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Ketay English (British)
It was first used by the great king Richard skinner-ketay wh ruled over his land fairly and wisely and his subjects respected and loved him.
Ketts English (British)
The proud Norman name of Ketts was developed in England soon after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. It was a name for a person who has a fancied resemblance to a cat. The name stems from the Old Northern French cat, of the same meaning, which occurs in many languages in the same form from a very early period.
Keuch German
Variation of Kuch.
Keung Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Jiang 2.
Kevat Indian
From Sanskrit केवट (kevaṭ) meaning "boatman". This is used by the Kevat caste who traditionally specialized in rowing boats.
Kevin Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Caoimhín "descendant of Caoimhín" (the personal name Kevin) a name derived from gein "birth" although now regarded as a diminutive of Gaelic cóem "dear, beloved".
Kewat Indian
Variant transcription of Devanagari केवट (see Kevat).
Khachukaev Chechen
Meaning uncertain.
Khamvongsa Lao
From Lao ຄຳ (kham) meaning "gold" and ວົງສາ (vongsa) meaning "family line".
Khang Hmong
From the clan name Kha, Khab or Khaab all associated with the Chinese character 康 (kāng) (see Kang).
Kharchenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian харчування (kharchuvannya), meaning "food, sustenance".
Khare Indian, Marathi, Hindi
Means "pure, true" in Hindi and Marathi.
Kharitonov m Russian
Means "son of Khariton". Nikolay Kharitonov was the KPRF's candidate for the 2024 Russian elections.
Kharyskhal Yakut (Rare)
A Kharyskhal is a Yakutian cultural item.
Khasanshin m Central Asian
From the given name Khasan.
Khaybulaev Avar, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Khaybulla", from a given name derived from Arabic حَيّ (ḥayy) meaning "alive" combined with الله (allāh) meaning "Allah, God".
Khemkhaeng Thai
Means "strong" in Thai.
Khieu Khmer
Means "to be blue (in colour)" in Khmer.
Khiev Khmer
From Khmer ខៀវ (khiev) meaning "blue".
Khirlig-ool Tuvan (Rare)
Means "dirty boy" in Tuvan, from Tuvan хирлиг (khirlig) "dirty" and оол (ool) "son, boy".
Khlebnikov Russian
This surname means a baker who makes bread.
Khmyz Russian
Derived from dialectal Russian хмыз (khmyz) meaning "bush, thicket".
Khodemchuk Ukrainian
Means "son of the one who walks" from the verb ходити (khodyty) meaning "to walk, to go".
Kholodinin Russian
From kholodnii, meaning "cold".
Khotlubyey Urum (Ukrainianized), Crimean Tatar (Ukrainianized)
From Crimean Tatar къот (qot), meaning "blessed, happy, good" and бей (bey), a variant of the Turkish military title beg.
Khouw Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Xu 2 used by Chinese Indonesians.
Khreshchyk Ukrainian
Probably from the street Khreshchatyk in Kyiv.
Khrueachan Thai
From Thai เครือ (khruea) meaning "family" and จันทร์ (chan) meaning "moon".
Khrushchev Russian
Derived from Russian хрущ (khrushch) meaning "cockchafer" or "May beetle".
Khrystenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian Христ (Khryst), meaning "Christ".
Khuan Chinese (Russified)
Russified form of Huang used by ethnic Chinese living in parts of the former Soviet Union.
Khuất Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Qu, from Sino-Vietnamese 屈 (khuất).
Khuat Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Khuất.
Khuon Khmer
Meaning uncertain.
Khvan Korean (Russified)
Russified form of Hwang used by ethnic Koreans living in former Soviet territories.
Khvylyovyy m Ukrainian
Means "wave (water)" in Ukrainian.
Kibar Turkish
Means "kind, polite, noble" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic كبار (kibar).
Kibus Estonian
Kibus is an Estonian surname meaning "piggin" (a small wooden pail with one stave extended upward as a handle).
Kiehl Medieval Low German
From Middle Low German kil ‘wedge’, applied as a metonymic occupational name or as a pejorative nickname for a ruffian. Possibly a habitational name from Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein, from Dutch and Frisian kil ‘stagnant water’ (see Kiel)... [more]
Kiire Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 喜入 (Kiire) meaning "Kiire", a former village in the former district of Kiire in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan, or it being a variant spelling of 給黎 (Kiire) meaning "Kiire", the name of the district which the village was located in.
Kiiri Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 喜入 (see Kiire).
Kiisk Estonian
Means "ruffe" in Estonian.
Kikyo Japanese
This surname is used as 桔梗, 喜京, 木京 or 鬼京 with 桔 (kitsu, ketsu, ki), which is used in plant names, 梗 (kyou, kou, oomune, fusagu, yamanire) meaning "close up, flower stem, for the most part", 喜 (ki, yoroko.basu, yoroko.bu) meaning "rejoice, take pleasure in", 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood", 鬼 (ki, oni, oni-) meaning "devil, ghost" and 京 (kyou, kin, kei, miyako) meaning "capital."... [more]
Kiley Irish, English
Anglicized form of the Old Gaelic "O' Cadhla" meaning "son of Cadhla". Cadhla means meaning graceful or beautiful; hence, "descendant(s) of 'the graceful one'".
Kilgi Estonian
Kilgi is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "kilgendama", meaning "sparkle" and "shine".
Kılıç Turkish
Means "sword" in Turkish.
Kılıçaslan Turkish
From Turkish kılıç meaning "sword" and aslan meaning "lion".
Kılık Turkish
Means "appearance, attire, dress" in Turkish.
Killmonger African
The name (last name) of the villain in Black Panther, played by Michael B. Jordan.
Kilpatrick Scottish
Scottish: habitational name from Gaelic cill Padraig "church of (Saint) Patrick".
Kimba Luba
Best known as the international given name of a certain Tezuka character.
Kimpo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).
Kimpō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 金 (kin) meaning "gold, metal" and 宝 (pō), the joining form of 宝 (hō) meaning "treasure", possibly referring to someone who manufactured precious metals.
Kindermann German, Jewish
occupational name for a schoolteacher literally "children man", from the elements kind "child" and man "man".
Kindy English
"From Kinder".
Kingsleigh English
It is a variant of KINGSLEY.
Kingsolver English (American)
Altered form of English Consolver, which is unexplained. Compare Kinsolving.
Kinjo Japanese
From the Japanese 金 (kin or kane) "gold," "money" and 城 (jo or shiro) "castle."
Kinjo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 金城 (see Kinjō).
Kinjō Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kin) meaning "gold, money, metal" and 城 (jō) meaning "castle".
Kinne German
From the female given name Kinne, a Silesian diminutive of Kunigunde.
Kinne Flemish
Variant of Kin.
Kinpo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).
Kinpō Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).
Kinsolving English
Altered form of English Consolver
Kipps German
Topographical name for someone living on a hill, from Kippe 'edge', 'brink'.
Kipps English
From Middle English Kipp, perhaps a byname for a fat man, from an unattested Old English form Cyppe, which according to Reaney is from the Germanic root kupp 'to swell'.
Kıraç Turkish
Means "barren, wasted, infertile" in Turkish.
Kirakosyan Armenian
Means "son of Kirakos".
Kıral Turkish
Means "supreme leader" in Turkish
Kıran Turkish
Means "pestilence, murrain" or "breaker, crusher" in Turkish.
Kiran Indian, Telugu, Hindi
From the given name Kiran.
Kiraz Turkish
Means "cherry" in Turkish.
Kirichenko Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Kyrychenko.
Kirja Estonian
Kirja is an Estonian surname meaning "epistolary" (relating to the writing of letters).
Kirov m Russian
Means "son of Kir".
Kirschbaum German, Jewish
topographic name from kirschbaum "cherry tree" derived from the elements kirsch "cherry" and boum "tree"... [more]
Kirss Estonian
Kirss is an Estonian surname meaning "cherry".
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".
Kiryushkin m Russian
Derived from a diminutive of the Russian name Kir.
Kiser German
Variant of Kaiser.
Kishi Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "bank, shore".
Kishlansky Russian (?)
Mark Kishlansky was a historian.
Kisku Santali, Indian
Known as the surname of Rathin Kisku.
Kisly Russian, Belarusian
Derived from Russian кислый (kisly) meaning "acid, acidic, sour".
Kitabatake Japanese
From 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 畠 (batakat) meaning "field".
Kitao Japanese
From 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail".
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)
Kitto Cornish
Cornish forms of Kit, for Christopher, according to 'Patronymica Cornu-Brittanica' by Richard Stephen Charnock (1870).
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’.
Kitzmüller German
Meaning "kid miller".
Kiuru Finnish
Means "skylark" in Finnish
Kivik Estonian
Kivik is an Estonian surname relating to "stone".
Kıyak Turkish
Means "super, great, fine" in Turkish.
Kiyomigawa Japanese
A notable user of this surname is Kiyomigawa Umeyuki, a sumo wrestler from Yokota, Akita Prefecture.
Kızıl Turkish
Means "red, scarlet" in Turkish.
Kjuka Macedonian
Kjuka has its highest incidence in North Macedonia.
Klaar Estonian
Klaar is an Estonian surname meaning "clear" or "ready". Ultimately, from the German word "klar", meaning "clear".
Klaarwater German
"Clear water."
Klaas Estonian
Klaas is an Estonian surname meaning "glass".
Klaes Frisian
From the given name Klaes.
Klapp German
Nickname for a gossip or a slanderer, derived from Middle High German klapf, klaff meaning "prattle, malicious gossip".
Klarwasser German
"Clear water."
Klass German
The name is patronymic and it comes from the German first name "Clausen" which is a variant of the name "Nicholas".
Klaus German, Dutch
From the given name Klaus.
Klayn Jewish
Variant of Klein
Kleanthous Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Κλεάνθους (see Cleanthous).
Kleehammer German
Means "Cloverleaf hammer"
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.
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]
Kliem Maltese
Kliem is a Maltese word that means "words."
Klier German, Czech, Jewish
artificial name (for Jews) and nickname (for Germans and Czechs) derived from German dialect klier "castrated cock".
Klijn Dutch
Could be a variant of Klein "small, little", or could be derived from Old Dutch kluin (also klyn or kloen) "peat".
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]
Kling Dutch
Occupational surname meaning "blade" in Dutch, referring to a person who made knives. A Dutch cognate of Messer.
Klingemann German
Occupational surname for a knife maker, literally meaning "knife maker, weapons smith". It is derived from German klinge meaning "blade".
Klock German, Dutch
As a German name this is formed from German glocke "bell", ultimately possibly borrowed from the Irish clocc "bell". It may be an occupational name for a crier or bell ringer, or an habitational name for someone who lived closer to a bell or the sign of a bell... [more]
Kloda Polish, English
Maybe an anglicized form or a variant of Kłoda.
Kloek Dutch
From Middle Dutch cloec meaning "deft, clever, skilful", derived from Old Germanic *klōkaz "strong, quick, smart".
Klomp Dutch, Low German
Means both "lump, block, compact heap" and "clog, wooden shoe" in Dutch, often an occupational name for someone who made such shoes. It could also be a nickname for a stocky or clumsy person, or a habitational name for someone who lived by a sign depicting a clog.
Klopp German, Dutch
Habitational name from a place called Kloppe.
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-).
Kloss English (British)
Surname from the model, Karlie Kloss (1992-)
Kluczewska f Polish
Feminine form of Kluczewski.
Kluczewski m Polish
Habititional surname for someone from a village called Klucze or Kluczewo.
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.
Kluge German
Variant of Klug
Kluit Dutch
Means "lump, clod (of earth)" in Dutch.
Klutz German
The ancient and distinguished German surname Klutz is derived from the old Germanic term "Klotz," meaning "awkward, clumsy." The name was most likely initially bestowed as a nickname, either on someone who was clumsy or in an ironic way on someone who was exceptionally graceful.
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.
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.
Knatchbull English
A nickname from Old English knatch "to strike" + bull "bull", indicating strength.
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
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.
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).
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.
Knies Slovak
Slovak surname meaning "priest". Related to Knez.
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]
Knipe English
Habitational name derived from Old Norse gnípa "steep rock, cliff, overhang".
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.
Knock English
Topographic name for someone living by a hill, from Middle English knocke "hill" (Old English cnoc).
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]
Knorr German
From a nickname for a gnarly person, derived from Middle High/Low German knorre "knot, protruberance".
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.
Knuth German
From the given name Knut.
Knutz German
Variant of Kuntz
Kobasigawa Japanese (Anglicized)
The more common form of Kobashigawa in the Western world.
Kobayakawa Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 早 (baya) meaning "fast" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river".
Kobel Russian
Means "male dog" in Russian.
Kober German, Jewish (Ashkenazi)
From Middle High German kober "basket". This was used as either an occupational name for a basket maker or a nickname for someone who carried a basket on his back.
Kobylytsya Ukrainian
Means "mare" in Ukrainian.
Koçak Turkish
Means "brave, strong" or "generous" in Turkish.
Kocis Slovak
Slovak derivative of Hungarian Kocsis "Coachman".
Kocur Ukrainian
means "tom cat" or "male cat"
Kodjo Ewe
From the given name Kodjo
Koehl German
Variant of Köhl
Koell Upper German (Rare)
(Koell) named used when came1880s to 1905 in America changed to( Kohl)... [more]
Koers Dutch
Means "son of Koert".
Koeth German
Variant of Köth
Koffi Ewe
From the given name Koffi
Kogai Korean (Russified)
Variant transcription of Kogay.
Kogan Jewish (Russified)
Russified version of the common Jewish surname Cohen.
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’.
Kohen Jewish, Hebrew, English
Hebrew form of Cohen.
Kohli Indian
Derived from the Khatri clan of the Punjab state of India.
Kohno Japanese
Variant transcription of Kono.
Koide Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 出 (ide or de) meaning "rising."
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.
Koike Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "little, small" and 池 (ike) meaning "pond."
Koiso Japanese
Combination of the kanji 小 (ko; "small, little, short") and 磯 (iso; "seashore")
Koivu Finnish
Means "birch" in Finnish.
Kojić Serbian
Derived from the forename Koja.
Kokan Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小菅 or 小管 (see Kosuge).
Köken Turkish
Means "root, origin" in Turkish.
Kokko Finnish
Means "eagle" in Finnish.
Kolac Croatian
From kolac, meaning "(wooden) stake".
Kołakowska f Polish
Feminine form of Kołakowski.
Kołakowski m Polish
Name for someone originally from a place called Kołaków, Kołaki or Kołakowo.
Kolan Indian (Christian), Sinhalese
Variant of Colón used by Christians from India and in Sri Lanka.
Kolesnikov Russian
Derived from Russian колесник (kolesnik) meaning "wheelwright, wheel artisan".
Kolev Bulgarian
Means "son of Kole", a diminutive of Nikola 1.
Kolga Estonian
Kolga is an Estonian surname derived from "kolgas" meaning "back country", "province", and "hinterland".
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