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Kirkpatrick English, Scottish, Northern Irish
Habitational name from various places so called from the dedication of their church to St. Patrick. See Kirk.
Kirkwood Scottish, English
From any of several places in Scotland named Kirkwood, derived from Old English cirice "church" and wudu "tree, wood, forest".
Kirov m Russian
Means "son of Kir".
Kirovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Kirovski.
Kirovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Kiro".
Kirsanov m Russian
Means "son of Kirsan."
Kirsch German
Means 'cherry' in German, short form of Kirschstein or other surnames starting with Kirsch.
Kirschbaum German, Jewish
topographic name from kirschbaum "cherry tree" derived from the elements kirsch "cherry" and boum "tree"... [more]
Kirschenmann German
from Middle High German kirsche "cherry" and man "man" an occupational name for a grower or seller of cherries or a topographic name.
Kirschner German (Silesian)
From the German word "kirchenære." The other occupation is that of a furrier and, in this case, the name is derived from the word "kuerschner."
Kirstein German
Derivative of the Latin personal name Christianus, also an Americanized spelling of Kirschstein.
Kirsten English
English and modernized version of Kirstein
Kirts English (American)
Probably an Americanized form of German Kirtz.
Kirtz German
Patronymic form of Gero or Gier, pet forms of names containing the Old High German elements ger "spear" or giri "desire, greed".
Kirwan Irish
From Gaelic Ó Ciardhubháin meaning "descendant of Ciardhubhán", a given name composed of the elements ciar "dark" and dubh "black" combined with a diminutive suffix.
Kirwin Irish
Variant of Kirwan
Kiryukhin m Russian
Possibly derived from a diminutive of Kira 1.
Kiryushkin m Russian
Derived from a diminutive of the Russian name Kir.
Kisaragi Japanese (Rare)
如月 (Kisaragi) can be translated as "February" and "second month of the lunar calendar" (obsolete term) and the kanji means (如月 = likeness; like; such as; as if; better; best; equal | month; moon)... [more]
Kiser German
Variant of Kaiser.
Kish English
A name for a person who worked as a maker of leather armor for the knight's legs.
Kishinyov m Russian (Rare)
Means "Chișinau", the capital of Moldova, in Russian. It is a very rare last name.
Kishioka Japanese
formed with 岸 (Kishi, Gan) meaning "Beach" and 岡 (Oka, Kō) meaning "Mount; hill; knoll”. So the mean it could be interpreted as “Hill of the Beach” or “Beach Hill”
Kisku Santali, Indian
Known as the surname of Rathin Kisku.
Kissack Manx
Manx and Derry Irish form of "McIsaac"
Kissami Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "descendants of Qasim" in Arabic. This was the name of a Moroccan family descended from the Idrisid dynasty.
Kissel German
From a pet form of the Germanic personal name Gisulf.
Kissinger German
HouseofNames.com: The Kissinger surname derives from the Old High German word "kisil," meaning "pebble," or "gravel." The name may have been a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of pebbles or gravel; or it may have evolved from any of several places named with this word.
Kitanokouji Japanese (Rare)
Kitanokouji (北小路) comes from kita (北) means "North", Kouji (小路) means "Alley". This is one of the kuge surnames and this surname is very rare. No notable people or fictional characters bear this surname.
Kitazawa Japanese
Kita (北) means "North", zawa/sawa (沢 or 澤) means "swamp". Sawa changes to zawa because of rendaku.
Kitchener English
Variant spelling of Kitchen. A notable bearer was the Anglo-Irish senior British Army officer and colonial administrator Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916).
Kitchenham English
Occupational surname for a person who was in charge of the kitchen in a royal or noble house, or a monastery. From the Anglo Saxon cycene (German: Küche Dutch: kjøkken Latin: cocina Italian: cucina)
Kite English
From the name of the bird of prey, derived from Middle English kete "kite, bittern".
Kitley English
Derived from a place name in Devonshire, England, and was first recorded in the form of Kitelhey in 1305.... [more]
Kitson Scottish, English
Patronymic form of Kit.
Kitsusu Kongo
The surname of a notable Congolese musician whose real first name was Philemon.
Kitt English, German
English: From the Middle English personal name Kit, a pet form of Christopher... [more]
Kittell German (Anglicized), English
English: variant of Kettle. ... [more]
Kittirattanawiwat Thai (Rare)
From Thai กิตติ (kitti) meaning "fame; renown", รัตน (rattana) meaning "gem; jewel", and วิวัฒน์ (wiwat) of unknown meaning.
Kitto Cornish
Cornish forms of Kit, for Christopher, according to 'Patronymica Cornu-Brittanica' by Richard Stephen Charnock (1870).
Kittridge English
Variant form of Kittredge.
Kitumaini Central African, Swahili
Means "little hope" in Swahili, a diminutive of tumaini meaning simply "hope". It is mostly found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kitzmiller English (American)
Americanized form of German Kitzmüller, literally ‘kid miller’ ( see Kitz + Muller ), a nickname for a miller who kept goats; alternatively, the first element may be from a personal name formed with the Germanic element Gid-, cognate with Old English gidd ‘song’.
Kiviselg Estonian
Kiviselg is an Estonian surname meaning the "back (of) stone" (literally, "stone back").
Kivistö Finnish
A combination of Finnish kivi "stone, rock" and the suffix -stö.
Kix English (Rare)
Location name from one of two rivers in West Yorkshire called Kex.
Kiyoko Japanese
Surname of American-Japanese singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and director Hayley Kiyoko.
Kiyomigawa Japanese
A notable user of this surname is Kiyomigawa Umeyuki, a sumo wrestler from Yokota, Akita Prefecture.
Kiyomizu Japanese
A variation of the popular surname Shimizu. 清 (Kiyo) means "Pure, Clean" and 水 (Mizu) means "Water".
Kiyoura Japanese
Combination of the Kanji 清 (kiyo, "clear, pure, refreshing, clean") and 浦 (ura, "bay, inlet"). A famous bearer of this surname was Japanese Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo (清浦 奎吾; 1850–1942).
Kizewski Polish
Polish, variant of Kiszewski a habitational name for someone from Stara Kiszewa (formerly Kiszewa) in Kościerzyna County in Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Kjartansdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Kjartan". Used exclusively by women.
Kjartansson Icelandic
Means "son of Kjartan". Used exclusively by men.
Kjellberg Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Old Norse kelda or Swedish källa both meaning "spring, source (of water)", and berg "mountain".
Kjellsen Norwegian
Means "son of Kjell"
Klaassen Dutch
Means "son of Klaas".
Klarich English
English spelling of Klarić.
Klass German
The name is patronymic and it comes from the German first name "Clausen" which is a variant of the name "Nicholas".
Klaver Dutch
Means "clover" in Dutch, a topographic name for someone who lived by a field of clovers or a sign depicting them, or an occupational name for a clover farmer.
Klayn Jewish
Variant of Klein
Kleanthous Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Κλεάνθους (see Cleanthous).
Kleindienst German
Originally an occupational name for a farmhand or laborer, who was second in line to a more highly paid class of servant. Derived from German klein meaning "small, little" and dienst meaning "service, duty".
Kleinknecht German
A combining of the German word klein "small" and knecht "servant", originally an occupational name for a secondary hired hand. A famous historic figure who bore this surname was Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht (8 April 1722 in Ulm - 11 August 1794 in Ansbach), a German composer of many works of chamber music and symphonies, flutist and Kapellmeister (chapel master).
Kleinschmidt German
Occupational surname which means "small smith", that is, a maker of small forged items and metal hand tools.
Kleinstein Romansh
Corruption of Klein's Thöni, itself a calque of Thöni Pitschen.
Kleis Upper German, Romansh
Derived from the given name Kleis, a South German variant of Klaus. The Kleis settled in Romansh-speaking areas after the Napoleonic Wars.
Klem German, Dutch
From a short form of the given name Klemens, or a location named using the personal name.
Klemenčič Slovene
Means "son of Klemen".
Klemm German
Either from Middle High German klem "narrow, tight", a nickname for miserly person, or from the related klemme "constriction; narrows", a habitational name for someone who lived in a narrow area... [more]
Klenov m Russian
Patronymic form of Klen.
Kliebert German
Occupational name for a woodsman or woodworker, from an agent derivative of Middle High German klieben meaning "to cleave or split".
Kliewer German, German (West Prussian), Mennonite
Germanized form of Dutch Kluiver, an occupational name for a court official, originally a hangman or torturer.
Klijn Dutch
Could be a variant of Klein "small, little", or could be derived from Old Dutch kluin (also klyn or kloen) "peat".
Klimaszewski Polish
Name for someone from a place called Klimaszewnica or Klimasze, both derived from Klimasz, a pet form of the given name Klemens.
Klimenko Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Klymenko.
Klimentov Russian
Means "son of Kliment."
Klimov Russian
Means "son of Klim".
Klimt German (Austrian)
Derived from the given name Kliment.... [more]
Kline American
Kline is one of the smaller groups of anglicized forms of the German surname Klein.... [more]
Klinefelter German
Americanized form of Kleinfelder.
Kling Dutch
Occupational surname meaning "blade" in Dutch, referring to a person who made knives. A Dutch cognate of Messer.
Klingbeil German
From Middle High German klingen "to ring or sound" and bīl "axe", literally "sound the axe", an occupational nickname for a journeyman, carpenter, shipwright (or any occupation involving the use of an axe)... [more]
Klinger German
Klinger is a German surname meaning ravine or gorge in Old German. The English variant of Klinger is Clinger.
Klintsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Klint".
Klobučar Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Occupational name derived from Serbian, Croatian and Slovene klobučar meaning "hatter" (a derivative of klobuk meaning "hat"), originally indicating a person who made, sold or repaired hats.
Klobuchar Slovene (Anglicized), Croatian (Anglicized), Serbian (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Klobučar. A notable bearer is the American politician, lawyer and senator Amy Klobuchar (1960-).
Kloda Polish, English
Maybe an anglicized form or a variant of Kłoda.
Kloppenburg German, Dutch
From Cloppenburg, the name of a town in Lower Saxony.
Klose German, Silesian
From a Silesian short form of the given name Nikolaus. A notable bearer is the German former soccer player Miroslav Klose (1978-).
Klostermann German
Combination of "kloster" meaning "monastery," and common German suffix Mann.
Klouda Czech
From Kloud, a vernacular short form of the Latin personal name Claudius (see Claud).
Kluczewska f Polish
Feminine form of Kluczewski.
Kluczyńska f Polish
Feminine form of Kluczyński.
Kluczyński m Polish
Derived from Polish klucz meaning "key". A notable bearer was John C. Kluczynski (1896-1975), an American veteran who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Klug German (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]
Kluge German
Variant of Klug
Kluit Dutch
Means "lump, clod (of earth)" in Dutch.
Klumpp German
Variant of Klump.
Kmet Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Slovak
Slovenian, Serbian, Croatian, and Slovak status name for a type of peasant. In Slovenia this denoted a peasant who had his own landed property. In Serbia and elsewhere it was a status name for a feudal peasant farmer who cultivated the land of his lord instead of paying rent or doing military service... [more]
Knab German
Variant of Knabe.
Knabe German
German status name for a young man or a page, from Middle High German knabe (English knave). In aristocratic circles this term denoted a page or squire (a youth destined to become a knight), while among artisans it referred to a journeyman’s assistant or (as a short form of Lehrknabe) ‘apprentice’... [more]
Knabenshue m American German
This surname is an American anglicized version of the German surname Knabenschuh. It means a "boy's shoe." The word maybe related to the English word "knave," which means rogue, scoundrel, or rascal... [more]
Knafo Judeo-Spanish
Likely derived from Tamazight akhnif referring to a type of woolen hooded cloak (a type of burnous). It has also been connected to the Hebrew word כָּנָף (kanaf) meaning "wing".
Knape German
Variant of Knapp.
Knapke German
A relative of mine has said this surname means “over the hill” and that it is of German origin.... [more]
Knapp German
Occupational name from the German word Knapp or Knappe, a variant of Knabe "young unmarried man". In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings "servant", "apprentice", or "miner"... [more]
Knapp English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a hillock, Middle English "nappe, Old English cnæpp, or habitational name from any of the several minor places named with the word, in particular Knapp in Hampshire and Knepp in Sussex.
Knappe German
German variant of Knapp.
Knauer German (Silesian)
Nickname for a gnarled person, from Middle High German knur(e) 'knot', 'gnarl'. habitational name for someone from either of two places in Thuringia called Knau.
Knaus German
Comes from Middle High German knuz ‘proud’, ‘arrogant’, ‘daring’, hence a nickname for a haughty person. In Württemberg knaus (and in Switzerland knus) also meant ‘gnarl’, hence a nickname for a short, fat, gnarled person; topographic name for someone living on a hillock, from knaus ‘hillock’ in the Swabian and Alemannic dialects of German
Knauss German
A variant of Knaus.
Knavs Slovene
Slovenian form of Knaus, this was the maiden name of Donald Trump's wife, and current First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump.
Kneale Manx
Manx contracted form of Mac Néill
Kneen Manx
Manx cognate of the Gaelic surname Mac Niadháin, itself derived from the Gaelic personal name Nia meaning "champion." It may also be a corruption of the surname McNiven (Anglicized form of Mac Cnáimhín).
Knicely German (Swiss, Americanized)
Americanized form of Swiss German Knüsli. Possibly also a variant of Nissley, a surname of Swiss German or German origin.
Knick German
German: from Knick “hedge”, “boundary”, hence a topographic name for someone living near a hedge or hedged enclosure or a metonymic occupational name for someone who lays hedges. Hedging is a characteristic feature of the pastureland of Holstein, Mecklenburg, Westphalia, and Lower Saxony.
Knickerbocker Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of the Dutch occupational name Knickerbacker "marble baker", i.e., a baker of children's clay marbles. This lowly occupation became synonymous with the patrician class in NYC through Washington Irving's attribution of his History of New York (1809) to a fictitious author named Diedrich Knickerbocker... [more]
Knife German (Americanized), English
Americanized form of German Kneif a variant of Kneip. A nickname from Middle English knif "knife dagger" (Old English cnīf) perhaps used for a cutler... [more]
Knigga German (Rare)
Possible variant of Knigge
Knigge Low German
North German: variant of Knick... [more]
Knighton English
English surname which was derived from a place name composed of the Old English elements cnihta meaning "servant, retainer" (genitive plural of cniht) and tun "enclosure, settlement".
Knitt Germanic (?), English (?)
Possibly derived from the Middle High German word knüt or knüttel, meaning "club" or "knot". Could also derive from English word knit which indicates a knitter. Could be an anglicized or simplified form of Knittel, Knett, or even Knudt.
Knodel German
dweller near a hilltop; descendant of Knut (hill, or white-haired); a lumpish, thickset person.
Knoedler German
Occupational name, probably for someone who made dumplings, from an agent derivative of Middle High German knödel.
Knol Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch knolle "tuber, turnip, lump of earth", a nickname for a fat or clumsy person, or an occupational name for a farmer.
Knoll English, German, Jewish
English and German topographic name for someone living near a hilltop or mountain peak, from Middle English knolle ‘hilltop’, ‘hillock’ (Old English cnoll), Middle High German knol ‘peak’... [more]
Knopfler English, German
Derived from Knopf (German for "button"), this surname was originally given to button makers or button sellers. A famous bearer of this surname is English musician Mark Knopfler (1949-).
Knös Swedish (Rare)
Derived from the name of a farm named Knorren or Knörren in Sweden whose name is unexplained but possibly taken from Swedish knusa "to crush, to crumble". Knös coincides with the Swedish word knös meaning "rich person", but the surname existed before the vocabulary word appeared in the Swedish language.
Knott English
Either from the Middle English personal name Knut, or denoting a person who lived "at the knot", which is the summit of a rocky hill.
Knotts English
Variant of Knott
Knowles Irish
As an Irish surname it is an anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tnúthghail meaning "descendant of Tnúthgal", a given name composed of the elements tnúth "desire, envy" and gal "valor".
Knowlton English
Habitational name from either of two places so named, one in Dorset and the other in Kent.
Knutz German
Variant of Kuntz
Ko Korean
There is only one Chinese character for the surname Ko. There are ten different Ko clans, but they are all descended from the Ko clan of Cheju Island. There is no historical information regarding the founder of this clan, but there is a legend which tells of three men who appeared from a cave on the north side of Cheju Island’s Halla Mountain... [more]
Ko Chinese (Hakka), Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hakka, Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Ke.
Ko Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 荒 (see Kō).
Ko Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Kō).
Kō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒 (see Ara).
Kō Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).
Kő Hungarian
From kő ‘stone’, a word from the ancient Finno-Ugric word stock of Hungarian (cognate with Finnish kivi, Estonian keve), hence a topographic name for someone who lived on stony ground or by a notable outcrop of rock, or alternatively a metonymic occupational name for a mason or stonecutter... [more]
Kobasigawa Japanese (Anglicized)
The more common form of Kobashigawa in the Western world.
Kobata Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Hatta, added Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small, little".
Kobe Japanese
From the Japanese city of Kobe.
Kobrynsky Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Kobrinsky. Most of the Kobrynsky family had settled in Canada.
Kocabaş Turkish
Means "hawfinch" (a type of bird) in Turkish.
Koch Jewish
Koch - which also has the meaning of Cook in German's origin was however not from that meaning. It origins are to be traced in the Jewish ancestory. The original meaning came from the word Star. Amongst the related surnames (with or without bar in front or a ba or similar appended) are: Koch, Kochba, Kok, Kock, Kuk, Coq, Coqui, Cook (as a translation from the perceived meaning of cook) and a host of others... [more]
Kochendorfer German
Habitational name for someone from any of several places called Kochendorf, in Württemberg, Schleswig-Holstein, and Bohemia.
Kochiya Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 古知屋 (see Kucha).
Kocis Slovak
Slovak derivative of Hungarian Kocsis "Coachman".
Koço Albanian
Variant of Koco.
Kodaira Japanese
Ko means "small" and daira is a form of taira meaning "peace, level". ... [more]
Kodály Hungarian
Hungarian surname.... [more]
Kodzuchi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small; little" and 土 (dzuchi), the joining form of 土 (tsuchi) meaning "earth; soil; mud, ground".
Koefoed Danish
Probably a Danish form of Dutch Koevoets. The name arrived on the Danish island Bornholm via Lübeck, Germany.
Koehl German
Variant of Köhl
Koehnline German
Anglicized form of the German name Köhnlein used by people who moved to the US from Germany during the 19th Century.
Kōen Japanese
Japanese form of Cohen.
Koen Jewish
A variant of Cohen
Koenen Dutch
Patronymic from the given name Koen, a short form of names beginning with the element kuoni "brave, bold".
Koepcke German, Polish (Germanized, ?), Serbian (Germanized, ?)
North German (Köpke): from a Low German pet form of the personal name Jakob (see Jacob).... [more]
Koerner German
Koerner is an occupational name for a grain merchant or possibly an administrator of a granary. ... [more]
Koers Dutch
Means "son of Koert".
Koeth German
Variant of Köth
Kogai Korean (Russified)
Variant transcription of Kogay.
Kogan Jewish (Russified)
Russified version of the common Jewish surname Cohen.
Kogane Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 黄金, 小金, 古金, 子金, 故金 or 小賀根 with 黄 (ou, kou, ki, ko-) meaning "yellow", 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small", 古 (ko, furu-, furu.i, -fu.rusu) meaning "old", 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, -ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of Chinese zodiac", 故 (ko, furu.i, moto, yue) meaning "cause, circumstances, consequently, especially, happenstance, intentionally, reason, the late, therefore", 賀 (ga) meaning "congratulations, joy", 根 (kon, ne, -ne) meaning "head (pimple), radical, root" and 金 (kin, kon, gon, kana-, kane, -gane) meaning "gold."... [more]
Kogawara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.
Kogay Korean (Russified)
Form of Ko used by ethnic Koreans living in former Soviet territories.
Koger German
South German: occupational name for a knacker, from an agent derivative of koge ‘carrion’.
Kogi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Kōgi.
Koh Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Xu 2.
Koh Korean
Alternate romanization of Ko.
Koh Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Kō).
Kohen Jewish, Hebrew, English
Hebrew form of Cohen.
Kohira Japanese
A variant of Kodaira.... [more]
Køhler Danish
Danish form of Kohler.
Kohli Indian
Derived from the Khatri clan of the Punjab state of India.
Kohlstedt Medieval German (Modern)
Likely derived from the German word Kohl, meaning “Cabbage,” and a Variation of the word Stadt, meaning “City, town, and/or place.”
Kohn Jewish
Variant of Cohen.
Kohno Japanese
Variant transcription of Kono.
Kohr German
1. occupational name for a guard or watchman on a tower, Middle Low German kure.... [more]
Kohsaka Japanese
Variant transcription of Kosaka.
Kohyama Japanese
Variant transcription of Koyama.
Koidu Estonian
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.
Koirala Nepali
From the name of the village of Koirali in Nepal.
Koiso Japanese
Combination of the kanji 小 (ko; "small, little, short") and 磯 (iso; "seashore")
Koivupuisto Finnish
From the name of a park in Vaasa, meaning "birch park".
Koja Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 紅蛇 (see Kōja).
Kōjidani Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 糀谷 or 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).
Kojidani Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 糀谷 or 小路谷 (see Kōjidani) or a variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).
Kōjitani Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 麹谷, 糀谷, 粷谷, or 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).
Kojitani Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 麹谷, 糀谷, 粷谷, or 小路谷 (see Kōjitani) or a variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).
Kojiya Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 麹屋, 麹家, 麹谷, 糀屋, 糀谷, 糀矢, 粷谷, or 小路谷 (see Kojiya) or a variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).
Kok Chinese (Hakka), Chinese (Hokkien)
Hakka and Hokkien romanization of Guo.
Kokan Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小菅 or 小管 (see Kosuge).
Kokuda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小管 (see Kosuge).
Kola Finnish
From vernacular forms of Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (See Nikolaos). It could also be from Swedish kol "coal", possibly denoting a coal miner, or kota, a type of conical tent.
Kołakowska f Polish
Feminine form of Kołakowski.
Kolan Indian (Christian), Sinhalese
Variant of Colón used by Christians from India and in Sri Lanka.
Kolchak Russian, Ukrainian
Aleksandr Kolchak was a White Army general and the leader of the Russian Empire for a short period of time (1918-1920).
Kolden German, Norwegian
From Middle Low German kolt, kolde ‘cold’, a nickname for an unfriendly person; alternatively, it may be a habitational name, a shortened form of Koldenhof ‘cold farm’ in Mecklenburg (standardized form: Kaltenhof, a frequent place name in northern Germany, East Prussia, Bavaria, and Württemberg).Norwegian: habitational name from a farm called Kolden, from Old Norse kollr ‘rounded mountain top’.
Kole English
Variant of Cole.
Kolesnikova f Russian
Feminine form of Kolesnikov.
Kolesnyk Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Kolesnik.
Kolettis Greek
The Greek version of the Italian surname Coletti. A significant person with that name was Ioannis Kolettis, prime minister of Greece.
Kolev Bulgarian
Means "son of Kole", a diminutive of Nikola 1.
Koleva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Kolev.
Kolin Russian
Derived from a diminutive Kolya of the Russian given name Nikolay.
Kölle German
Variant of Koll.
Koller German
The name is derived from the Alemmanic word "Kohler," meaning "charcoal burner," and was most likely originally borne by a practitioner of this occupation.
Kollodzieyski Polish (Rare)
Best known as the surname of a certain composer called Walter Kollo.
Köln German
German form of Cologne.
Kolo Polish
A Polish surname for someone who was born in the area of Koło, Wielkopolskie, Poland
Kolokotronis Greek
Notable bearer of this name is ... [more]
Kolomiyets Ukrainian
Means "a person from Kolomyya". Kolomyya is a city and rayon in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine.
Kolomiytsev m Russian
Russian form of Kolomiyets.
Kolowrat Polish
Polish cognate of Kolovrat.
Kolyvanov Russian
Uncertain meaning. Possibly derived from Old Russian Колывань (Kolyvan), an Old Russian name of the city of Tallinn.
Komaru Japanese
From Japanese 小丸 (Komaru) meaning "Komaru", a former village in the former district of Mikumi in the former Japanese province of Tajima in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.
Komatsuzaki Japanese (Rare)
Ko ("Small") + Matsu ("Pine Tree") + Zaki ("Peninsula, Cape"). This is a uncommon name, but it has kanji that 90% of Japanese family names have.
Kome Japanese
Variant of Yone.
Komine Japanese
Ko mean "small" or "light" and mine means "peak".
Komisin Cuman
Originally Comyshyn .. The prefix denotes its Cuman ancestry, and the afix -shyn means Ukraine. Hence, Cuman of Ukraine.
Komissarova Russian
Exact origin is unknown but is likely to mean something along the lines of "commissioner" from its Russian translation. The masculine version is "Komissarov" and is used for males. Komissarov
Komlofske Russian (Anglicized)
Probably an Anglicised form of Komlovskiy.
Kömm Upper German
Possible East Franconian dialect variant of Kempf meaning "champion, warrior, fighter".
Komnenos Greek
From the village Komne in Thrace. The surname of one of the imperial families of Byzantium.
Komov m Russian
Maybe a variant of Komarov.
Komura Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 高村 (see Kōmura).
Komuta Japanese
From 小 (ko) meaning "small, little", 無 (mu) meaning "naught, nothing" or 牟 (mu) meaning "pupil (of the eye)", and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Konagawa Japanese
The Japanese surname "Konagawa" (小長川) consists of three kanji characters: "小" meaning "small," "長" meaning "long," and "川" meaning "river." So, "Konagawa" could be interpreted as "small long river." However, as with many Japanese surnames, there may be variations in meaning and interpretation depending on the family's history and region.
Konami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).
Konashevych Ukrainian
Surname of Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny, a Ukrainian cossack hetman and military leader of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth.
Konda Japanese
Written with characters meaning ‘now’ and ‘rice paddy’, this version of the name is found mostly in eastern Japan. In western Japan it is pronounced Imata.
Konda Slovene
Pet form of the personal name Kondrad
Kondi Kongo, Vili
Of uncertain meaning.
Kondo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Kondō.
Kondrakhin m Russian
Means "son of Kondrat".
Kondratenko Ukrainian
Form of Polish Kondrat. Masha Kondratenko is a Ukrainian singer.
Kondratyuk Ukrainian
Means "child of Kondratiy".
Kong Chinese
From Chinese 孔 (kǒng) meaning "hole, opening". According to legend, this name was created by Cheng Tang, the founder and first king of the Shang dynasty. He formed it by combining the character for his family name, 子 (zǐ) (his full personal name was Zi Lü), with 乙 (yǐ), the second part of his style name, Da Yi (or Tai Yi)... [more]
Konge Danish
Danish cognate of King.
Kongkanantha Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI.
Kongkestr Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI.
Kongsabut Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI.
Koni Russian
Derived from Russian конь (konʹ) "horse", denoting someone who worked with horses or whose traits are similar to one. Anatoly Koni (1844-1927) was a Russian jurist, judge, politician and writer... [more]
Koničanin Serbian
Habitational name for someone from the village of Koniče, Serbia.
Konick Yiddish
Variation of Koenig.
Koniecpolski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish town of Koniecpol.
Konieczna f Polish
Feminine form of Konieczny.
Konieczny Polish
Originally meant "final, last" in Polish, used to refer to a person who lived at the end of a village.
Königsberg Jewish
Associated with the Polish/Prussian/German/Russian town Königsberg, now called Kaliningrad. This surname was borne by the parents of American actor, writer, teacher, and director Walter Koenig (1936-) before they emigrated to the United States.
Konings Dutch
Patronymic form of Koning.
Koniński m Polish
Derived from Polish koń, meaning "horse." It can also refer to the city of Konin in Poland.
Konkyu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyū).
Konkyū Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Konkyuh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyū).
Konkyuhrei Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūrei).
Konkyuhri Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūri).
Konkyuhryoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūryō).
Konkyūrei Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
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