Submitted Surnames of Length 8

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

Kagunaka Japanese

Kahneman German

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

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.

Kaihotsu Japanese
Variant reading of Kaihatsu.

Kaimudin Moluccan

Kajibara Japanese
Variant of Kajihara.

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

Kajikawa Japanese

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

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".

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

Kakibara Japanese
Variant of Kakihara.

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–).

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

Kakinoki Japanese
"Persimmon 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

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

Kakousis Greek

Kakugaya Japanese
Variant of Kakutani.

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

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.

Kalawaiʻa Hawaiian
From the given name Kalawaiʻa.

Kaldırım Turkish

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

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

Kalinska Polish

Kalister English (American)
Variant of McAlister.

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

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

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".

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

Källberg Swedish
Swedish variant of Kjellberg.

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

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".

Kalmandi Hungarian
Hungarian

Kalmykov m Russian
Denotes to a Kalmyk person.

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

Kaloudes Greek

Kalthoff German
German (Westphalian): habitational name from a place named as 'the cold farm', from Middle High German kalt "cold" + hof "farmstead", "manor farm’, "court".

Kaltmann German
From a nickname for a cool, unfriendly person from middle high German kalt "cold" and mann "man".

Kalviste Estonian
Kalviste is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Kalvi", a village in Lääne-Viru County.

Kalyniuk Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Kalynyuk.

Kalynyuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian калина (kalyna), meaning virburnim.

Kalyoncu Turkish
Means "sailor" in Turkish.

Kamakado Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Kamado.

Kamakubo Japanese

Kamakura Japanese
Kama means "honeysuckle" and kura means "storehouse."

Kamalani Hawaiian
From the given name Kamalani.

Kamalova f Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Kamalov.

Kamantha Thai

Kambonde Southern African
Common in Namibia especially.

Kambosos Greek (Anglicized), English (American), English (Australian)
Anglicized form of Kamposos.

Kamegaya Japanese
"Turtle valley".

Kamenova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Kamenov.

Kametani Japanese
"Turtle valley."

Kametaro Japanese (Rare)

Kameyama Japanese
From Japanese 亀 (kame) meaning "turtle, tortoise" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kamigawa Japanese
Variant of Kamikawa.

Kamigaya Japanese

Kamikawa Japanese

Kamikaze Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 神 (kami) meaning "god" and 風 (kaze) meaning "wind".

Kamikura Japanese

Kamimoto Japanese

Kamimura Japanese
Kami means "god" or "top, upper" and mura means "village, hamlet "

Kaminaga Japanese
Kami/神 = "God, Spirit, Supernatural Being" Naga/永 ,長. 永 = "Eternal" 長 = "Length". So it basically means "God Eternal" or "God length".

Kaminari Japanese
From Japanese 上 (kami) meaning "above" and 鳴 (nari) meaning "sound, to ring" or 雷 (kaminari) meaning "thunder"

Kaminska Polish

Kaminsky Polish, Serbian
Variant of Kamiński.

Kamisaka Japanese
Kami can mean "god" or "above, upper, top" and saka means "hill, slope."

Kamisaku Japanese

Kamitani Japanese

Kamiyama Japanese
From Japanese 神 (kami) meaning "god" or 上 (kami) meaning "above, upper" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kamizaka Japanese
Variant of Kamisaka.

Kamizawa Japanese

Kämmerer German
from Middle High German kamerære "chamberlain" (from kamere "chamber") a status name for the treasurer of a court monastery a great household or a city and in Switzerland for the manager of a church property a so-called Widem... [more]

Kamolova f Uzbek, Tajik
Feminine form of Kamolov.

Kamosawa Japanese
Kamo means "duck" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Kampaugh Norwegian

Kamphuis Dutch
Topographic name for someone who lived near a field, derived from Dutch kamp "enclosed field" and huis "house, home, building".

Kamposos Greek
Diminutive of Kampos.

Kanagaya Japanese
Variant of Kanatani.

Kanakuri Japanese
Derived from the Japanese kanji 金 (kana) meaning "gold, metal, firmness" combined with 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut". ... [more]

Kanamara Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanamori Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "gold, money" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Kanamoto Japanese
Kana means "gold, metal, money" and moto means "origin, root, source".

Kanarbik Estonian
Kanarbik is an Estonian surname meaning "heath/heather".

Kanasawa Japanese
Kana means "gold, metal, money" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".=

Kanatani Japanese

Kanatova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Kanatov.

Kanayama Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "metal, money" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kanazawa Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "metal, money, gold" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Kandemir Turkish
From Turkish kan meaning "blood" and demir meaning "iron".

Kandimaa Estonian
Kandimaa is an Estonian surname derived from "kandis" ("neck of the woods") and "land".

Kanehara Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kanehira Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful".

Kanemoto Japanese
Topographic name meaning ‘(one who lives) near where gold (or any metal) is found’. Found in the island of Okinawa, where it is variously written. ... [more]

Kanemoto Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kaneniwa Japanese
"Golden garden."

Känngård Swedish (Rare)
Derived from a place named Kännavallen (now known as Tjännavallen) outside Enånger, Hälsingland, Sweden.

Kanniste Estonian
Kanniste is an Estonian surname derived from "kann" meaning "jug" and "pitcher".

Kanoknak Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanouchi Japanese

Kansiime Kiga
The surname of a certain Anne.

Kapeller German, German (Austrian)
Derived from Middle High German kappelle, kapelle "chapel", this name denoted someone who lived near a chapel.

Kapustin Russian
From kapusta, meaning "cabbage".

Karaboué Ivorian, Western African

Karabuğa Turkish
Means "black bull" from Turkish kara meaning "black, dark" and boğa meaning "bull".

Karadere Turkish
Means "black creek" in Turkish.

Karadžić Montenegrin, Serbian
Derived from Turkish karaca, meaning "roe deer".

Karakawa Japanese
Kara means "larch" and kawa means "river, stream".

Karakaya Turkish
Means "black rock" in Turkish.

Karalius Lithuanian
From Lithuanian meaning "king".

Karanfil Turkish
Means "carnation" or "clove" in Turkish.

Karasawa Japanese

Karasick Cherokee

Karasuma Japanese

Karatzas Greek

Kardović Bosnian

Kareluša Serbian
Famous bearer of this surname is Serbian singer Jelena Kareluša (1978-)

Karenina Literature
In Leo Tolstoy's novel 'Anna Karenina' (1877), this is the title character's surname, the feminine form of her husband's surname, Karenin.

Kargačin Croatian

Karigaya Japanese

Karimian Persian
From the given name Karim.

Karitani Japanese

Karjamaa Estonian
Karjamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "pastureland".

Kärkinen Finnish
Combination of Finnish kärki "peak point" and the common surname suffix -nen.

Karlberg Swedish
Variant of Carlberg.

Karlgren Swedish
Combination of the given name Karl and Swedish gren "branch".

Karlović Croatian
Means "son of Karlo".

Karmakar Indian, Bengali, Assamese
Means "blacksmith" in Bengali and Assamese.

Karotamm Estonian
Karotamm is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "karu" (bear) and "tamm" (oak).

Karpenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Karp".

Karpoche Tibetan

Karslake English
Variant spelling of Kerslake.

Kartmann German
Derived from German karte meaning "card". Possibly an occupational name for someone who makes, sells or trades cards. In an alternative representation, it could be a nickname for someone who gambles.

Karvelas Greek

Karyakin Russian
Meaning uncertain.

Kasabyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղասաբյան (see Ghasabyan)

Kasahara Japanese
From Japanese 笠 (kasa) meaning "conical hat" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kasahara Japanese (Rare)
From an additional character of Japanese 上 (ka) meaning "above; high; up" added to 砂原 (Sunahara) (see Sunahara).

Kasalica Montenegrin

Kašćelan Montenegrin
Derived from Italian castello, meaning "castle".

Kasekivi Estonian
Kasekivi is an Estonian surname meaning "birch stone".

Kaselaid Estonian
Kaselaid is an Estonian surname meaning "birch islet".

Käsemann German
Occupational name for someone who makes or sells cheese.

Kasemets Estonian
Kasemets is an Estonian surname meaning "birch forest".

Kasenurm Estonian
Kasenurm is an Estonian surname meaning "birch meadow".

Kasepõld Estonian
Kasepõld is an Estonian surname meaning "birch field".

Kasesalu Estonian
Kasesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "birch grove".

Kasetalu Estonian
Kasetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "birch farmstead".

Kashapov Russian

Kashatok Yupik

Kashgari Uyghur, Arabic
Originally denoted someone who came from the city of Kashgar, located in the Xinjiang region of western China. The city's name is of Persian origin probably meaning "rock mountain".

Kasoutas Greek

Kasovich American

Kasparov Armenian (Russified)
Russified form of Gasparyan. A notable bearer is Garry Kasparov (1963-), a Russian chess grandmaster.

Kaspbrak Polish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Kasprzak.

Kastanis m Greek
From Greek καστανιά (kastania) meaning "chestnut, chestnut tree". This name is given to someone with chestnut hair or someone who lived near a chestnut tree.

Kaštelan Croatian
Derived from Croatian kaštelan "castellan".

Kastelan Jewish
Variant of Kastellan.

Kastelic Slovene
Means "from a castle".

Kastrati Albanian
Derived from the name of the Kastrati tribe inhabiting the region of Malësia in northern Albania.

Kasugano Japanese

Kasukabe Japanese

Kasukabo Japanese

Kasukawa Japanese

Kasymova f Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Feminine form of Kasymov.

Katagami Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "single" and 上 (gami) meaning "above".

Katagiri Japanese
From the Japanese 片 (kata) "single-" and 桐 (giri) "foxglove tree."

Katakami Japanese
Variant transcription of Katagami.

Katanabe Japanese
Kata could mean "single" or "shape" and nabe could mean "pot, pan".

Katayama Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Katayose Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "one-sided, partial" and 寄 (yose) meaning "contribute, donate, increase".

Katechis Greek

Katravas Greek

Katsaris Greek

Katsidis Greek

Kauffman Jewish (Modern), German

Kaupmees Estonian
Kaupmees is an Estonian surname meaning "shopkeeper".

Kautzman German
Variant of Kautzmann.

Kavakami Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Kawakami more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.

Kavasaki Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Kawasaki more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.

Kawabara Japanese
Variant of Kawahara.

Kawabata Japanese
'Side or bank of the river'; written two ways, with two different characters for kawa ‘river’. One family is descended from the northern Fujiwara through the Saionji family; the other from the Sasaki family... [more]

Kawabata Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 畑 (hata) meaning "farm, cropfield".

Kawabata Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 端 (hata) meaning "edge, end, tip".

Kawagaya Japanese
Variant of Kawatani.

Kawahara Japanese
From Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kawahata Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and hata means "field".

Kawajiri Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and jiri comes from shiri meaning "rear, behind".

Kawakame Japanese (Rare)
Kawa means "river" and kame means "turtoise, turtle".

Kawakita Japanese
川 (Kawa) means "River" and 北 (Kita) means "North".

Kawakubo Japanese

Kawamata Japanese

Kawamata Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 又 (mata) meaning "again, once more".

Kawamata Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 俣 (mata) meaning "fork, crotch".

Kawamoto Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kawamura Japanese
From Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Kawanabe Japanese

Kawanaka Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Kawanoue Japanese

Kawasugi Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and sugi means "cedar".

Kawasumi Japanese

Kawatani Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and tani means "valley".

Kawauchi Japanese
From Japanese 河 (kawa) or 川 (kawa) meaning "river" combined with 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Kawawara Japanese
Variant of Kawahara.

Kawazaki Japanese
Variant of Kawasaki.

Kaygisiz Turkish
Derived from the Turkish word for “carefree, relaxed”.

Kaygusuz Turkish

Kaynarca Turkish

Kayratov m Kazakh
Means "son of Kairat".

Kazarian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազարյան (see Ghazaryan).

Kazaryan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազարյան (see Ghazaryan).

Kazegaya Japanese
Variant of Kazetani.

Kazehaya Japanese
Kaze means "wind" and haya means "fast".

Kazetani Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 風 (kaze) meaning "wind, style" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Kazımova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Kazımov.

Kazuyuki Japanese

Kearsley English
Derived from any of the English settlements called Kearsley

Kebukawa Japanese

Kehayias Greek

Keidrich German

Kekkonen Finnish

Kelleher Irish
From Gaelic Ó Céileachair meaning "son of Céileachar". The Irish given name Céileachar means "companion-dear", i.e., "lover of company".

Kemelova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Kemelov.

Keneally Irish
Variant of Kenneally.

Kenesova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Kenesov.

Kenijima Japanese

Kenmochi Japanese
From 剣 (ken, tsurugi) meaning "sword" and 持 (mochi, ji, chi, mo.tsu) meaning "to hold, to have".

Kenmotsu Japanese

Kennaway English
From the medieval personal name Kenewi, from Old English Cynewīg, literally "royal war", or Cēnwīg, literally "bold war".

Kennedie Irish
Variant of Kennedy.

Kennelly Irish
Variant of Kenneally.

Keokanya Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "jewel, gem" and ກັນຍາ (kanya) meaning "September" or "Virgo (the constellation)".

Keopanya Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "gem, jewel" and ປັນຍາ (panya) meaning "wisdom, intelligence, reason".

Keovilay Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "jewel, gem" and ວິໄລ (vilay) meaning "splendid, beautiful".

Keplmair Portuguese

Keravnos Greek (Cypriot)
From Greek meaning "thunderbolt".

Kerchner German, Jewish
Variant of Kirchner.

Kerezman Slovak
Also Kerzman;... [more]

Kerhervé Breton
From Breton ker "Village" or "Area" and the name Hervé.

Kerrigan Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Ó Ciaragáin.

Kerslake English

Kerslake English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a stream where cress grew, derived from Old English cærse meaning "watercress" and lacu meaning "stream".

Kerstein German
Derived from -kirsch "cherry" and -stein "stone", variant of Kirstein.

Kesaväli Estonian
Kesaväli is an Estonian surname meaning "fallow field".

Ketchell English
Indicates familial origin from Kestell in Cornwall

Ketchell English
Derived from the Ancient Scandinavian name Ketill

Ketterly English (?)
Variant of Ketterley

Kettunen Finnish
Derived from Finnish kettu "fox".

Kevinsen Scandinavian
Scandinavian variant of Kevinson.

Keymolen Flemish
Derived from the place name Keimolen, itself probably derived from Middle Dutch key "cobblestone, boulder" and molen "mill".

Keystone English (American)

Keyworth English
Habitational name from Keyworth in Nottinghamshire. The place name derives from an uncertain initial element (perhaps Old English ca "jackdaw") and Old English worþ "enclosure".

Khajimba Abkhaz
Of unknown meaning. A notable bearer is Raul Khajimba (1958-), the current President of Abkhazia.

Khaleghi Persian
Derived from Persian خالق (khaleq) meaning "creator (an epithet for God)".

Khalfani African

Khalidov m Chechen, Dagestani
Means "son of Khalid".

Khalokov Uzbek

Khamadov m Chechen
Means "son of Khamad".

Khamenei Persian
Originally denoted someone who came from the village of Khamaneh, located in the East Azerbaijan province of Iran. A famous bearer is Ali Khamenei (1939-), a former president and the current Supreme Leader of Iran.

Khamidov Uzbek, Tajik, Chechen
Means "son of Khamid".

Khamkaeo Thai
From Thai คำ (kham) meaning "gold" or "word, speech" and แก้ว (kaeo) meaning "crystal, glass, diamond".

Khamkaew Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai คำแก้ว (see Khamkaeo).

Khamwaen Thai
From Thai คำ (kham) meaning "gold" and แหวน (waen) meaning "ring".

Khamzina f Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh
Feminine form of Khamzin.

Khandkar Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali খন্দকার (see Khandakar).

Khandker Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali খন্দকার (see Khandakar).

Khanenko Ukrainian, Muslim
Derived from the given name Khan.

Khansari Persian
Actual meaning is unknown; originated in the Iranian tribe the Kurds.

Kharazia Abkhaz
There are several theories on the origin of the name. It could be derived from Arabic حَارِس (ḥāris) meaning "guard, guardian, defender", from a contraction of a Hebrew term, or from the Abkhaz word ҳара (ḥārā́) meaning "we, ours" combined with the Abkhaz suffix -ya or -ia denoting descent.

Kharebov Ossetian (Russified)
Russified form of Kharebaty.

Khasanov Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Bashkir, Chechen
Means "son of Khasan".

Khatidze Georgian

Khenafou Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Knafo.

Khizriev Chechen
Means "son of Khizir".

Khodyrev m Russian

Khokhlov Russian
Derived from Russian хохол (khokhol) meaning "topknot". Khokhol is also a derogatory word often used to describe Ukrainians.

Kholodov Russian
Derived from Russian холод (kholod) meaning "cold".

Khomeini Persian
Originally indicated a person who came from the city of Khomeyn in the Markazi province of Iran. A notable bearer of this surname was the Islamic revolutionary, politician and religious leader Ruhollah Khomeini (1900 or 1902-1989), who founded the Islamic Republic of Iran following the Iranian Revolution in 1979... [more]

Khomenko Ukrainian
A variant of Khomyuk.

Khomsiri Thai

Khondkar Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali খন্দকার (see Khandakar).

Khondker Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali খন্দকার (see Khandakar).

Khorkina Russian

Khorrami Persian
Variant of Khorram.