Unisex Submitted Surnames

Kaelen Dutch

Kaelle Brazilian

Kaenphakdi Thai
From Thai แก่น (kaen) meaning "core, heart" and ภักดี (phakdi) meaning "devotion, loyalty".

Kaeomani Thai
From Thai แก้ว (kaeo) meaning "crystal, glass" and มณี (mani) meaning "precious stone, gem, jewel".

Kaer Estonian
Kaer is an Estonian surname meaning "oats".

Käesel Estonian
Käesel is an Estonia surname derived from "käes" meaning "on", "in possession", "come" and "arrive".

Kaeser German, German (Swiss)
Occupational name for a cheesemaker or a cheese merchant from an agent derivative of Middle High German kæse "cheese". Variant of Käser.

Kaestner German
Variant of Kästner.

Kaetsu Japanese
From Japanese 嘉 (Ka) meaning "applaud, praise, esteem, happy, auspicious", and 悦 (etsu) meaning "ecstasy, joy, rapture". Other kanji combinations are possible, and can create alternate meanings.

Kaevats Estonian
Kaevats is an Estonian surname derived from "kaevata" meaning "dig".

Kaewmanee Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แก้วมณี (see Kaeomani).

Kafetzis Greek
Means "coffee shop owner" in Greek, derived from the Ottoman Turkish word قهوه‌جی‎ (kahveci), equivalent to Greek καφές (kafés) both meaning “coffee” and‎ the Greek suffix -τζής (-tzís), from Ottoman Turkish قهوه‎ (kahve) and Ottoman Turkish ـجی‎ (-ci) respectively... [more]

Kaffka Hungarian, Romanian, Low German, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian
The Germanised Czech surname of a certain Margit. Means ‘Little Jackdaw’ in Czech. Its internationally better known diminutive is Kafka.

Kafkalas Greek

Kaga Japanese
From the Japanese 加 (ka) "increase," "step up" and 賀 (ka or ga) "congratulation."

Kaga Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate".

Kaga Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).

Kagami Japanese
From 加 (ka) "increase, add, addition, Canada include, join" combined with 賀 (ga) meaning "joy, congratulate, greet, celebrate", 立 (takao, tatsu, ritsu) meaning "stand up, rise, erect, set, establish" combined with 基 (ki) meaning "underlying, base, basis, radicals" or 各 (kaku) meaning "each" combined with 務 (mu) meaning "duties, task, affairs" (各務 as a word means "duties")... [more]

Kagamine Japanese, Popular Culture
From the Japanese 鏡 (kagami) meaning "mirror" and 音 (ne) meaning "sound".

Kagan Jewish
Eastern Ashkenazic form of Cohen.

Kaganek Polish, Jewish
The surname Kaganek is of Polish or Jewish origin, and it is a diminutive form of the name Kagan, which is derived from the Hebrew word כַּהֵן (Kohen), meaning "priest." The name Kagan historically referred to individuals who were descendants of the Jewish priestly class.

Kaganov Jewish (Russified)
Russified version of Cohen.

Kagawa Japanese
From Japanese 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" or 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Kagaya Japanese

Kagaya Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase", 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Kagayama Japanese

Kagen Japanese

Kagewari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蔭 (kage) meaning "shade" and 割 (wari), from 割り (wari), the continuative form of 割る (waru) meaning "to divide; to separate, to crack", referring to a shady land with cracks.

Kageyama Japanese
From Japanese 影 or 景 (kage) meaning "shadow" or 蔭 (kage) meaning "shade, shelter" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Kageyuki Japanese

Käggo Estonian
Käggo is an Estonian surname derived from "kägu" meaning "cuckoo".

Kagiyama Japanese
Means "key mountain".... [more]

Kagoshima Japanese

Kagramanyan Armenian

Kägu Estonian
Kägu is an Estonian surname meaning "cuckoo" (Cuculus canorus).

Kagunaka Japanese

Kahal Ukrainian
Possibly variant of Kahalnyak.

Kahale Hawaiian
"The house".

Kahalnyak Ukrainian

Kahana Jewish
Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew surname, Cohen.

Kahananui Hawaiian
From the given name Kahananui.

Kahar Estonian
Kahar is an Estonian surname meaning "branchy/spreading".

Kahara Japanese

Kahari African

Kahil Arabic (Egyptian)

Kahinu Eastern African, Ge'ez, Amharic, Tigrinya, Swahili, Somali, Malagasy
Means "clergyman" in several Eastern African languages, originally denoting someone who was a clergyman (see the given name Kahinu).

Kahinu Maori, Hawaiian

Kahju Estonian
Kahju is an Estonian surname meaning "loss" and "harm".

Kahlen German

Kahlo German

Kahlweiß German (East Prussian)
Corruption of Kallweit.

Kahn German
Derived from German Kahn "small boat" as well as a Germanized form of the Jewish surname Cohen.

Kahn Pashto, Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Khan.

Kahneman German

Kahr German
Short form of the medieval personal name Makarius.

Kahraman Turkish
Means "hero" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian قهرمان (qahraman).

Kahri German (Austrian)

Kahu Melanesian

Kahue Hawaiian
From the given name Kahue.

Kahuila Hawaiian (?)

Kahveci Turkish
Means "coffee producer" in Turkish.

Kahveci Turkish
Occupational name for a coffee seller or producer, derived from Turkish kahve meaning "coffee".

Kahvedžić Bosnian

Kahwaji Arabic (Mashriqi)
Arabized form of Turkish Kahveci, chiefly used in Lebanon.

Kahya Turkish
Means "butler, steward, housekeeper" in Turkish.

Kai Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 廻 (see Meguri 2).

Kaiba Japanese
From Japanese 海 (kai) meaning "sea, ocean" and 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf".

Kaida Japanese

Kaido Japanese

Kaieda Japanese

Kaifu Japanese
Combination of the kanji 海 (kai, "sea, ocean") and 部 (bu, "division, section"). A famous bearer of this surname is Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu (海部 俊樹; b. 1931).

Kaigan Japanese

Kaigler English (American)
Americanized spelling of Kegler.

Kaihatsu Japanese
From Japanese 開発 (Kaihatsu) meaning "Kaihatsu", a former village in the former district of Imizu in the former Japanese province of Etchū in present-day Toyama, Japan.

Kaihau Maori
This less-common Maori surname means speed

Kaihotsu Japanese
Variant reading of Kaihatsu.

Kaikai Manding

Kail German (Austrian)

Kail Estonian
Kail is an Estonian surname meaning "wild rosemary".

Kailan Indonesian

Kailand South African

Kailer English

Kaili African

Kailun Filipino

Kaimiņš Latvian
Means "neighbour".

Kaimudin Moluccan

Kain Irish
Variant of Kane.

Kainama Moluccan

Kainda Kongo

Kaine English
Variant of Caine.

Kaino Japanese

Kainoa Hawaiian
From the given name Kainoa.

Kainou Japanese

Kaira Crimean Tatar (Russified)

Käis Estonian
Käis is an Estonian surname meaning "sleeve".

Kaisaki Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 貝崎 (see Kaizaki).

Kaisermann German, French

Kaishav Indian

Kaisley English (Rare)
Variant of Casley.

Kaisupy Moluccan

Käit Estonian
Käit is an Estonian surname meaning "operation" and "duty".

Kaita Japanese

Kaite African

Kaito Japanese
From 海 (kai, umi) meaning "sea, ocean" and 藤 (to, fuji) meaning "wisteria".

Kaits Estonian
Kaits is an Estonian surname meaning "guard".

Kaiyō Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 回 (e, kai, ka.eru, mawa.shi-, -mawa.shi, mawa.su, -mawa.su, -mawa.ri, mawa.ru, -mawa.ru, motoo.ru) meaning "game, revolve, round" and 陽 (you, hi) meaning "daytime, heaven, male, positive, sunshine, yang principle."... [more]

Kaiyu Chinese

Kaizaki Japanese
From Japanese 貝 (kai) meaning "aquatic shellfish" and 崎 (saki) meaning "small peninsula; cape".

Kaizawa Japanese
From Japanese 貝 (Kai) meaning "shellfish" and 澤 (Sawa, Zawa) meaning "swamp".

Kaizra arabe

Kajakas Estonian
Kajakas is an Estonian surname meaning "gull".

Kajal Indian, Gujarati, Bengali
Derived from Sanskrit कज्जल (kajjala) meaning "collyrium, lotion" or "ink, soot", though it also refers to kohl, a dark powder used as a eye makeup.

Kajan Indian

Kaji Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "wind". This is the last name of famous Japanese voice actor from Tokyo Japan, Yūki Kaji.

Kajibara Japanese
Variant of Kajihara.

Kajihara Japanese
Kaji means "wind" and hara means "plain, field".

Kajikawa Japanese

Kajima Japanese
Variant of Kashima.

Kajita Japanese
From Japanese 梶 (kaji) meaning "mulberry" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kajitani Japanese
Rare Japanese surname, roughly meaning "to add to the field; extend field boundaries".

Kajiura Japanese (Rare)
Kaji means "wind" and Ura means "seacoast, bay".... [more]

Kajiwara Japanese
Written with characters meaning ‘oar’ and ‘plain’, this name is found mostly in western Japan.

Kajiwara Japanese
From Japanese 梶 (kaji) meaning "paper mulberry" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kajkut Bosnian

Kajmak Croatian
Kajmak (or kaymak) is a dairy product from southeastern Europe and Central Asia.

Kajos Finnish

Kajota Polish

Kajtazi Albanian

Kajtazović Bosnian

Kaju Estonian
Kaju is an Estonian surname derived from "kajut" meaning "cabin".

Kajupank Estonian
Kajupank is an Estonian surname derived from "kalju (rock)" and "pank" (bank and cliff)".

Kajzelj Slovene

Kakas Hungarian

Kakaš Slovak

Kakashi Japanese
This might come from the given name.

Kakawa Japanese

Kakegamic Oji-cree

Kakehashi Japanese
From 架 (kake) meaning "construct, build" or 掛 (kake) meaning "suspend, hang" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Kakesu Japanese

Kakhaberidze Georgian
Means "son of Kakhaber".

Kaki Japanese
From Japanese 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon".

Kakibara Japanese
Variant of Kakihara.

Kakida Japanese

Kakihana Japanese
From 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence" and 花 (hana) meaning "flower".

Kakihara Japanese
From Japanese 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain". A notable bearer of this surname is voice actor Tetsuya Kakihara (柿原 徹也, 1982–).

Kakii Japanese
Kaki means "pomegranate" means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Kakimaru Japanese

Kakimura Japanese
Kaki means "persimmon" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Kakine Japanese (Rare)
Kaki (垣) means "fence", ne (根) means "root, base, foundation". Notable bearers of this surname are Takuya Kakine, a football player, and Teitoku Kakine, a character from Toaru Majutsu no Index

Kakino Japanese

Kakinoki Japanese
From 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon", ノ (no) an invisible possessive particle, and 木 (ki) meaning "wood, tree".

Kakinuma Japanese
Kaki means "Persimmon" and Numa means "Swamp".

Kakinuma Japanese
From Japanese 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Kakiouea Nauruan

Kakisaki Japanese
Kaki means "persimmon" and saki means "cape, peninsula, promontory".

Kakisawa Japanese

Kakita Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kakiwara Japanese
Variant of Kakihara.

Kakizaki Japanese
Variant of Kakisaki.

Kakizaki Japanese
From Japanese 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Kakizaki Japanese
From Japanese 蠣 (kaki) meaning "oyster" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Kakizawa Japanese

Kakk Estonian
Kakk is an Estonian surname meaning both "cake" and "owl".

Kako Japanese
From 加 (ka) meaning "increase, add, Canada" and 古 (ko) meaning "old".

Kąkol Polish
Means "corncockle".

Kakos Greek, Arabic, Muslim, Assyrian, Hungarian, Slovak
Some characteristic forenames: Greek Demetrios, Spiros. Arabic/Muslim Ezzat, Habib, Issam, Jamila, Najib, Talal.... [more]

Kakoulidis Greek

Kakousis Greek

Kaktiņš Latvian
Derived from the word kakts meaning "nook, corner".

Kaku Japanese
From Japanese 角 (kaku) meaning "corner".

Kakugai Japanese
Variant of Kakutani.

Kakugaya Japanese
Variant of Kakutani.

Kakuma Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 隈 (kuma) meaning "corner, shade".

Kakuta Japanese
From 角 (kaku) meaning "corner" and 田 (da) meaning "rice paddy, field".

Kakutani Japanese
From Japanese 角 (kaku) meaning "corner" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Kakuya Japanese
Variant of Kakutani.

Kal Korean

Kala Estonian
Kala is an Estonian surname meaning "fish".

Kalaba African, Southern African, Tonga
Means "forgetful person".

Kalabić Serbian

Kalabun Ukrainian

Kalač Montenegrin

Kalafatis Greek

Kalafatović Croatian
Derived from kalafat, meaning "caulker", a type of shipbuilder.

Kalahasthi Sanskrit
It 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... [more]

Kalaitović Serbian

Kalajdžić Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian

Kalamees Estonian
Kalamees is an Estonian surname meaning "fisherman".

Kalander German
Status name for the chairman or a member fraternity that held meetings on the first of each month, from Latin ad calendas.

Kalani Hawaiian
From the given name Kalani.

Kalaniuvalu Tongan

Kalanjian Armenian
Meaning unknown.

Kalantari Persian
Derived from Persian کلانتر (kalantar) meaning "sheriff, marshal".

Kalantzakis Greek
Crete

Kalarakis Greek

Kalashnik Ukrainian
Means "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.

Kalawaiʻa Hawaiian
From the given name Kalawaiʻa.

Kalay Turkish
Means "tin (the metal)" in Turkish.

Kalaycı Turkish
Means "tinsmith" in Turkish.

Kalban Arabic

Kalchenko Ukrainian
Possibly from the river Kalchyk (Кальчик), a Ukrainian river in Zaporizhzhya and Donetsk regions.

Kalda Estonian
Variant form of Kallas "shore".

Kaldani Georgian

Kaldırım Turkish

Kaldmaa Estonian
Kaldmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping/incline land".

Kaldmets Estonian
Kaldmets is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping/incline forest".

Kaldoja Estonian
Kaldoja is an Estonian name meaning "sloping creek".

Káldor Hungarian
Hungarian borrowing of Kalter.

Kaldor Hungarian (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Káldor.

Kaldre Estonian
Kaldre is an Estonian surname derived from "kald-", meaning a "sloping" or "slanting incline".

Kaldvee Estonian
Kaldvee is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping/inclined" ("kald") "water"" ("vee").

Kale Croatian
Possibly derived from Turkish kale, meaning "castle, fortress".

Kale Indian, Marathi
Means "black" in Marathi, ultimately from Sanskrit काल (kala).

Kale Turkish
Means "castle, fortress" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic قلعة (qal'ah).

Kaleb Croatian
Possibly rom the name Caleb.... [more]

Kaleba Polish
Originates from a nickname of Polish dialect meaning “scraggy old cow”

Kalejs Latvian
Occupational name for someone who works as a blacksmith.

Kalende African

Kalender Turkish
Means "bohemian, easygoing, carefree" in Turkish.

Kaler English, German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Kahler, Köhler, or Kehler.

Kalev Russian
Russian, 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.

Kaley English

Kalezić Montenegrin

Kalfus Jewish

Kalhorh Urdu, Sindhi
Originally 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 Sindhi
From the name of the Kalhora (or Kalhoro) people, a Sindhi tribe residing in Pakistan. The name itself is of uncertain meaning.

Kalian Ukrainian

Kalicki Polish
Polish: habitational name for someone from a place called Balice.

Kaligayahan Filipino (Rare), Tagalog (Rare)
Means "happiness" in Tagalog.

Kalin Swiss

Kalinchuk Ukrainian

Kalinić Croatian, Serbian
Meaning unknown.... [more]

Kalinichenko Ukrainian, Ukrainian (Russified)
Variant or Russifed form of Kalynychenko.

Kalinin Russian
Derived from Russian калина (kalina) meaning "guelder rose" (a type of plant).

Kalinska Polish

Kalish Polish

Kalister English (American)
Variant of McAlister.

Kalistratenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Kalistrat".

Kalit African

Kalita Indian, Assamese
Meaning 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 Polish
A polish surname meaning "money pouch" in old polish

Kalix German (Rare)

Kaljend Estonian
Kaljend is an Estonian surname derived from the words "kalju" meaning "rock/cliff" and "eend" meaning "protusion/overhang".

Kalju Estonian
Means "cliff, rock" in Estonian. The given name Kalju is an independent invention.

Kaljujärv Estonian
Kaljujärv is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff lake".

Kaljula Estonian
Kaljula is an Estonian surname meaning "rock/cliff area".

Kaljulaid Estonian
Kaljulaid is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff islet".

Kaljumäe Estonian
Kaljumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff hill".

Kaljuots Estonian
Kaljuots is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff ("kalju") "end/tip" ("ots").

Kaljupank Estonian
Kaljupank is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff bank/escarpment".

Kaljuraag Estonian
Kaljuraag is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff willow".

Kaljurand Estonian
Kaljurand is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff beach".

Kaljusoo Estonian
Kaljusoo is an Estonian surname meaning "Kalju's (a masculine given name) swamp". Also probably an Estonianization of "Kalju's son".

Kaljuste Estonian
Kaljuste is an Estonian surname derived from "kalju" meaning "cliff" and "Kalju", a masculine given name.

Kaljuvee Estonian
Kaljuvee is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff water".

Kalk Estonian
Kalk is an Estonian surname meaning "heartless", "callous" and "harsh".

Kalk German, Dutch
Occupational name for a lime burner from Middle High German kalc and Middle Dutch calk "lime" (both a loanword from Latin calx).

Kalkan Turkish

Kalkan Turkish
Means "shield" in Turkish.

Kalkbrenner German
Occupational name for a lime burner from Middle High German kalc "chalk lime" and brenner "burner".

Kalkreuth German
Derived from German kalk meaning "lime," and reut meaning "cleared land". Most likely an occupational name for a lime burner.

Käll Swedish
From Swedish källa "source (of a stream of water)", ultimately derived from Old Norse kelda.

Kall Estonian
Kall is an Estonian surname meaning "slope".

Kalla Indian, Tamil
It is a Tamil name, meaning "priest".

Kalla Sami
Derived from Kállá, the Sami form of Karl.

Kallai Estonian
Kallai is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "kall" meaning "slope" and "lai" meaning "wide/broad": "wide slope".

Kallaku Albanian

Kallal Medieval Czech

Kallan Indian, Tamil
Alternate spelling of Kalla.

Kallas Estonian
Means "shore, bank (of a river), seashore" in Estonian.

Kallasmaa Estonian
Kallasmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "bank/shore/coast land".

Kallasmets Estonian
Kallasmets is an Estonian surname meaning "shore forest".

Kallaste Estonian
Kallaste is and Estonian surname meaning "seaside" or "seashore".

Kallasvee Estonian
Kallasvee is an Estonian surname meaning "shore water".

Kallaur Belarusian

Kállay Hungarian
Habitational 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

Källberg Swedish
Swedish variant of Kjellberg.

Kalle Estonian
Kalle is an Estonian surname meaning "slope", "slant" and "incline".

Kallemaa Estonian
Kallemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping land".

Kallemets Estonian
Kallemets is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping forest".

Kallergis Greek
The 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... [more]

Kallie South African

Kallier English

Kallifronas Greek

Kalligeros Greek

Kallimachis Greek

Kallimogiannis Greek

Kallis Estonian
Kallis is an Estonian surname meaning "darling", "sweetheart", or "beloved".

Kallmeyer German
from 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".

Kally African

Kalm Estonian
Kalm is an Estonian surname derived from "kalme", meaning "burial mound" and "kalmistu", meaning "cemetery".

Kálmán Hungarian
From forename Kálmán.

Kalmandi Hungarian
Hungarian

Kalmus Estonian
Kalmus is an Estonian surname meaning "sweet flag (a waterside plant; Acorus calamus)".

Kalnicki Polish

Kalnieks Latvian
Derived from the word kalns meaning "mountain".

Kalogeras Greek
From the Greek word καλόγερος (kalogeros), meaning monk.

Kalogeropoulos Greek
Means "son of the monk" in Greek, derived from Greek καλόγερος (kalógeros) "monk, friar".