Kialoaf & mHawaiian A Native Hawaiian word describing a type of long, light, and finished canoe which evolved as slang to refer to a tall, beautiful woman...sometimes used as a given name.
KiandafAfrican Mythology, Southern African Kianda (or Dandalunda) is a goddess of the sea, of the waters, and a protector of fishermen in traditional Angolan culture. Kianda was traditionally worshipped by throwing offerings such as food and clothing into the sea... [more]
KibethfLiterature Kibeth is the third of the seven bells used by necromancers and the Abhorsen in Garth Nix's Old Kingdom trilogy. Kibeth is the Walker, and makes the listener walk where the ringer wills.
KigechfIndigenous American Kigech comes from the Hoopa tribe in California. It means “Little Strawberry”
KihanafJapanese (Modern) From Japanese 衣 (ki) meaning "garment, clothes, dressing", 祈 (ki) meaning "pray, wish" or 喜 (ki) meaning "rejoice" combined with 花 (hana) meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Kiharum & fJapanese From Japanese 綺 (ki) meaning "elegant, beautiful", 妃 (ki) meaning "empress", 輝 (ki) meaning "brightness; lustre; brilliance; radiance; splendour", 起 (ki) meaning "to rise, to wake up", 貴 (ki) meaning "expensive", 紀 (ki) meaning "century", 稀 (ki) meaning "season" or 喜 (ki) meaning "rejoice" combined with 春 (haru) meaning "spring"... [more]
KihimefJapanese From Japanese 黄 (ki) meaning "yellow" combined with 姫 (hime) meaning "princess". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Kihirom & fJapanese From Japanese 喜 (ki) meaning "rejoice" or 希 (ki) meaning "hope" combined with 広 (hiro) meaning "vast, wide", 洋 (hiro) meaning "ocean" or 虹 (hiro) meaning "rainbow". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KihokofJapanese From 稀 (ki) meaning "rare" and 帆 (ho) meaning "sail" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Kijanam & fSwahili, African American (Modern) Means "young person" in Swahili. This is the nickname of American football player Kenneth Leonard 'Ki-Jana' Carter (1973-), given to him by his mother, who was inspired by a minor character in the movie Shaft in Africa (1973).
KikakofJapanese From Japanese 葵 (ki) meaning "hollyhock", 花 (ka) meaning "flower" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KikuhafJapanese From Japanese 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" combined with 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KikuhofJapanese From Japanese 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" combined with 穂 (ho) meaning "ear of grain". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KikujimJapanese From Japanese 喜 (ki) meaning "joy, delight, pleasure", 久 (ku) meaning "long time" and 治 (ji) meaning "govern, regulate, administer"... [more]
KikukafJapanese From Japanese 喜 (ki) meaning "rejoice", 久 (ku) meaning "long time" combined with 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KikukofJapanese From 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KikumifJapanese From Japanese 喜 (ki) meaning "rejoice", 久 (ku) meaning "long time" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are possible as well.
KikunafJapanese From Japanese 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens " or 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KikunefJapanese Japanese feminine given name derived from 菊 (kiku) and 禰 (ne) meaning "ancestral shrine".
KikunofJapanese From Japanese 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" and 乃 (no) meaning "of". Other Kanji combinations are possible.
KikutomJapanese From Japanese 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KikuyafJapanese Derived from the Japanese kanji 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum flower" combined with 弥 (ya) meaning "widely, increasingly, more and more, for a long time".... [more]
KikuyofJapanese From Japanese meaning 喜 (ki) meaning "rejoice", 久 (ku) meaning "long time" combined with 代 (yo) meaning "generation". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KikuyufJapanese Japanese feminine name derived from 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" and 夕 (yu) meaning "evening".
KillayfQuechua Means "my moon" in Quechua from the word killa meaning "moon".
KilluamPopular Culture The name of a character (a 12-year-old boy from a family of assassins) in the Japanese manga series Hunter × Hunter (1998-) and its anime television adaptations.
KimanafEnglish, Eastern African Possibly an invented name, an elaboration of Kim 1 with the name suffix -ana, or a feminine form of Kimani, or from the name of the town in Kenya.... [more]
KimanimAfrican "Adventurous" or "sailor" Kukiyu tribe in the nation state of Kenya.
KimikafJapanese (Rare) From Kimi combined with a ka kanji, like 香 meaning "fragrance," 佳 meaning "beautiful, good" or 花/華 meaning "flower."
KimilafEnglish (Rare) Probably an elaboration of Kim 1 influenced by Camilla. This is the given name of American actress Kim Basinger (1953-).
KiminafJapanese From Japanese 君 (kimi) meaning "lord, noble" combined with 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KiminofJapanese From Japanese 喜 (ki) meaning "rejoice", 実 (mi) meaning "seed; fruit; nut" or 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
KimitomJapanese From Japanese 君 or 公 (kimi) meaning "lord" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person". Other kanji combinations can also make up this name.
KimiyafPersian Means "rare" or "alchemy" in Persian, possibly given in reference to the 11th-century Sufi text كيمياى سعادت (Kimiya-yi sa'ādat), 'The Alchemy of Happiness', by Al-Ghazali.
KimiyofJapanese Means "beginning, generation, beautiful, righteous" and "child, main, given" in Japanese. Known bearers of this name include the Japanese former tennis player Kimiyo Hatanaka (1944-), Japanese table tennis player Kimiyo Matsuzaki (1938-), and Japanese artist Kimiyo Mishima (1932-).
KimorafAfrican American (Modern) Popularized by American model Kimora Lee Simmons (1975-), in whose case it possibly derives from the common Japanese surname Kimura, reflecting Simmons's Japanese ancestry (she is African-American on her father's side and Japanese-Korean on her mother's)... [more]
KinanafArabic Kinana means “quiver”, as in a container that holds arrows. Kinana is also the name of an Arabian tribe to which the Prophet Muhammad belonged. (He belonged to the Quraysh, a branch of the Kinana.)
KinniafHistory (Ecclesiastical) According to legend, Saint Kinnia, a 5th-century daughter of an Irish chieftain, was baptized by Saint Patrick and is said to have been the first nun to follow his teachings. She lived in the convent of Druim Dubhain which was founded by Saint Patrick.
KinokafJapanese From Japanese 葵 (ki) meaning "hollyhock", 乃 (no), a possessive particle combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KinubimSwahili Swahili masculine name meaning "harp".
KinukofJapanese From 絹 (kinu) meaning "silk" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can be used.
KinuyofJapanese From 絹 (kinu) means "silk" and 代 (yo) can mean "replace, change, substitute, age, generation, world, period". Other kanji combinations can spell this name.
KipchafLiterature Meaning unknown. Kipcha is a female wolf in British author David Clement-Davies' series 'The Sight'. Clement-Davies likely invented the name for his novels.
KirakofJapanese From Japanese 精 (kira) meaning "polishing, refining" or 綺 (ki) meaning "elegant, beautiful" and 羅 (ra) meaning "lightweight fabric" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Kiranaf & mIndian, Kannada, Punjabi, Hindi, Indonesian, Thai Alternate transcription of Kiran as well as the Indonesian and Thai form. It is used as a unisex name in India and Indonesia while it is solely feminine in Thailand.
KirapumMoriori Meaning of this name is possibly not known. This was the name of Moriori elder named Kirapu Rangikei of the Kaingaroa district on what is now the Chatham Islands who signed the 1862 Moriori Petition.
Kiraraf & mJapanese (Modern), Popular Culture From the stem of adjective 煌らか (kiraraka) meaning "glittering, sparkling, twinkling." The word for "mica" or "isinglass" (雲母) is a derivation.... [more]
KiratimThai Means "honour, fame, prestige" in Thai.
KiratomJapanese From Japanese 光 (kira) meaning "light", 輝 (kira) meaning "brightness; lustre; brilliance; radiance; splendour" or 葵 (kira) meaning "hollyhock" combined with 翔 (to) meaning "soar, fly", 仁 (to) meaning "benevolence" or 瞳 (to) meaning "pupil"... [more]
KirihafJapanese From Japanese Kanji 霧 (kiri) meaning "fog, mist" or 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia" and 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf, blade". ... [more]
KirikafJapanese Japanese feminine given name comprised of the Kanji 霧 (kiri) meaning "fog, mist" or 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia" and 花 (ka) meaning "flower, blossom" or 香 (ka) meaning "incense, smell, fragrance" or 夏 (ka) meaning "summer"... [more]
KirikofJapanese From Japanese 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia" or 霧 (kiri) meaning "mist" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KirinofJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 桐 (kiri) "paulownia" or 霧 (kiri) "mist" combined with 野 (sho, ya, no, no-) meaning "civilian life, field, plains, rustic" & 乃 (ai, dai, nai, no, sunawa.chi, nanji, no) meaning "accordingly, from, possessive particle, whereupon"... [more]
KirionmGeorgian (Rare), Russian (Archaic) Georgian and Russian form of Kyrion. A notable bearer of this name was the Georgian saint Kirion II (1855-1918), who was the first Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia.
KiririfJapanese From Japanese 希 (ki) "beg, request, hope, rare" or 紀 (ki) "record, annal; century" combined with 音 (riri) meaning "sound" or 利 (ri) meaning "profit, benefit"
KirisufJapanese From Japanese 桐 (kiri) "paulownia" or 霧 (kiri) "mist" combined with 寿 (su) meaning "longevity, long life". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KiritomJapanese (Rare) Kirito is the username of a character in 'Sword Art Online'. Being a nickname for a combat game, it possibly derive from the Japanese verb 切る (kiru) meaning "to cut" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person".
KirumifPopular Culture Borne by character Kirumi Tojo (東条 斬美) in the visual novel adventure game 'Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony', made up of the verb 斬る (kiru) meaning "to kill, cut/slice (off)" and 美 (mi) meaning "beauty."... [more]
KisakifJapanese From Japanese 妃 (kisaki) meaning "princess" or 葵 (ki) meaning "hollyhock, althea" combined with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KisamemPopular Culture From Japanese 鬼 (ki) meaning "ogre" and 鮫 (same) meaning "shark". Kisame Hoshigaki is a character from the 'Naruto' anime and manga series.
KisarafJapanese, Popular Culture This name is usually spelled with katakana, but it can also be spelled with 綺 (ki) meaning "thin silk", 沙 (sa) meaning "sand", and 良 (ra) meaning "good". There are other possible kanji combinations.... [more]
KisarafArabic Kisara is a variation of the Arabic name Kizara. Its concrete origin is unknown. Quisara means "the beloved one". This name was popularized thanks to John Fletcher's work 'The Island Princess' (1621), to refer to the main female character: a lightskinned moroocan princess who vows to marry the man who can free her imprisoned brother.
KisharfNear Eastern Mythology Her name is argued to mean "the whole earth", possibly deriving from the Akkadian element kili ("all, whole, totality"). The name of an Akkadian goddess that represented the Earth, with her twin Anshar representing the sky... [more]
KishinmJapanese Kishin (鬼神) means "fierce god" in Japanese.
KitanafPopular Culture Name of a character in the 'Mortal Kombat' series of video games, based on the Japanese words kitsune (see Kitsune) and katana (see Katana).
KitarafJapanese From Japanese 北 (kita), meaning "north" and 刃 (ha), meaning "edge" or "blade."
KitarumJapanese (Rare) This name comes from the verb 来る/來る (kuru) meaning “to come, arrive,” which is a combination of 来 (ki), the continuative form of 来る (kuru), and the verb 至る (itaru) meaning “to reach (a stage), to lead/get to, to attain"... [more]
KitorifJapanese From Japanese 輝 (ki) meaning "brightness", 生 (ki) meaning "living", 希 (ki) meaning "hope", or 貴 (ki) meaning "expensive", combined with 鳥 (tori) meaning "bird". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KitsuefJapanese (Rare) From 橘 (kitsu, tachibana) meaning "orange, tangerine" or 吉 (kitsu) meaning "good luck" combined with 恵 (e, megumi) meaning "favour, benefit". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KitsuomJapanese From Japanese 橘 (kitsu) meaning "orange, tangerine" combined with 男 (o) meaning "male", 夫 (o) meaning "man, husband", 雄 (o) meaning "hero, manly" or 郎 (o) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
K'iturafGreenlandic Archaic spelling of Qitura (according to the old Kleinschmidt orthography which was used to write Greenlandic until 1973, when orthographic reforms were introduced)... [more]
K'ivioĸm & fGreenlandic Greenlandic name meaning 'down on a birds skin' or 'wooly hair or fleece on an animals skin' or 'fluff or down from plants'.
KiviuqmInuit Mythology Kiviuq is the hero of epic stories of the Inuit of the Arctic regions of northern Canada, Alaska and Greenland. Kiviuq is an eternal Inuit wanderer.
KivrinfLiterature One of the main characters in the 1992 science fiction novel Doomsday Book by Connie Willis.
KiwakofJapanese From Japanese 葵 (ki) meaning "hollyhock", 和 (wa) meaning "Japan, Japanese" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
KiwamumJapanese From classical verbs 究 (kiwamu) and 極 (kiwamu), modern kiwameru, meaning "to investigate thoroughly, master" and "to carry to extremes, go to the end of something" respectively.... [more]
KiwarafSwahili Swahili feminine name meaning "savannah".