Kenleym & fEnglish (American, Modern) Either from the English surname Kenley which was derived from place names in Shropshire and Greater London (formerly Surrey) from the Old English name Cena combined with leah "woodland clearing"; or from the Scottish surname Kenley, itself a reduced form of McKenley, a variant of McKinley, derived from the Gaelic surname Mac Fionnlaigh, which means "son of Finlay".
KenrichmEnglish (American) Probably an invented name, but it coincides with name elements caín "handsome, beautiful, good" and rih "ruler, king". Kenrich Lo Williams (1994-) nicknamed "Kenny Hustle", is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association.
KerriafEnglish (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]
KielmEnglish (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]
KiplandmEnglish (American, Rare) Meaning uncertain. This name may possibly be a combination of the name Kip with the English noun land meaning "land", possibly created by parents who liked the name Kip but felt that it seemed like too much of a nickname for it to be a proper full name, and therefore set about inventing a proper full name for Kip, which ended up being Kipland... [more]
Koahm & fEnglish (American, Rare), English (Canadian, Rare) Meaning and origin uncertain. It might possibly be derived from Hebrew כוח (koah) meaning "strength, power" or from Hebrew כֹּחַ (koach) meaning "ability".
KroymEnglish (American, Modern, Rare) Transferred use of the surname Kroy. This name was first brought to public attention in the 2010s by American football player Kroy Biermann.
KulturefEnglish (American, Modern, Rare) From the English word culture, from Latin cultus "till, cultivate, worship". This was used by rappers Cardi B and Offset for their daughter.
KylenefEnglish (American) Feminine form of Kyle, using the common name suffix lene. This name briefly charted on the American top 1000 list for girls after Kylene Barker (1955-) was crowned Miss America 1979.
LafayettemEnglish (American, Rare) Transferred use of the surname Lafayette. In the US, it was first used in the late 1700s as a masculine given name in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette, a hero of the American War of Independence (who also left his name in a city of west-central Indiana on the Wabash River northwest of Indianapolis).
LahomafEnglish (American, Rare) Possibly derived from a short form of the place name Oklahoma, which means "red people" from Choctaw okla "people" combined with humma "red" (see Oklahoma)... [more]
Lakenf & mEnglish (American, Modern, Rare) Elaboration of Lake. It became popular after a character named Laken Lockridge was introduced in the American soap opera Santa Barbara in 1984.
LamirafEnglish (American), Literature, Theatre This name was used (possibly invented) by Jacobean-era dramatist John Fletcher for characters in his plays The Honest Man's Fortune (c.1613) and The Little French Lawyer (1647). It does not appear to have been used in England; it came into use in the early United States, occurring as early as the 1780s in New York, perhaps influenced by the similar-sounding name Almira 1.
LanellefEnglish (American) Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Nelle. It can be spelled Lanelle or with a capitalized third letter as LaNelle.
LavantiafEnglish (American, Rare) Meaning uncertain. This was borne by the 19th-century American social reformer Lavantia Densmore Douglass (1827-1899).