Submitted Surnames from Nicknames

Katsoulis Greek

Katsouras Greek
Variant of Katsaros.

Katsushima Japanese
The word Katsu (勝) meaning "cutlet" and the word Shima (島) meaning "mother".

Kattan Jewish
Variant of Katan.

Katzin Jewish
Jewish: nickname from Hebrew katsin ‘rich man’. ... [more]

Kau German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a mineshaft, from Middle High German kouw(e) "mining hut".

Kauhane Hawaiian
Literally, "the spirit". Ka being "the" and Uhane being "spirit".

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]

Kaunis Estonian
Kaunis is an Estonian surname meaning "beautiful".

Kausch German
Pet name derived from the Old High German personal name Gozwin, of uncertain origin.

Kaut German
Topographic name from the Franconian dialect word Kaut(e) "hollow", "pit", "den".

Kautz German
Nickname for a shy or strange person, from Middle High German kuz "screech owl".

Kautzman German
Variant of Kautzmann.

Kautzmann German
Variant of Kautz, with the addition of Middle High German -man "man".

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.

Kay Chinese
From Chinese 凯 (kǎi) meaning "triumphant, victorious, triumphal".

Kayser German
Variant of Kaiser.

Kazakov Russian
From Russian казак (kazak) meaning "Cossack".

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

Ke Chinese
From Chinese 柯 (kē) meaning "axe handle, stalk, branch".

Keane Irish (Modern)
A nickname for a "brave" or "proud" person deriving from Middle English given name Kene

Kear Scottish Gaelic
Kear is derived from the Gaelic name O'Ciarain or O'Ceirin, which comes from the Gaelic word ciar, meaning black or dark brown.

Keeling Irish, English
Irish: see Keeley. ... [more]

Keene English
Variant of Keen.

Keeper English

Kefalas Greek
Nickname for a big-headed or obstinate person, derived from Greek κεφάλι (kefali) meaning "head".

Kegler German
Nickname for a skilled or enthusiastic skittles player, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kegel meaning "skittle", "pin".

Keidar Hebrew
Keidar is an ancient nickname given to the descendants of Ishmael.

Keith German
Nickname from Middle High German kit "sprout, offspring".

Keizer Dutch
Dutch cognate of Kaiser.

Kekke Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 結解 (kekke), a variant reading of 結解 (ketsuge) meaning "klesha to nirvana".

Keklik Turkish
Means "partridge" in Turkish.

Kelava Croatian
Possibly derived from Turkish kel, meaning "bald".... [more]

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.

Kempe Swedish
Variant of Kämpe.

Kenner English, Scottish, German, Jewish

Kenzy Scottish

Keränen Finnish
Possibly from Keräpää, a nickname for a bald person or someone with a round head and/or with closely cropped hair, combined with the common surname suffix -nen. In eastern Finland the name dates back to the 16th century.

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

Kerwin Irish
Variant of Kirwan.

Keskin Turkish
Means "sharp, bitter" in Turkish.

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.

Kettunen Finnish
Derived from Finnish kettu "fox".

Keturakis Lithuanian
four eyes

Keung Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Jiang 2.

Kha Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Ke, from Sino-Vietnamese 柯 (kha).

Khalaji Persian
From the name of the Khalaj people who primarily reside in Iran. The name itself is said to be derived from Turkic kal aç meaning "stay hungry".

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

Khalsa Indian (Sikh), Punjabi
Derived from Arabic خلص (khalasa) meaning "pure, clear". This is also the term used to refer to initiated Sikhs.

Kham Thai, Lao
From Thai คำ (kham) meaning "gold" or "word, speech" or Lao ຄຳ (kham) meaning "gold".

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

Khanam Bengali
Variant of Khanum.

Khanom Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali খানম (see Khanum).

Khanum Bengali, Urdu
From an aristocratic title traditionally used as an honorific for Muslim women in the Middle East and South Asia. It is derived from a feminine form of the title khan meaning "king, ruler", which is probably of Mongolian origin.

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.

Khare Indian, Marathi, Hindi
Means "pure, true" in Hindi and Marathi.

Khaskheli Urdu, Sindhi
Referred to a person belonging to the Khaskheli tribe in the Pakistani provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. It is perhaps derived from the Urdu words خاص (khas) meaning "proper" and خالی (khali) meaning "performer"... [more]

Khaton Indian, Hindi, Assamese, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Pashto, Odia, Punjabi
Alternate transcription of Khatun.

Khatoon Indian, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Hindi ख़ातून, Urdu خاتون or Bengali খাতুন (see Khatun).

Khatri Indian, Gujarati, Marathi, Hindi, Punjabi, Nepali
Name for a member of the Kshatriya caste, derived from Sanskrit क्षत्रिय (kshatriya) referring to the Hindu caste consisting of kings, warriors and soldiers, ultimately from क्षत्र (kshatra) meaning "power, might, dominion".

Khatun Bengali, Indian, Hindi, Assamese, Odia, Nepali
From the Persian title خاتون‎ (khatun) meaning "lady, noblewoman" (the feminine counterpart to Khan).

Khawaja Urdu
From an honorific title for a Muslim teacher or saint, derived from Persian خواجه (khajeh) meaning "lord, master, owner".

Khemkhaeng Thai
Means "strong" in Thai.

Khieu Khmer
Means "to be blue (in colour)" in Khmer.

Khim Khmer
Means "zither, harp" in Khmer, referring to a type of traditional stringed instrument.

Khirin Russian
Possibly derived from dialectal Russian хиря (khirya) meaning "illness".

Khirlig-ool Tuvan (Rare)
Means "dirty boy" in Tuvan, from Tuvan хирлиг (khirlig) "dirty" and оол (ool) "son, boy".

Khitrov m Russian
Derived from Russian word хитрость (khitrost') meaning cunning.

Khmyz Russian
Derived from dialectal Russian хмыз (khmyz) meaning "bush, thicket".

Khổng Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Kong, from Sino-Vietnamese 孔 (khổng).

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

Kholod Russian
From Russian meaning "cold".

Kholodinin Russian
From kholodnii, meaning "cold".

Khor Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Xu 2.

Khorinyak Russian
Uncertain meaning.

Khoroshko Russian, Ukrainian (?)
Derived from Russian хорошо (khorosho), meaning "good".

Khorram Persian
Means "happy, pleasant" in Persian.

Khorrami Persian
Variant of Khorram.

Khorsandi Persian
Derived from Persian خرسند (khorsand) meaning "happy, content, satisfied".

Khrapko Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian (Rare)
Derived from East Slavic храп (khrap) meaning "snore".

Khromykh Russian, Ukrainian
From proto-slavic *xromъ meaning "lame, crippled"

Khrupkin Belarusian, Russian
From Russian and Belarusian хрупкий (khrupkiy) meaning "fragile".

Khrushchev Russian
Derived from Russian хрущ (khrushch) meaning "cockchafer" or "May beetle".

Khrushcheva Russian
Feminine counterpart of Khrushchev.

Khuan Chinese (Russified)
Russified form of Huang used by ethnic Chinese living in parts of the former Soviet Union.

Khương Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Jiang 2, from Sino-Vietnamese 姜 (khương).

Khuong Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Khương.

Khuren-ool Tuvan (Rare)
Means "brown boy" in Tuvan, from Tuvan хүрең (khüreñ) meaning "brown" combined with оол (ool) "son, boy".

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).

Kicklighter American
Americanized spelling of German Kückleiter, literally ‘chicken ladder’, probably a nickname for a chicken farmer.

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]

Kiel Dutch
From Middle Dutch kidel, kedel "smock", hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who make such garments or perhaps a nickname for someone who habitually wore one. Also a Dutch habitational name from a place so named in Antwerp or from the German city Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein.

Kiel Polish
From Polish kieł "tooth, fang", hence a nickname for someone with bad or protruding teeth.

Kiener German (Swiss)
Nickname derived from the dialect verb chienen 'to whimper'.

Kies German
Either from Middle High German kis "gravel, shingle", denoting someone who lives in a gravelly place, or kiesen "to choose". Johann Kies (1713–1781) was a German astronomer and mathematician.

Kihulane Estonian
Kihulane is an Estonian surname meaning "midge".

Kikkas Estonian
Means "rooster" in Estonian.

Kil Jewish
Jewish (Ashkenazic) of uncertain origin; perhaps a nickname from Yiddish kil ‘cool’.

Kilbride Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Bhrighde "son of the devotee of Saint Brigid" (cf... [more]

Kill Jewish
Maybe a nickname derived from Yiddish kil "cool".

Kin Dutch, Flemish
Means "chin", a nickname for someone with a pointed or jutting chin. Alternatively, from kinne "relative, family".

Kind German, Jewish, Dutch
From Middle High German kint, German Kind "child", hence a nickname for someone with a childish or naive disposition, or an epithet used to distinguish between a father and his son. In some cases it may be a short form of any of various names ending in -kind, a patronymic ending of Jewish surnames.

Kind English
Nickname from Middle English kynde meaning "kind, type, nature" or "disposition", possibly used in the sense of "legitimate".

Kinne Flemish
Variant of Kin.

Kintzel German

Kinzler German
Variant of Kintz or Künzler.

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.

Kıran Turkish
Means "pestilence, murrain" or "breaker, crusher" in Turkish.

Kırmızı Turkish
Means "red" in Turkish.

Kirsch German
Means 'cherry' in German, short form of Kirschstein or other surnames starting with Kirsch.

Kirschstein German
German surname meaning "cherry stone".

Kirsten English
English and modernized version of Kirstein

Kiruta Belarusian, Russian

Kiš Serbian, Croatian
Possibly derived from Turkish kış, meaning "winter", or Hungarian kis, meaning "small".

Kısa Turkish
Means "short, brief" in Turkish.

Kiser German
Variant of Kaiser.

Kishka Ukrainian
Means "cat" in Ukrainian.

Kislitsyn Russian
Derived from Russian кислица (kislitsa) meaning "mope, a dull, spiritless person".

Kisly Russian, Belarusian
Derived from Russian кислый (kisly) meaning "acid, acidic, sour".

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.

Kitching English
The surname is thought to have originally been an occupational name for a cook, deriving from the Old English word cycen.

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.

Kitz German
Meaning "kid".

Kiuru Finnish, Karelian
"lark (bird)"

Kıvrak Turkish
Means "lithe, agile, active" in Turkish.

Kıyak Turkish
Means "super, great, fine" in Turkish.

Kızıl Turkish
Means "red, scarlet" in Turkish.

Klapp German
Nickname for a gossip or a slanderer, derived from Middle High German klapf, klaff meaning "prattle, malicious gossip".

Klarerstein German
German surname meaning "Clear stone".

Kleffner German
Nickname for a prattler or gossip, from Middle High German, Middle Low German kleffer(er).

Kleine German, Dutch, Jewish
Variant of Klein

Kleiner German

Kleinman German
Nickname meaning Small Man.

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]

Kleyn German, Dutch, Jewish
Variant of Klein

Klijn Dutch
Could be a variant of Klein "small, little", or could be derived from Old Dutch kluin (also klyn or kloen) "peat".

Klin Slovene
A nickname for someone with a beak-shaped nose, from kljun "beak, bill" (old spelling klun).

Kloek Dutch
From Middle Dutch cloec meaning "deft, clever, skilful", derived from Old Germanic *klōkaz "strong, quick, smart".

Klok Dutch
From Middle Dutch clocke "bell", an occupational name for someone who made or rang bells, or perhaps for a clockmaker. Compare Van Der Klok and Kloek.

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.

Kluit Dutch
Means "lump, clod (of earth)" in Dutch.

Kluivert Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
Nickname perhaps related to Dutch kluiven meaning "to gnaw, to bite, to nibble". A notable bearer is Dutch former soccer player Patrick Kluivert (1976-).

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.

Klyuev Russian
From klyui, meaning "peck".

Knatchbull English
A nickname from Old English knatch "to strike" + bull "bull", indicating strength.

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.

Knobel German, German (Swiss), Yiddish
Derived from the Middle High German knübel probably a nickname for a fat person or in the sense "ankle". However the term also denotes a rounded elevation and may therefore also be a topographic name for someone who lived by a knoll... [more]

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]

Knorr German
From a nickname for a gnarly person, derived from Middle High/Low German knorre "knot, protruberance".

Knubel German, German (Swiss), Yiddish
Variant of Knobel

Knuckles English
Possibly a nickname for someone with prominent knuckles.

Koca Turkish
Means "large, great" or "husband" in Turkish.

Kocabaş Turkish
Means "hawfinch" (a type of bird) in Turkish.

Koçak Turkish
Means "brave, strong" or "generous" in Turkish.

Kocaman Turkish
Means "huge, enormous" in Turkish.

Kociołek Polish
It literally means "small kettle".

Koehl German
Variant of Köhl

Koh Korean
Alternate romanization of Ko.

Kohlhaas German
Apparently a nickname from Middle Low German kōlhase, literally "cabbage rabbit".

Köhnlein German
From the personal name Köhn + the diminutive suffix -lein

Kojanović Serbian, Croatian
Derived from the forename Koja.

Kojić Serbian
Derived from the forename Koja.

Kojović Serbian
Derived from the forename Koja.

Köken Turkish
Means "root, origin" in Turkish.

Kokko Finnish
Means "bonfire" in Finnish.

Kokoszka Polish
Nickname for a fussy or broody person, from kokoszka "laying hen".

Kolb German
Comes from Middle High German Kolbe.

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’.

Kolymagin Russian
Derived from Russian колымага (kolymaga) meaning "jalopy (old, dilapidated car)".

Komarov Russian
From Russian комар (komar) meaning "mosquito".

Komarova Russian

Kondou Japanese
From Japanese 近 (kon) meaning "near, close" and 藤 (dou) meaning "wisteria". The latter character could indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.

Kong Khmer
Means "invulnerable" in Khmer.

Konge Danish
Danish cognate of King.

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]

Konick Yiddish
Variation of Koenig.

Konieczny m Polish
Means "necessary" in Polish.

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.

Konofagos Greek
Shortened form of the word, εικονοφάγος means 'icon eater'. Remnant of the iconoclastic years during the Byzantine empire.

Kontakos Greek

Kontaratos Greek

Kontostephanos Greek
The surname means short (κοντός) Stefanos.

Kontrafouris Greek
A surname of Italian origin, from the Italian words 'contra' meaning against, and 'furo' meaning thief. Common in Greece and among the Greek diaspora.

Konuk Turkish
Means "guest" in Turkish.

Koo Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 辜 (see Gu).

Koonings Dutch
Means "of the king", related to Koning.

Koot Dutch
Possibly derived from Middle Dutch kuut "coot (bird)".

Kopf German
Means "head" in German.

Köppel German (Silesian)
Derived from Silesian German Köppel "head" (ulitmately derived from Low German Kopp), this name was a nickname for someone with a visible deformity or peculiarity of the head.

Kopřiva Czech
Means "nettle".

Kopriva Slovak
Means "nettle".

Kopytov Russian
Patronymic surname derived from Russian копыто (kopyto) meaning "hoof". This may have been a nickname for a lame man or a shepherd.

Kör Turkish
Means "blind" or "blunt" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian کور (kor).

Korbee Dutch
From the French surname Corbé, which might derive from courbet "bent, bowed", a nickname based on a crooked posture or manner of walking, or from corbeau "crow, raven".

Kõrge Estonian
Kõrge is an Estonian surname meaning "tall" and "exalted".

Korkmaz Turkish
Means "unafraid, fearless" in Turkish.

Körmös Hungarian
From Hungarian köröm "nail, claw", indicating someone with long or dirty nails, or perhaps someone aggressive.

Kormos Hungarian
Means "sooty" in Hungarian. Most likely a nickname for someone with dark hair or a shabby appearance, but may also be an occupational name for a house painter who used soot as a raw material. ... [more]

Korol Russian, Ukrainian
From Russian and Ukrainian meaning "king".

Korolev Russian
From korol, meaning "king".

Korolyov Russian
Derived from Russian король (korol) meaning "king".

Korsak m Russian
Possibly denoting a sly person, derived from Russian корсак (korsak) "corsac fox", itself derived from Proto-Turkic *karsak "short, steppe fox".

Korsakov m Russian
From Russian корсак (korsak), meaning "corsac (fox)". Probably to a sly person. A variant of Korsak.

Korshunov Russian
From a nickname derived from Russian коршун (korshun) meaning "kite (a type of bird)".

Kort Dutch
Means "short" in Dutch, a nickname for a short person.

Korutürk Turkish
Nickname meaning "protector of the Turks", derived from the Turkish verb korumak "to protect". This name was acquired by Turkish president Fahri Korutürk (1903-1987). It was given to him by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey (the verb korumak refers to Atatürk's expectation of Korutürk to preserve his legacy).

Koryakin Russian

Köse Turkish
Means "beardless" in Turkish.

Koshkin m Russian
Derived from Russian кошка (koshka) meaning "cat".

Koshkina f Russian
Feminine form of Koshkin.

Koška Belarusian
Derived from Belarusian кошка (koška) meaning "cat".

Koss English

Kossen German

Kostka Polish
From Polish kostka meaning "small bone" or from a form of the name Konstanty.

Kot Polish, Slovak, Czech, Belarusian, Jewish, German
From a personal name or nickname based on Slavic kot "tom cat".

Kot Belarusian
Derived from Belarusian кот (kot) meaning "tomcat".

Kotaka Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".

Kotkas Estonian
Means "eagle" in Estonian.

Kotova f Russian
Feminine form of Kotov.

Kotwica Polish
Comes from the Polish word kotwica meaning 'anchor'.

Koukos Greek

Koulibali Manding, Western African
variant of Coulibaly.

Kour Indian (Sikh)
Alternate transcription of Punjabi Gurmukhi ਕੌਰ (see Kaur).

Kourkoulis Greek

Koussa Arabic
Probably comes from Moroccan Darija, when Koussa mean "homosexuality", people with this name were seen as homosexual and had no choice.

Kõuts Estonian
Kõuts is an Estonian surname meaning "cat" (also, in Estonian "Kass") or "tomcat".

Kõverjalg Estonian
Kõverjalg is an Estonian surname meaning "bow-legged" or "bandy-legged".

Kovtun Ukrainian, Russian
Means "plica".

Kovtunov m Russian
A form of Kovtun.

Kowalik Polish
Means "nuthatch" in Polish, or derived from a diminutive of Kowal.

Kox English
Variant of Cox

Köylü Turkish
Means "villager, peasant" in Turkish.

Kozak Jewish
Nickname from Yiddish kozak from a Ukrainian loanword meaning "warrior", "brave man".

Kozakov Ukrainian
From Ukrainian козак (kozak) meaning "cossack".

Kozorev Russian
From kozyr, meaning "trump".

Kraan Dutch
Means "crane" in Dutch, referring to both the bird and the machine. Usually a nickname for a tall or long-legged person, but can also be an occupational name for someone who worked a mechanical crane, or a habitational name from a place containing the element kraan.

Krabbe German, Dutch, Danish
Means "crab, shrimp", either a metonymic occupational name for someone who caught or sold shellfish, or a nickname based on someone’s way of walking.

Kräft German, Jewish
Nickname for a strong man, from Old High German kraft, German Kraft ‘strength’, ‘power’.

Kraft German, Swedish, Danish
Variant of Kräft.

Krah German
Nickname from Middle High German kra "crow" given to someone who resembles a crow.

Krahn German
Nickname for a slim or long-legged person, from Middle Low German krane "crane". Compare Kranich.

Kral Turkish
From Turkish meaning "king".

Krane Dutch, Low German
Variant of Dutch Kraan or German Krahn.

Kranich German
Nickname for a long-legged or tall and slender person, from Middle High German kranech "crane".

Krasa Thai (Rare)
Means "heron, stork" in Thai.

Krasnoff Russian (Anglicized)
Anglicised form of Krasnov.

Krasnov Russian
From Russian красный (krasniy) meaning "red".

Krásný Czech, Slovak
Means "beautiful". Pronounced "KRAHS-nee".

Krátky Slovak

Krátký Czech
Means "short".

Kratochvíle Czech
Means "amusing".

Kratochwil German
German cognate of Kratochvil.

Kratochwill German
Variant spelling of Kratochwil.

Kray German
Variant of Krah nickname for someone who resembled a crow from Middle High German kra "crow".

Krechetov Russian
From krechet, meaning "gyrfalcon".

Kreisel German, Jewish
Jewish family name and originally a nickname for an active or disorganized person, derived from German kreisel meaning "spinning top, top", ultimately from kreis "circle". Alternatively, it could've be used as a nickname for a person with curly hair in the context of "spiral" or "curl".

Kress German
From Old High German krassig, gratag "greedy".

Kreton Dutch (Rare)
Possibly an altered form of Kriebel.

Kreul German
From Middle Low German krouwel "hook, claw; three-pronged fork, trident, meat hook", a metonymic name for someone who made such tools, or a nickname for someone who used them.

Krey German
Nickname from Middle Low German krege "crow".

Kriebel German
Nickname from Middle High German kribeln "to tickle, tingle, itch". Can also be a variant form of Kreul.

Kripotos Greek

Krist German, Dutch
Variant form of Christ, or a short form of the given name Kristen 1.

Kritikos Greek
Means "Cretan" in Greek, from Κρήτη (Kriti) referring to the island of Crete.

Krivokapić Montenegrin, Serbian
Derived from krivo, meaning "wrong", and kapa, meaning "hat, cap".

Krivov Russian
From krivoi, meaning "crooked".

Kroes Dutch, Low German
Means "frizzy, curly (hair)" in Dutch.

Kroeze Dutch, Low German
Variant spelling of Kroes.

Krolikov Russian
Patronymic surname derived from Russian кролик (krolik) meaning "male rabbit".

Kröll German
From Middle High German krellen "to claw", a nickname for a snappish or cruel person. Compare Kreul.

Kroll Polish (Germanized)
Germanized form of Król.

Kroll German, Dutch
Nickname for someone with curly hair, from Middle High German krol "curly", Middle Low German krulle "ringlet, curl", Middle Dutch croel, crul.

Kronhardt German (?)

Kruchina Russian
Derived from Russian кручина (kruchina) meaning "sorrow, sadness".

Kruczynski Polish
Derived from the polish diminutive of kruk meaning “raven”.

Kruglov Russian
From kruglyi, meaning "round".

Kruglova Russian
Feminine form of Kruglov.

Kruip Dutch
Means "crawl, creep" in Dutch, possibly a nickname for someone known for skulking about.

Krum German, Jewish, Scandinavian
Variant of Krumm.

Krumm German
From a nickname, which in turn is from the Middle High German word krum, meaning "crooked" or "deformed".

Krupnykh Russian
Derived from Russian крупный (krupny) meaning "big, massive".

Krutoy Russian
Means "steep" in Russian.

Kruup Estonian
Kruup is an Estonian surname meaning "goat".

Krymchak Ukrainian
From Кримчак (Krymchak), a term for a Jewish Crimean Tatar, or just meaning "from Crimea".

Krysin Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian
Derived from Russian крыса (krysa) meaning "rat".

Kryuchkov Russian
From kryuchok, meaning "hook".

Kryukov Russian
From kryuk, meaning "hook".

Ksiazek Polish
Nickname meaning ‘little priest’ or possibly a patronymic for an illegitimate son of a priest, from ksiadz ‘priest’ + the diminutive suffix -ek.nickname meaning ‘little prince’, from a diminutive of ksia?ze ‘prince’.

Ku Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 辜 (see Gu).

Kubwa Swahili
From Swahili meaning "large".