Submitted Surnames of Length 5

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Kanep Estonian
Kanep is an Estonian surname meaning "hemp".
Kanie Japanese
From Japanese 蟹 (kani) meaning "crab" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".
Kanja Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 冠者 (Kanja), a variant spelling of 管者 (Kanja) meaning "Kanja", a former division in the district of Chīsagata in the former Japanese province of Shinano in present-day Nagano, Japan.
Kanno Japanese
From the Japanese 菅 (kan or suga) "sedge" and 野 (no) "field," "area." This name can also be read as Sugano.
Kanza Japanese
formed with 神 (Shin, Jin, Kami, Kan, Kou) meaning "God" and 座 (Za) meaning "Squat, Seat". Which means the surname could possible come out as “A seat for gods”
Kanze Japanese (Rare)
Derived from Japanese 観世 (Kanze), a clipping of the given name 観世丸 (see Kanzemaru) or a variant reading of 観世 (Miyo), a clipping of the given name 観世丸 (see Miyomaru).
Kapel Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
Means "chapel" in Dutch, a habitational name for someone who lived near a chapel (or in a place named after one), or an occupational name for a chaplain.
Kapić Bosnian
Derived from kapa, meaning "hat, cap".
Kapur Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Alternate transcription of Kapoor.
Karal Indian, Bengali
This Surname was given in honour by the Britishers to Nikhil Chandra Banerjee to recognize his efforts in constructing The Karali Kali temple in Dhaka,now the capital of Bangladesh. It was a very expensive construction and still attracts tourists every year... [more]
Karam Arabic, Urdu, Persian
Derived from the given name Karam.
Karan Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 加覧 (see Garan).
Karch Jewish
1 Jewish (Ashkenazic): Americanized spelling of Karcz .... [more]
Karen Czech
From a diminutive of the given name Karel.
Karhu Finnish
Means "bear" (the animal) in Finnish.
Karia Indian (Christian)
Derived from the given name Zechariah.
Karin Estonian
Possibly derived from Estonian kari "reef, outcrop of stone in water".
Kariv Hebrew
Means "battle, fight, war" in Hebrew.
Karja Estonian
Karja is an Estonian surname meaning "herding".
Karki Nepali
Occupational name for a tax collector from Nepali कर (kar) meaning "tax" (ultimately of Sanskrit origin).
Karla Czech
Karla, from English - carla
Karol Jewish (Ashkenazi), Polish, Rusyn, Slovak
Polish, Slovak Rusyn, Slovak: from the personal name Karol, Polish and Slovak equivalent of Charles.... [more]
Kasai Japanese
It means fire in Japanese
Kasap Turkish
Means "butcher" in Turkish.
Kasei Japanese
From Japanese 火星 (kasei) meaning "Mars".
Kasei Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).
Käser German, German (Swiss)
occupational name for a cheesemaker or a cheese merchant (see Kaeser ). topographic name for someone who lived by a summer dairy in the Alps from a Tyrolean dialect word derived from Ladin casura... [more]
Kasey English
Variant of Casey.
Kasim Arabic, Filipino, Maguindanao, Tausug
From the given name Qasim.
Kasmi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Kissami, used more frequently in modern times.
Kastl German
From a pet form of the saint's name Castulus, itself a diminutive of the Latin adjective castus 'chaste'.
Kasun Sinhalese
From the given name Kasun.
Katai Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 井 (i) meaning "well".
Katan Jewish
From Hebrew קָטָן (katan) meaning "small, little, young".
Kateb Arabic
From Arabic كَاتِب (kātib) meaning "writer, scribe, clerk".
Katin Russian
Matronymic surname derived from a diminutive Katya of the Russian given name Yekaterina.
Katje Dutch
Diminutive form of the surname Kat.
Katoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Kato.
Katsu Japanese
Matsu means "victory".
Kauge Estonian
Kauge is an Estonian surname meaning "far/far off".
Kauka Low German, Sorbian
Best known as the surname of a certain Rolf. It is perhaps a Sorbian and Northeast Low German variant of Kafka and Kawa, both of which mean ‘Jackdaw’ in Czech and Polish.... [more]
Kauke German
Variant of Kauk from Middle high German kauke "cake" hence a metonymic occupational name for a baker or confectioner or a nickname for a cake lover.
Kauss Estonian
Kauss is an Estonian surname meaning "dish" and "bowl".
Kautz German
Nickname for a shy or strange person, from Middle High German kuz "screech owl".
Kavak Turkish
Means "poplar" in Turkish.
Kavka Slovak, Ukrainian, Czech
Yet another variant of Kafka and its pop culture equivalents Kefka and Cefca. Also like Kaffka, it simply means ‘Jackdaw’ in Slovak.
Kawai Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Kawka Polish
Polish variant of Kawa and cognate of Kafka.
Kayan Turkish
Means "slippery, smooth, gliding" in Turkish.
Kazak Russian
Unisex Russian surname, meaning the word "Cossack"
Kazan Jewish
From Hebew chazan, which is an occupational name for a cantor in a synagogue.
Kazan Ukrainian, Belarusian, Jewish
From Turkish kazan meaning "kettle, boiler, furnace".
Kazan Greek
Reduced form of Kazandis which is an occupational surname for a maker of cauldrons or someone who uses a cauldron for the distillation of ouzo or raki... [more]
Kazan Turkish
From Turkish meaning "cauldron".
Kazim Urdu, Punjabi, Arabic
From the given name Kazim.
Kazmi Urdu
From the given name Kazim.
Kazoe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 主計 (see Kazue).
Kazue Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 主計 (kazue) meaning "(Ancient Japan) tax officer".... [more]
Keahi Hawaiian
From the given name Keahi.
Keala Hawaiian
From the given name Keala.
Keane Irish (Modern)
A nickname for a "brave" or "proud" person deriving from Middle English given name Kene
Keate English
Variant of Kite.
Keats English
Variant of Kite.
Kebel German (Americanized)
Possibly an Americanized form of German Kübel "tub, vat", a metonymic occupational name for a cooper or barrel-maker.
Kedem Hebrew
Either means "east" or "ancient" in Hebrew.
Keder Estonian
Keder is an Estonian surname meaning "wheel".
Keene English
Variant of Keen.
Keerd Estonian
Keerd is an Estonian surname meaning "winding", "turn" and "spin".
Keery Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ciardha.
Keeth Irish
A Scottish and Irish place surname meaning "forest" or "wood" or "windy place".
Kehoe Irish
Variant of McKeogh.
Keith German
Nickname from Middle High German kit "sprout, offspring".
Kekke Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 結解 (kekke), a variant reading of 結解 (ketsuge) meaning "klesha to nirvana".
Kekke Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 結解 (kekke), a variant reading of 結解 (ketsuge) meaning "account settlement", referring to someone who would deal with settlement of accounts.
Kekoa Hawaiian
From the given name Kekoa.
Kelce English
Variant of Kelsey.
Kelch German
nickname from Middle High German kelch "double chin", "goiter". from another meaning of Middle High German kelch "glass", "chalice", hence a metonymic occupational name for a chalice maker or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a chalice.
Keleş Turkish
Means "brave, handsome" as well as "bald" or "ugly" in Turkish.
Kello Estonian
Kello is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "kell" meaning "clock", or "kellu" meaning "trowel".
Kelso Scottish
Habitational name from Kelso on the river Tweed in Roxburghshire, perhaps so named from Old English cealc "chalk" + hoh "ridge", "spur".
Kelty Scottish
From the name of a village in Fife, Scotland, which was derived from Scottish Gaelic coillte "wooded area, grove".
Kempe Swedish
Variant of Kämpe.
Kendo Japanese
From Japanese 拳 (ken) meaning "fist" and 藤 (do, dou, dō) meaning "wisteria"
Kendy English (?)
Variant of Kindy(?).
Kenma Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "to see enough".
Kenny English, Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coinnigh "descendant of Coinneach" or Ó Cionaodha "descendant of Cionaodh".
Kenza Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Kenza.
Keogh Irish (Anglicized)
Variant of Keough, which is a shortened form of McKeough, itself an anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eochadha meaning "son of Eochaidh"... [more]
Kerch Russian, Ukrainian
Denotes to a person from the city of Kerch.
Keren Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Keren.
Keres Estonian
Keres is an Estonian surname derived from "kere", meaning both "hull" and "coach work".
Kerge Estonian
Kerge is an Estonian surname meaning both "slight" and "easy".
Kerin Irish (Latinized, Rare)
Irish variation of Kieran. ... [more]
Kerns Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Céirín.
Ketay English (British)
It was first used by the great kin Richard skinner-ketay.He ruled over his land fairly and was well respected by his subjects.
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).
Khang Hmong
From the clan name Kha, Khab or Khaab all associated with the Chinese character 康 (kāng) (see Kang).
Khare Indian, Marathi, Hindi
Means "pure, true" in Hindi and Marathi.
Khieu Khmer
Means "to be blue (in colour)" in Khmer.
Khiev Khmer
From Khmer ខៀវ (khiev) meaning "blue".
Khmyz Russian
Derived from dialectal Russian хмыз (khmyz) meaning "bush, thicket".
Khouw Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Xu 2 based on Dutch orthography. It is more commonly used in Indonesia.
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.
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
Kiisk is an Estonian name meaning "ruffe" (a freshwater fish: Gymnocephalus cernua).
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.
Kılık Turkish
Means "appearance, attire, dress" in Turkish.
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.
Kindy English
"From Kinder".
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).
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.
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.
Kirja Estonian
Kirja is an Estonian surname meaning "epistolary" (relating to the writing of letters).
Kirov m Russian
Means "son of Kir".
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".
Kiser German
Variant of Kaiser.
Kishi Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "bank, shore".
Kisku Santali, Indian
Known as the surname of Rathin Kisku.
Kisly Russian, Belarusian
Derived from Russian кислый (kisly) meaning "acid, acidic, sour".
Kitao Japanese
From 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail".
Kitto Cornish
Cornish forms of Kit, for Christopher, according to 'Patronymica Cornu-Brittanica' by Richard Stephen Charnock (1870).
Kiuru Finnish, Karelian
"lark (bird)"
Kivik Estonian
Kivik is an Estonian surname relating to "stone".
Kıyak Turkish
Means "super, great, fine" in Turkish.
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".
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".
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
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.
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-)
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]
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.
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".
Knock English
Topographic name for someone living by a hill, from Middle English knocke "hill" (Old English cnoc).
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