ker EnglishPhonetic element /kɜɹ/ in English names.
ketill Old NorseOld Norse word meaning
"kettle, cauldron" (later also acquiring the meaning "helmet").
kham ຄຳ LaoLao word meaning
"gold".
khamis خميس ArabicArabic word meaning
"Thursday", usually written with the definite article:
الخميس (al-khamis).
khayr خير ArabicArabic word meaning
"goodness, charity".
kirana किरण SanskritSanskrit word meaning
"dust" or
"thread" or
"sunbeam".
kirkja Old NorseOld Norse word meaning
"church" (via Old English from Greek).
kōng 空 ChineseChinese character meaning
"empty, hollow, sky".
koto 琴 JapaneseRefers to a type of musical instrument, from a Japanese kun reading of
qín.
kǒu 口 ChineseChinese character meaning
"mouth, entrance".
krta कृत SanskritSanskrit word meaning
"done, accomplished".
krttika कृत्तिका SanskritSanskrit word referring the constellation of the Pleiades.
kruna CroatianCroatian word meaning
"crown", ultimately from Latin
corona.
kuàng 邝, 鄺 ChineseChinese character that refers to the Kuang clan.
kuí 葵 ChineseChinese character meaning
"sunflower".
kūn 坤 ChineseChinese character meaning
"earth, female".
kur 𒆳 SumerianSumerian word meaning
"mountain, land, underworld".
ky EnglishPhonetic element /kaɪ/ in English names.
la EnglishPhonetic element /lɑ/ in English names (often in an unstressed final position or, in African-American names, an unstressed initial position, as /lə/).
lalita ललित SanskritSanskrit word meaning
"playful, charming, desirable".
lán 1 兰, 蘭 ChineseChinese character meaning
"orchid, elegant".
lán 2 岚, 嵐 ChineseChinese character meaning
"mountain mist".
lar DutchOld Dutch word meaning
"open spot in the forest".
lata लता SanskritSanskrit word meaning
"vine, creeping plant".
laug Old NorseOld Norse element possibly meaning
"vowed, promised, bound in oath".
lay EnglishPhonetic element /leɪ/ in English names. It can be realized in spelling as
lay,
ley or
leigh.
laylak ليلك ArabicArabic word meaning
"lilac", derived from Persian.
lee EnglishPhonetic element /li/ in English names. It can be realized in spelling as
lee,
ly,
ley or
leigh.
leif Old NorseOld Norse word meaning
"inheritance, legacy, remainder, remnant".
lene EnglishPhonetic element /lin/ in English names. It can be realized in spelling as
lene or
leen.
leva Old SaxonOld Saxon word meaning
"remainder, remnant, legacy".
li לִי HebrewHebrew prefix meaning
"to me, for me".
lì 1 立 ChineseChinese character meaning
"stand, establish".
lì 2 力 ChineseChinese character meaning
"power, capability, influence".
lì 3 丽, 麗 ChineseChinese character meaning
"beautiful, lovely".
lì 4 莉 ChineseChinese character meaning
"white jasmine".
lì 5 利 ChineseChinese character meaning
"benefit, advantage".
lǐ 1 理 ChineseChinese character meaning
"reason, logic".
lǐ 2 李 ChineseChinese character meaning
"plum, plum tree".
lián 1 莲, 蓮 ChineseChinese character meaning
"lotus, water lily".
lián 2 廉 ChineseChinese character meaning
"clean, honest, upright".
liàn 恋, 戀 ChineseChinese character meaning
"love, yearn for".
liáng 1 良 ChineseChinese character meaning
"good, virtuous, respectable".
liáng 3 梁 ChineseChinese character meaning
"beam, bridge", also referring to the ancient state of Liang.
liáo 辽, 遼 ChineseChinese character meaning
"distant, far".
liào 廖 ChineseChinese character referring to the ancient state of Liao, which was located in what is now Henan province.
lil 𒆤 SumerianSumerian word meaning
"wind, breeze, phantom".
lǐn 凛 ChineseChinese character meaning
"shiver with cold".