KallemaaEstonian Kallemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping land".
KallemetsEstonian Kallemets is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping forest".
KalmusEstonian Kalmus is an Estonian surname meaning "sweet flag (a waterside plant; Acorus calamus)".
KaminoJapanese formed with 紙 (Shi, Kami) meaning "Paper" and 野 (Ya, Sho, No) meaning "Field". Which means the surname could possible come out as “Field of Paper”
KampfGerman, Jewish From middle high German kampf, German kamf "fight, struggle" occupation for a fighter.
KanaEstonian Kana is an Estonian surname meaning "hen" and "chicken".
KanarbikEstonian Kanarbik is an Estonian surname meaning "heath/heather".
KändEstonian Känd is an Estonian surname meaning "stump".
KandimaaEstonian Kandimaa is an Estonian surname derived from "kandis" ("neck of the woods") and "land".
KangasFinnish Derived from Finnish kangas, denoting a type of soil and the type of forest (known as boreal forest or taiga) that grows in such soil.
KannelEstonian Kannel is an Estonian surname, taken from the word "kannel"; an Estonian plucked string instrument.
KannikeEstonian Kannike is an Estonian surname meaning "violet".
KannisteEstonian Kanniste is an Estonian surname derived from "kann" meaning "jug" and "pitcher".
KäoEstonian Käo is an Estonian surname meaning "cuckoo".
KäosEstonian Käos is an Estonian surname derived from "käosulane", meaning "warbler" (Hippolais).
KäosaarEstonian Käosaar is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "käokann" ("campion"), "käoking" ("Aconitum"), or "käoline" ("cuckoo"), and "saar" ("island").
KapićBosnian Derived from kapa, meaning "hat, cap".
KäppEstonian Käpp is an Estonian surname meaning both "orchid" and "paw".
KarasevdasGreek Possibly from the Turkish word kara meaning "black, dark" and the given name Sevda literally meaning "passion, strong love" in Turkish.
KaraskEstonian Karask is an Estonian surname meaning "barley bread".
KärgEstonian Kärg is an Estonian surname meaning "honeycomb".
KariEstonian Kari is an Estonian surname meaning both "reef" and "herd".
KarineemeEstonian Karineeme is an Estonian surname meaning "reef cape". It is also the name of several locations in Estonia.
KarjaEstonian Karja is an Estonian surname meaning "herding".
KarjahärmEstonian Karjahärm is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "pasture (karjamaa) frost (härmatis)".
KarotammEstonian Karotamm is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "karu" (bear) and "tamm" (oak).
KärpEstonian Kärp is an Estonian surname meaning "stoat" or "ermine".
KaruEstonian Karu is an Estonian surname meaning "bear".
KasekiviEstonian Kasekivi is an Estonian surname meaning "birch stone".
KasenurmEstonian Kasenurm is an Estonian surname meaning "birch meadow".
KaseorgEstonian Kaseorg is an Estonian surname meaning "birch valley".
KasepõldEstonian Kasepõld is an Estonian surname meaning "birch field".
KasepuuEstonian Kasepuu is an Estonian surname meaning "birch tree".
KasesaluEstonian Kasesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "birch grove".
KasetaluEstonian Kasetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "birch farmstead".
KastepõldEstonian Kastepõld is an Estonian surname meaning "dew field".
KatzenbergJewish Elaboration of Katz with the old German word berg meaning "mountain".
KaunEstonian Kaun is an Estonian surname meaning "pod" or "legume".
KaunissaareEstonian Kaunissaare is an Estonian surname meaning "beautiful/fair island".
KeevallikEstonian Keevallik is an Estonian surname meaning "hot spring".
KelderEstonian Kelder is an Estonian surname meaning "cellar".
KellEstonian Kell is an Estonian surname meaning "clock".
KenapeaEstonian Kenapea is an Estonian surname meaning "beautiful head".
KentelEstonian Kentel is an Estonian surname meaning "pendant".
KibusEstonian Kibus is an Estonian surname meaning "piggin" (a small wooden pail with one stave extended upward as a handle).
KibuspuuEstonian Kibuspuu is an Estonian surname meaning "piggin wood".
KienbaumGerman, Jewish from Low German kienbaum "Scots pine" originally denoting any species or variety of pine tree. Derived from kien "pine tree" and boum "tree".
KihlbergSwedish Combination of Swedish kil "wedge" and berg "mountain".
KiidemaaEstonian Kiidemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "praised land".
KiigemägiEstonian Kiigemägi is an Estonian surname meaning "swaying mountain".
KiikerEstonian Kiiker is an Estonian surname meaning "spyglass" and "telescope"; may also relate to "kiik", meaning "swing".
KiinEstonian Kiin is an Estonian surname meaning both "gadfly" and "cleaver".
KiirojaEstonian Kiiroja is an Estonian surname meaning "fast (flowing) creek".
KiiskEstonian Kiisk is an Estonian name meaning "ruffe" (a freshwater fish: Gymnocephalus cernua).
KiiverEstonian Kiiver is an Estonian surname meaning "helmut".
KiivitEstonian Kiivit is an Estonian surname meaning "peewit/lapwing" (bird species: "Vanellus vanellus").
KikerpillEstonian Kikerpill is an Estonian surname meaning "cicer instrument".
KikerpuuEstonian Kikerpuu is an Estonian surname meaning "cicer wood".
KikkamägiEstonian Kikkamägi is an Estonian surname meaning "spindle (tree: Euonymus) mountain".
KirsimaaEstonian Kirsimaa is an Estonian surname meaning "cherry land".
KirsimäeEstonian Kirsimäe is an Estonian surname meaning "cherry hill".
KirssEstonian Kirss is an Estonian surname meaning "cherry".
KirvesEstonian Kirves is an Estonian surname meaning "axe".
KitsEstonian Kits is an Estonian surname meaning "goat".
KiurEstonian Kiur is an Estonian surname meaning "pipit" (Anthus).
KivikEstonian Kivik is an Estonian surname relating to "stone".
KivilaanEstonian Kivilaan is an Estonian surname meaning "stone wintergreen".
KivilooEstonian Kiviloo is an Estonian surname meaning "stone swathe".
KivimurdEstonian Kivimurd is an Estonian surname meaning "stone break/fracture".
KivipaluEstonian Kivipalu is an Estonian surname meaning "stone sandy heath/heath woodland".
KivirähkEstonian Kivirähk is an Estonian surname meaning "stone scree".
KiviristEstonian Kivirist is an Estonian surname meaning "stone cross".
KivirüütEstonian Kivirüüt is an Estonian surname meaning "stone plover".
KivisaarEstonian Kivisaar is an Estonian surname meaning "stone island".
KiviselgEstonian Kiviselg is an Estonian surname meaning the "back (of) stone" (literally, "stone back").
KivisildEstonian Kivisild is an Estonian surname meaning "stone bridge".
KivisillaEstonian Kivisilla is an Estonian surname meaning "stone bridges".
KivisteEstonian Kiviste is an Estonian surname derived from "kivi" meaning "stone".
KjellbergSwedish, Norwegian (Rare) Combination of Old Norse kelda or Swedish källa both meaning "spring, source (of water)", and berg "mountain".
KlaasEstonian Klaas is an Estonian surname meaning "glass".
KlugGerman (Austrian) First recorded in the early 14th century in present-day Austria (southeastern region of the Holy Roman Empire at that time). The surname was derived from the ancient Germanic word kluoc meaning "noble" or "refined".... [more]
KochaviHebrew From Hebrew כוכב (kokhav) meaning "star", commonly used as a replacement for Ashkenazi surnames containing the old German element stern "star". For example, it was adopted as a surname by the Romanian-born Israeli archaeologist and university professor Moshe Kochavi (1928-2008), whose birth surname was Stern.
KoduEstonian Kodu is an Estonian surname meaning "home".
KohaEstonian Koha is an Estonian surname meaning "pike-perch (fish)".
KoiduEstonian Koidu is an Estonian feminine given name and surname derived from "Koit" (also, a masculine given name) meaning "dawn". In Estonian mythology, Koit was a handsome young man who was the personification of dawn.
KoitlaEstonian Koitla is an Estonian surname derived from "koit" meaning "dawn".
KoitmetsEstonian Koitmets is an Estonian surname meaning "dawn forest".
KõivastikEstonian Kõivastik is an Estonian surname meaning "birch stand/forest". "Kõiv" comes from the Võro dialect.
KõivistoEstonian Kõivisto is an Estonian surname meaning "birch grove".
KokamägiEstonian Kokamägi is an Estonian surname meaning "cookery mountain".
KõluEstonian Kõlu is an Estonian surname meaning "shells" and "scrapings".
KonnEstonian Konn is an Estonian surname meaning "frog".
KõnnusaarEstonian Kõnnusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "wilderness island".
KõoEstonian Kõo is an Estonian surname derived from "kõu" meaning "thunder".
KookmaaEstonian Kookmaa is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "koks" meaning "coke" and "charred coal" and "maa" meaning "land": "coke/charred coal land".
KoorEstonian Koor is an Estonian surname meaning "bark" or "crust".
KoovitEstonian Koovit is an Estonian surname meaning "curlew" (Numenius).
KopliEstonian Kopli is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "koppel", meaning "enclosure" or "paddock".
KõrbEstonian Kõrb is an Estonian surname with several meanings depending on the context: "desert", "wilderness", and "chestnut(color)/tawny".
KõrgemaaEstonian Kõrgemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "highland".
KõrgemäeEstonian Kõrgemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "high hill/mountain".
KõrgesaarEstonian Kõrgesaar is an Estonian surname meaning "high/tall ash tree".
KorjusEstonian Korjus is an Estonian surname meaning "carrion".
KorkEstonian Kork is an Estonian surname meaning both "cork" and "cap".
KõrveEstonian Kõrve is an Estonian surname meaning to "scorch" or "singe".
KõrvitsEstonian Kõrvits is an Estonian surname meaning "pumpkin".
KoskEstonian Kosk is an Estonia surname meaning "waterfall".
KõuEstonian Kõu is an Estonian surname meaning "thunder".
KõvamaaEstonian Kõvamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "solid ground".
KraavEstonian Kraav is an Estonian surname meaning "ditch".
KreegiEstonian Kreegi is an Estonian surname meaning "blackthorn".
KreegipuuEstonian Kreegipuu is an Estonian surname meaning "blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) wood/tree".
KreekEstonian Kreek is an Estonian surname, meaning "damson" (plum).
KreemEstonian Kreem is an Estonian surname meaning "cream".
KrengelGerman, Jewish An occupational name for a pastry chef from Middle High German krengel German kringel "(cake) ring doughnut". As a Jewish name this may also have been adopted as artificial name.
KriitEstonian Kriit is an Estonian surname meaning "chalk".
KronbergGerman, Swedish German habitational name from any of the places called Kronberg near Frankfurt in Hesse and in Bavaria from the elements krone "crown" and berg "mountain, hill". Swedish ornamental name from kron "crown" and berg "mountain hill".
KronenGerman From German Krone 'crown', probably as an ornamental name. Or a nickname for a slender, long-legged individual, from a dialect form of Kranich.
KrullEstonian Krull is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "kull" meaning "hawk".
KrumholzJewish, German German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) from Krumbholz ‘bent timber’, ‘mountain pine’, hence probably a metonymic occupational name for a cartwright or wheelwright. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.
KruusEstonian Kruus is an Estonian surname meaning "gravel".
KruusaluEstonian Kruusalu is an Estonian surname meaning "gravel grove".
KruusmaaEstonian Kruusmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "gravel land".
KülaEstonian Küla is an Estonian surname meaning "village".
KuldEstonian Kuld is an Estonian surname meaning "gold".
KuldkeppEstonian Kuldkepp is an Estonian surname meaning "gold cane (or, stick)".
KuldveeEstonian Kuldvee is an Estonian surname meaning "gold water".
KullEstonian Kull is an Estonian surname meaning "hawk".
KullamaaEstonian Kullamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "aurous land".
KullamäeEstonian Kullamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "aurous hill/mountain".
KullbergSwedish Combination of Swedish kulle "hill" and berg "mountain".
KullerkuppEstonian Kullerkupp is an Estonian surname meaning "globeflower" (Trollius europaeus).
KülmEstonian Külm is an Estonian surname meaning "cold" or "chilly".
KüngEstonian Küng is an Estonian surname derived from "küngas" meaning "knoll", "mound" and "hillock".
KüngasEstonian Küngas is an Estonian surname meaning "knoll".
KünkEstonian Künk is an Estonian surname meaning "hillock" and "knoll".
KünnapEstonian Künnap is an Estonian surname meaning the "European white elm".
KünnapuuEstonian Künnapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "European white elm tree" (Ulmus laevis).
KuntuEstonian Kuntu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "kunde" meaning "customer".
KupferGerman, Jewish German (Küpfer) and Jewish (Ashkenazic) metonymic occupational name for a worker or trader in copper, Middle High German kupfer, German Kupfer ‘copper’... [more]
KupinaCroatian, Russian The Croatian form is derived from kupina, meaning "blackberry". The Russian form is derived from Неопалимая купина (Neopalimaya Kupina), referring to the burning bush from the Book of Exodus.
KurgEstonian Kurg is an Estonian surname meaning "stork".
KurisooEstonian Kurisoo is an Estonian surname meaning "evil swamp/marsh".
KuristikEstonian Kuristik is an Estonian surname meaning "gully".
KurvitsEstonian Kurvits is an Estonian surname meaning "woodcock" and "snipe".
KurzbergGerman, Yiddish, Jewish From a location name meaning "short mountain" in German, from Middle High German kurz meaning "short" and berg meaning "mountain". As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.
KushigeJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 櫛 (kushi) meaning "comb" and 下 (ge) meaning "bottom; low", possibly referring to a comb case.
KuslapuuEstonian Kuslapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "honeysuckle tree".
LaaksoFinnish From laakso ‘valley’, generally an ornamental name adopted during the name conversion movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Often, it was adopted by Finnish bearers of Swedish names containing the Swedish element dal ‘valley’.
LaanEstonian Laan is Estonian surname derived from "laanelill"; starflower and wintergreen (Trientalis europaea).
LaanemaaEstonian Laanemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen land".
LaanemäeEstonian Laanemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen hill/mountain".
LaanojaEstonian Laanoja is Estonian surname derived from "laanelill", meaning "starflower" and "wintergreen" (Trientalis europaea) and "oja" meaning "stream/creek".
LaansaluEstonian Laansalu is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen grove".
LaasEstonian Laas is an Estonian surname meaning "greenwood" (wood that has been recently cut) and "woodland".
LaasaluEstonian Laasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "woodland grove".
LaasikEstonian Laasik is an Estonian surname meaning "woodland area/stand".
LaasmaEstonian Laasma is an Estonian surname derived from "laas" meaning "forest" and "woodland".
LaasmaaEstonian Laasmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "forest/woodland land".
LaasmägiEstonian Laasmägi is an Estonian surname meaning "forest/woodland mountain".
LaaspereEstonian Laaspere is an Estonian surname meaning "forest/woodland folk".
LäätsEstonian Lääts is an Estonian surname meaning "lens".
LageEstonian Lage is an Estonian surname meaning "plain" or "flat".
LagemaaEstonian Lagemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "plain/flat land".
LambergFinnish, Swedish Perhaps combination of an unexplained first element (maybe taken from a place name) and Swedish berg "mountain". It could also be of German origin (see other submission).
LammasEstonian Lammas is an Estonian surname meaning "sheep".
LancerJewish Ornamental name from German Lanze "lance, spear" combined with the agent suffix -er.
LāndaPunjabi Lānda (ਲਾਨਦਾ) is a Punjabi surname that is used amongst families belonging to the Bhat tribe. The bearers of this surname belong to the gotra Lākhanpal, which is of Kshatriya origin.
LandinSwedish A combination of Swedish land "land" and the common surname suffix -in, derived from Latin -inus, -inius "descendant of"
LangPopular Culture From 狼 (láng) meaning "wolf". Shi-Long Lang is a character in the game Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, a wolf-themed Interpol agent who speaks mainly in quotes and metaphors about wolves... [more]
LassEstonian Lass is an Estonian surname, a corruption of "laas", meaning "woodland".
LäteEstonian Läte is an Estonian surname meaning "fountain" or "wellspring".
LättemäeEstonian Lättemäe is an Estonian surname derived from "läte" meaning "spring" or "fountain" and "mäe" meaning "hill" and "mountain"; "spring mountain".
LattikEstonian Lattik is an Estonian surname meaning "bar" or "lathe".
LaukEstonian Lauk is an Estonian surname meaning both "leek" and "coot" (Fulica).
LaulEstonian Laul is an Estonian surname meaning "song".
LaupmaaEstonian Laupmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "front/fore land".
LembaEstonian Lemba is an Estonian name derived from "lembe", meaning "loving" and "affectionate".
LemmiksooEstonian Lemmiksoo is an Estonian surname meaning "favoured/favourite swamp/bog". Possibly an Estoniazation of the Germanic "-son"; "favourite son".
LennukEstonian Lennuk is an Estonian surname derived from "lennukas", meaning "high-spirited" and "energetic". "Lennuk" is also the current Estonian word for "airplane", but the original surname predates this meaning... [more]
LepaEstonian Lepa is an Estonian surname meaning "alder".
LepajõeEstonian Lepajõe is an Estonian surname meaning "alder water".
LepikEstonian Lepik is an Estonian surname meaning "alder stand/wood".
LeppnurmEstonian Leppnurm is an Estonian surname meaning "alder meadow".
LeranArmesian (Dutchified, Rare) The surname Leran originates in the small dutch island called Armesa. It was the name of the Armesian ruling house from 1504-1884.
LestEstonian Lest is an Estonian surname meaning "flounder (fish)" and "flake".
Le TallecBreton Tallec derives from talek which means someone with a large forehead in Breton.
LettEstonian Lett is an Estonian surname meaning "counter" or "counter table".
LevensteinJewish, Yiddish Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name, or perhaps an ornamental elaboration associated with the name Leyb; from Middle High German lewe ‘lion’, translating the Yiddish male personal name Leyb (see Low) + German stein ‘stone’, ‘rock’... [more]
LidénSwedish Combination of the Swedish place name element lid "slope, hillside" and the common surname siffix -én.
LidholmSwedish Combination of Swedish lid "slope" and holm "islet".
LidmanSwedish Combination of Swedish place name element lid "slope, hillside" and man "man". A notable bearer was Swedish writer Sara Lidman (1923-2004).
LidströmSwedish Combination of the Swedish place name element lid "slope, hillside" and ström "stream, flow". A notable bearer is Swedish ice hockey player Nicklas Lidström (b. 1970).
LieblingGerman, Yiddish, Jewish Derived from German lieb meaning "dear, beloved" or German liebling meaning "darling".
LihtmaaEstonian Lihtmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "common/simple land".
LiikEstonian Liik is an Estonian surname meaning "kind" or "benevolent".
LiimEstonian Liim is an Estonian surname meaning "glue", "adhesive" and "dough".
LiinamäeEstonian Liinamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "straight hill"; derived from "liin" meaning "straight/line" and "mäe" meaning "hill/mountain".
LiivEstonian Liiv is an Estonian surname, meaning "sand".
LiivakiviEstonian Liivakivi is an Estonian surname meaning "sandstone".
LiivamäeEstonian Liivamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "sandy hill/mountain".
LiivaruEstonian Liivaru is an Estonian surname meaning "sand(y) upland meadow".