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Kakk EstonianKakk is an Estonian surname meaning both "cake" and "owl".
Kako JapaneseFrom 加 (
ka) meaning "increase, add, Canada" and 古 (
ko) meaning "old".
Kakos Greek, Arabic, Muslim, Assyrian, Hungarian, SlovakSome characteristic forenames: Greek
Demetrios,
Spiros. Arabic/Muslim
Ezzat,
Habib,
Issam,
Jamila,
Najib,
Talal.... [
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Kakuma JapaneseFrom Japanese 加 (
ka) meaning "add, increase" and 隈 (
kuma) meaning "corner, shade".
Kakuta JapaneseFrom 角 (
kaku) meaning "corner" and 田 (
da) meaning "rice paddy, field".
Kakutani JapaneseFrom Japanese 角 (
kaku) meaning "corner" and 谷 (
tani) meaning "valley".
Kalahasthi SanskritIt is derived from the Sanskrit words “kala,” which mean “time”, and “hasthi,” which means “elephant”. Together, the name means “the elephant of time,” which is a reference to the goddess Kali, who is often depicted riding on the back of an elephant... [
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Kalander GermanStatus name for the chairman or a member fraternity that held meetings on the first of each month, from Latin
ad calendas.
Kalantari PersianDerived from Persian کلانتر
(kalantar) meaning "sheriff, marshal".
Kalashnik UkrainianMeans "maker of kalaches", a variant of калачник
(kalachnik) - itself composed of калач
(kalach), a type of bread, and the agent suffix -ник
(-nik). See also
Kalashnikov.
Kalashnikov m RussianMeans "son of the kalach-maker", derived from Russian калашник
(kalashnik), a variant of калачник
(kalachnik) "maker of kalaches" - kalach being a type of bread - combined with the patronymic suffix -ов
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Kalchenko UkrainianPossibly from the river
Kalchyk (Кальчик), a Ukrainian river in Zaporizhzhya and Donetsk regions.
Kaldmaa EstonianKaldmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping/incline land".
Kaldmets EstonianKaldmets is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping/incline forest".
Kaldre EstonianKaldre is an Estonian surname derived from "kald-", meaning a "sloping" or "slanting incline".
Kaldvee EstonianKaldvee is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping/inclined" ("kald") "water"" ("vee").
Kale CroatianPossibly derived from Turkish
kale, meaning "castle, fortress".
Kale TurkishMeans "castle, fortress" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic قلعة
(qal'ah).
Kaleba PolishOriginates from a nickname of Polish dialect meaning “scraggy old cow”
Kalejs LatvianOccupational name for someone who works as a blacksmith.
Kalev RussianRussian, from the elements
Kal and
-ev ("of"), therefore meaning "of Kal."
Kal may be a shortened element of a Russian given name or place name.
Kalhorh Urdu, SindhiOriginally a nickname for a person who belonged to the
Kalhora clan in Sindh, Pakistan. The clan's name is derived from Sindhi ڪلهوڙو (
kalhoro), ultimately from ڪَلھو (
kalho) meaning "alone".
Kalhoro SindhiFrom the name of the Kalhora (or Kalhoro) people, a Sindhi tribe residing in Pakistan. The name itself is of uncertain meaning.
Kalicki PolishPolish: habitational name for someone from a place called Balice.
Kalinin RussianDerived from Russian калина
(kalina) meaning "guelder rose" (a type of plant).
Kalinowski m PolishName for someone from any of various locations named Kalinowa, Kalinowo or Kalinów, all derived from Polish
kalina meaning "viburnum (a type of plant)".
Kalita Indian, AssameseMeaning uncertain. One theory suggests that the name is derived from Sanskrit कुल
(kula) meaning "family, caste" and लुप्त
(lupta) meaning "lost, gone", though this has been criticised as a false etymology.
Kalita PolishA polish surname meaning "money pouch" in old polish
Kaljend EstonianKaljend is an Estonian surname derived from the words "kalju" meaning "rock/cliff" and "eend" meaning "protusion/overhang".
Kalju EstonianMeans "cliff, rock" in Estonian. The given name
Kalju is an independent invention.
Kaljuots EstonianKaljuots is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff ("kalju") "end/tip" ("ots").
Kaljusoo EstonianKaljusoo is an Estonian surname meaning "Kalju's (a masculine given name) swamp". Also probably an Estonianization of "Kalju's son".
Kaljuste EstonianKaljuste is an Estonian surname derived from "kalju" meaning "cliff" and "Kalju", a masculine given name.
Kalk EstonianKalk is an Estonian surname meaning "heartless", "callous" and "harsh".
Kalk German, DutchOccupational name for a lime burner from Middle High German
kalc and Middle Dutch
calk "lime" (both a loanword from Latin
calx).
Kalkbrenner GermanOccupational name for a lime burner from Middle High German
kalc "chalk lime" and
brenner "burner".
Kalkreuth GermanDerived from German
kalk meaning "lime," and
reut meaning "cleared land". Most likely an occupational name for a lime burner.
Käll SwedishFrom Swedish
källa "source (of a stream of water)", ultimately derived from Old Norse
kelda.
Kallai EstonianKallai is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "kall" meaning "slope" and "lai" meaning "wide/broad": "wide slope".
Kallas EstonianMeans "shore, bank (of a river), seashore" in Estonian.
Kallaste EstonianKallaste is and Estonian surname meaning "seaside" or "seashore".
Kállay HungarianHabitational name for someone from a place called Kálló or Kallo in Nógrád County or from the provincial town of Nagykálló in Szabolcs County in Hungary
Kalle EstonianKalle is an Estonian surname meaning "slope", "slant" and "incline".
Kallergis GreekThe surname is composed of the Greek words kalon (=beautiful) and ergon(from ergo "work, task, deed, accomplishment, or purpose")
Kalleske Polish (Germanized, Rare)The surname Kalleske can be found among 40 telephone subscribers in Germany, in addition to the spelling Kaleske (about 39 times), with at least six namesake. Assuming that the normal spread of a family name is between 400 and 500 times this name is very rare... [
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Kallis EstonianKallis is an Estonian surname meaning "darling", "sweetheart", or "beloved".
Kallmeyer Germanfrom a Germanized form of Slavic
kal "marshland bog" or from Middle High German Middle Low German
kalc "lime" and Middle High German
meier "tenant farmer" (see
Meyer 1) hence a distinguishing nickname for a farmer whose farm lay on marshy land or near a lime pit.
Kallweit German (East Prussian)East Prussian German (and thus heavily Lithuanian influenced) name meaning "smith; blacksmith; farrier", derived from Old Prussian
kalt "to forge; to hammer" and Old Prussian
kalweitis "the village smith".
Kalm EstonianKalm is an Estonian surname derived from "kalme", meaning "burial mound" and "kalmistu", meaning "cemetery".
Kalmus EstonianKalmus is an Estonian surname meaning "sweet flag (a waterside plant; Acorus calamus)".
Kalogeras GreekFrom the Greek word καλόγερος (kalogeros), meaning monk.
Kalogeropoulos GreekMeans "son of the monk" in Greek, derived from Greek καλόγερος
(kalógeros) "monk, friar".
Kalp German, JewishFrom Middle High German kalp ‘calf’, German Kalb, probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for someone who reared calves.
Kalt German, German (Swiss)From Middle High German
kalt "cold" probably applied as a nickname for someone who felt the cold or for someone with an unfriendly disposition.
Kaltenbach Germanhabitational name from any of various places with names meaning "(at the) cold stream" from Old High German
kalt "cold" and
bah "stream brook".
Kalthoff GermanGerman (Westphalian): habitational name from a place named as 'the cold farm', from Middle High German
kalt "cold" +
hof "farmstead", "manor farm’, "court".
Kaltmann GermanFrom a nickname for a cool, unfriendly person from middle high German
kalt "cold" and
mann "man".
Kalviste EstonianKalviste is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Kalvi", a village in Lääne-Viru County.
Kalynenko UkrainianFrom Ukrainian
калина (kalyna), meaning "virburnim". Denoted to a person who lived by virburnims.
Kam KoreanNorth Korean, from Sino-Korean "甘" (Kam) meaning "Sweet".
Kama EstonianKama is an Estonian surname; from "kama", a food made of finely milled flour.
Kamachi JapaneseFrom 蒲 (
kama) meaning "reed, bulrush" and 池 (
chi) meaning "lake, pond, moat".
Kamada JapaneseFrom Japanese 鎌 (
kama) meaning "sickle, scythe" and 田 (
Ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Kamado JapaneseA traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fuelled cookstove/furnace (竈 kama), while the second means "door" (門 do). Other kanji combinations are possible.
Kamai JapaneseKama means "honeysuckle" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".
Kamalanchali ThaiIt is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Kamalaphirom ThaiIt is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Kamalas ThaiIt is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Kamalaswin ThaiIt is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Kamase JapaneseFrom Japanese 釜 (
kama) meaning "cauldron; pot; kettle" and 瀬 (
se) meaning "rapids; current".
Kamata JapaneseFrom Japanese 鎌
(kama) meaning "sickle, scythe" and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Kamath SanskritDerived from the Sanskrit word “kamat,” which means “merchant” or “trader”.
Kamban Faroese, Old Norse, Old Celtic, Old IrishLikely from Old Irish
cambán "crooked one". This was the surname of Grímur Kamban, the legendary first settler in the Faroe Islands according to the Færeyinga saga. This name is still borne by a handful of people in the Faroe Islands today.
Kamble Indian, Marathi, KonkaniOccupational name for a weaver of blankets or a nickname for a person who often carried blankets with them, derived from Sanskrit कम्बल
(kambala) meaning "blanket".
Kameda JapaneseFrom Japanese 亀
(kame) meaning "turtle, tortoise" and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Kamei JapaneseJapanese surname meaning "turtle well". It is written as 亀井. A bearer of this surname is Eri Kamei. She is a member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. (1988-)
Kamenashi JapaneseMeans "turle pear" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 亀 (turtle) and 梨 (pear).
Kamenev m RussianDerived from Russian
камень (kamen'), meaning "stone". Denoted to somebody who worked with stones or rocks.
Kameoka JapaneseFrom Japanese 亀
(kame) meaning "turtle, tortoise" and 岡
(oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Kamezaki JapaneseFrom 亀 (
kame) meaning "tortoise, turtle" and 崎 (
saki) meaning "cape, peninsula, promontory".
Kamhi JewishName found throughout the Mediterranean, predominantly in Mizrahi and Sephardic Jewish communities. Meaning unknown.
Kami NepaliFrom the name of a caste of blacksmiths derived from Nepali काम
(kam) meaning "work, act", ultimately from Sanskrit कर्मन्
(karman).
Kamimura JapaneseKami means "god" or "top, upper" and mura means "village, hamlet "
Kaminaga JapaneseKami/神 = "God, Spirit, Supernatural Being" Naga/永 ,長. 永 = "Eternal" 長 = "Length". So it basically means "God Eternal" or "God length".
Kaminari JapaneseFrom Japanese 上 (kami) meaning "above" and 鳴 (nari) meaning "sound, to ring" or 雷 (kaminari) meaning "thunder"
Kamino Japaneseformed 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”
Kamio JapaneseFrom 神 (
kami) meaning "god, deity" and 尾 (
o) meaning "tail, end, foot of a mountain".
Kamisaka JapaneseKami can mean "god" or "above, upper, top" and saka means "hill, slope."
Kamitono JapaneseFrom 上 (
kami) meaning "above, high, upper" and 殿 (
tono) meaning "lord, noble, hall, temple, palace".
Kamiyui Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 神 (
kami) meaning "God, spirit" and 結 (
yui) meaning "connection", referring to the event of someone praying for the descent of God.
Kamm German, EstonianMeans "comb" in German, an occupational name for a wool comber or fuller, or perhaps a maker of combs. In some cases it might have been used in the sense of "ridge of mountains, hills", making it a topographic name... [
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Kämmerer Germanfrom Middle High German
kamerære "chamberlain" (from
kamere "chamber") a status name for the treasurer of a court monastery a great household or a city and in Switzerland for the manager of a church property a so-called Widem... [
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Kamolchanthr ThaiIt is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Kamoldilok ThaiIt is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Kamolkhontha ThaiIt is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Kamolnawin ThaiIt is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Kamolsutthi ThaiIt is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Kamolthani ThaiIt is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Kamolwathin ThaiIt is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Kamolyabut ThaiIt is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Kamori JapaneseKa means "increase, step up" or "congratulation" and mori means "forest".
Kamoshida JapaneseFrom Japanese 鴨
(kamo) meaning "duck", 志
(shi) meaning "will, purpose" and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".