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Kruzhkin RussianDerived from Russian кружка
(kruzhka) meaning "cup, mug, tankard". This may have been a nickname either for a drinker or a cupmaker.
Krygin RussianDerived from dialectal Russian крыга
(kryga) meaning "ice floe".
Krzoska PolishAltered spelling of Polish Brzózka, from a diminutive of Brzoza
Krzywiński m PolishHabitational surname for someone from a town called
Krzywiń, derived from
krzywy, meaning "crooked."
Krzyżanowski Polishhabitational name for someone from Krzyżanów in Piotrków or Płock voivodeships, Krzyżanowo in Płock or Poznań voivodeships, or various places in Poland called Krzyżanowice, all named with krzyż ‘cross’.
Krzyżewski PolishDerived from the name of any of the villages called Krzyżewo in Poland. A notable bearer is American basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski (b. 1947).
Ksiazek PolishNickname meaning ‘little priest’ or possibly a patronymic for an illegitimate son of a priest, from ksiadz ‘priest’ + the diminutive suffix -ek.nickname meaning ‘little prince’, from a diminutive of ksia?ze ‘prince’.
Ku ChineseAlternate transcription of Chinese 辜 (see
Gu).
Kuba JapaneseWritten with characters meaning ‘long time’ and ‘method’, this name is found mostly in the Ryūkyū Islands.
Kübarsepp EstonianKübarsepp is an Estonian surname meaning "hat maker" (literally, "hat smith").
Kübler German, German (Swiss)Derived from Middle High German
kübel "tub vat barrel", this is an occupational surname referring to a cooper.
Kubota JapaneseFrom the Japanese 久 (
ku or
hisa) "long time," 保 (
bo or
ho) "protect," "guaratee," "keep" and 田 (
ta or
da) "rice paddy." The first two characters can also be written as 窪 (
kubo) "hollow."
Kubota JapaneseFrom Japanese 久
(ku) meaning "long time ago", 保
(ho) meaning "protect" and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Kuboyama JapaneseFrom Japanese 久
(ku) meaning "long time ago", 保
(ho) meaning "protect" and 山
(yama) meaning "mountain".
Kubrava AbkhazMingrelian form of an Abkhaz surname of unknown meaning.
Kubrick Jewish, PolishDerived from Polish
kubryk "ship's forecastle". Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and photographer, widely considered as the greatest filmmaker of all time.
Kubu EstonianKubu is an Estonian surname meaning a "bundle" or "truss".
Kuch GermanGerman metonymic occupational name for a pastry cook, from German
kuchen ‘cake’, or simply a variant of
Koch ‘cook’.
Kucha Okinawan (Rare, Archaic)From Okinawan 古知屋 (
Kucha) meaning "Kucha", a former village in the former district of Kin in the former Ryūkyū Kingdom.
Kuchenmeister GermanOccupational name for a master cook (literally "kitchen master"), a court official.
Kucher GermanOccupational name for a pastry cook from an agent derivative of Middle High German
kuoche "cake pastry".
Kuchi Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 口 (
kuchi) meaning "mouth". It is a reference to an event in the Northern and Southern Courts Period, of 3 sons of Takase who became heroes for the south. The emperor of Japan awarded each of the sons a new surname;
Oku for the eldest son,
Naka for the middle son, and Kuchi for the youngest son.
Kuchiki JapaneseThis name combines 朽 (kyuu, ku.chiru) meaning "decay, remain in seclusion, rot" or 口 (ku, kou, kuchi) meaning "mouth" with 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."... [
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Kuchler German (Rare)Often confused with
Küchler a name for a cookie baker, Kuchler is a noble name for an old german family. Kuchler is origined in a city named Kuchl at the border of todays german bavaria... [
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Kudashev Bashkir, Tatar, RussianMeans "son of
Kudash", from a given name of Mordvin or Turkic origin possibly meaning "woman's son" or "wife's son", referring to a boy born from one father and another mother (in relation to his half-siblings)... [
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Kudō JapaneseFrom Japanese 工
(ku) meaning "work, craft, art" and 藤
(dō) meaning "wisteria".
Kudou JapaneseFrom 久 (ku) "long time" and 遠 (tou/dou) "distant" OR from 工 (ku) "construction" and 藤 (dou) "wisteria."
Kue HmongFrom the clan name
Kwm associated with the Chinese character 古
(gǔ) (see
Gu).
Kuerzi ChineseFrom the Chinese characters 哭儿子 (
Kū érzi) meaning, "crying son." This is one of the rare multiple-character Chinese surnames.
Kues German, Dutch (Rare)Habitational name from Cues, now part of Bernkastel-Kues in the Rhineland Palatinate.
Kuga JapaneseFrom the Japanese 久 (
ku or
hisa) "long time," and 我 (
ga) "self."
Kugimiya JapaneseThis surname is used as 釘宮 with 釘 (chou, tei, kugi) meaning "nail, peg, tack" and 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess, Shinto shrine."... [
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Kugisaki JapaneseKugi means "nail, tack, peg" and saki means "peninsula, promontory, cape".
Kuhi EstonianKuhi is an Estonian surname meaning "pile" or "stack".
Kühl German, Low GermanThe spelling Kühl results from a folk-etymological association with High German
kühl ‘cool’ (Middle High German
küel(e), a nickname from Middle High German
küel ‘cool’, ‘calm’... [
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Kuhlman GermanNickname from Middle High German
küel ‘cool’, ‘calm.’
Kuijt DutchOccupational name for a brewer of beer, derived from Dutch
kuit,
koyt literally meaning "beer". A famous bearer of this name is retired Dutch soccer player Dirk Kuijt (1980-), also known as Dirk Kuyt.
Kuilart DutchDerived from Dutch
kuil "pit, hole in the ground", probably part of a toponym.
Kuiva EstonianKuiva is an Estonian surname derived from "kuivaks" meaning "dry".
Kujawski PolishRegional name for someone from Kujawy (see Kujawa) or from a village called Kujawy, for example in Sielce voivodeship.
Kujikawa JapaneseFrom Japanese 久 (
ku) meaning "long time ago", 慈 (
ji) meaning "mercy", and 川 (
kawa) meaning "river".
Kujira Japanese (Rare)Kujira is an uncommon Japanese surname and first name that literally means "whale".
Kukac Serbian, Croatian, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak, RusynFrom the personal name Lukač, Lukáč, which is an old (pet) form of Luka, Slovak and Czech Lukáš (see
Lucas) and, in regions along the border with Hungary, a Slavicized form of the Hungarian personal name
Lukács (see Lukács).
Kukava Georgian (Rare), Mingrelian (Rare)Not much is known about the meaning of the Mingrelian last name "Kukava" (Mingrelia being a province in Georgia), but it is recorded that the surname was possibly Apsuafied somewhere in 17th century, being turned into "Kukaa" (-aa is usually an Apsuan surname suffix) and then re-Mingrelifying some decades later back to its current form - "Kukava." The earliest known person with the last name dates back to 17th century, his name being Ivana Kuka, a Mingrelian male who lived in the Abkhazia province of Georgia.
Kukino JapaneseIt could be from 柊 (
ku, kuki) meaning "holly, ilex" combined with 野 (
no) meaning "field, plain". The
ki portion could also be spelled with 木 (
ki, gi) meaning "tree, wood"... [
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Kukowski PolishHabitational name for someone from a place called Kukowo in Wlolawek voivodeship or Kuków in Bielsko-Biala voivodeship, named with kuk, the cry of the cuckoo.
Kul German, DutchDerived from Old High German
kol meaning "coal", perhaps an occupational name for a miner or coal seller.
Kul Pakistani, Pashto, Punjabi, Bengali, Assamese, Sindhi, Balochi, Urdu, Persian, Kurdish, Odia, Thai, Khmer, LaoDerived from Persian گل (
gol) meaning "flower" or "rose".
Kulap ThaiMeans "rose" in Thai (of Persian origin).
Kulasiri SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit कुल
(kula) meaning "family" and श्री
(shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Kulathunga SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit कुल
(kula) meaning "family" and तुङ्ग
(tunga) meaning "high, lofty, tall".
Kulawansa SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit कुल
(kula) meaning "family" and वंश
(vansa) meaning "lineage, clan, family".
Kuldkepp EstonianKuldkepp is an Estonian surname meaning "gold cane (or, stick)".
Kulick RussianMeaning unknown, most likely to derive from the russian word кулик (kulic) which translated means "sandpiper".
Kullamäe EstonianKullamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "aurous hill/mountain".
Kullerkupp EstonianKullerkupp is an Estonian surname meaning "globeflower" (Trollius europaeus).
Külm EstonianKülm is an Estonian surname meaning "cold" or "chilly".
Kulu EstonianKulu is an Estonian surname meaning "sumptuary" and "cost".
Külv EstonianKülv is an Estonian surname meaning "(seed) sowing".
Külvet EstonianKülvet is an Estonian surname derived from "külv" meaning "sowing (seeds)" and "seeding".
Külvik EstonianKülvik is an Estonian surname meaning "thrower" and "(seed) sower".
Kuma JapaneseKuma could mean "bear", or it could be written with ku meaning "long lasting, long time ago" and ma meaning "horse" or "flax".
Kumai JapaneseFrom Japanese 熊
(kuma) meaning "bear" and 井
(i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Kumaki Japanese (Rare)The kanji in Anri Kumaki's name reads, Kuma ("Bear") + Ki ("Tree"). She is a singer and songwriter. There might be other combinations too, probably being , Ku ("Long Time") +
Maki 1 ("Shepard").
Kumaki PashtoI was given this name from my dad who comes from Afghanistan. It's extremely rare in the UK. My dad always told me that my name was created. My grandfather used to help out refugees near the area (in Afghanistan) and the name "Kumaki" was his nickname from the people he helped out... [
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Kumano JapaneseKuma means "bear" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".
Kumanomidō Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 熊野 (
Kumano), a name of a shrine that is/was somewhere in Ōita in Japan, 御 (
o), a honorific indicator, and 堂 (
dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall", referring to a hall in Kumano Shrine.... [
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Kumanomidō Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 熊野 (
Kumano), a name of a shrine that was somewhere in the former Japanese province of Kii in parts of present-day Wakayama and Mie in Japan, 御 (
o), a honorific indicator, and 堂 (
dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall", referring to a hall in Kumano Shrine.... [
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Kumarage SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit कुमार
(kumara) meaning "boy, prince" combined with the Sinhala suffix -ගේ
(-ge) meaning "of".
Kumarasiri SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit कुमार
(kumara) meaning "boy, prince" and श्री
(shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Kumari Indian, Hindi, Punjabi, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Tamil, Nepali, SinhaleseMeans "(young) girl, daughter, princess" in Sanskrit.
Kumarov KazakhFrom Kazakh кұмар
(kumar) meaning "passion, nosey".
Kumbhakar Indian, Bengali, HindiFrom Sanskrit कुम्भकार
(kumbhakara) meaning "potter", derived from कुम्भ
(kumbha) meaning "jar, urn, pot" and कार
(kara) meaning "maker, doer".
Kume JapaneseFrom Japanese 久
(ku) meaning "long time ago" and 米
(me) meaning "rice".
Kumm EstonianKumm is an Estonian surname meaning "vault" and "arch".
Kummerow GermanHabitational name from any of various places in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg called Kummerow.
Kumon Japanese (Rare)One notable bearer of this surname is Tōru Kumon (公文 公), the founder of Kumon Education.
Kun Hungarian, JewishHungarian: ethnic name for a member of a Turkic people known in English as the Cumanians (Hungarian kún). ... [
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