkon-mchog) meaning "rare jewel, excellent jewel", referring to the Three Jewels of Buddhism (the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha).
Koneko f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 子猫 (koneko) meaning "kitten", or 小 (ko) meaning "small" combined with 猫 (neko) meaning "cat". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well.
Konelīne f & m TahltanTahltan word meaning "Our Land Beautiful," rarely used as a name.
Konezu f JapaneseFrom japanese kanji 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 鼠 (nezu) meaning "mouse, rat".
Konjo f & m Amharic"Beauty" (typically used in a feminine context).