Submitted Surnames from Nicknames

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".

Kislyak Belarusian
Fromn Belarusian кісла (kisla), meaning "bitter, 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.

Kite English
From the name of the bird of prey, derived from Middle English kete "kite, bittern".

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]

Klepper German
Derived from Middle High German kleppern "to clatter, chatter; to gossip", a nickname for a talkative or gossipy person.

Kleyn German, Dutch, Jewish
Variant of Klein

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".

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.

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]

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.

Kort Ottoman Turkish
Kort is an ottoman surname from Anatolya,most korts are of ottoman or berber origin,the people with this surname have expressed that their ancestors were aghas(ottoman military or harem commanders)

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, mophead" in Ukrainian, refering to someone with unkempt hair "Polish plait" .

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".

Krasulya Russian
Means "beauty".

Krasyuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian краси (krasy), meaning "beauty".

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".

Kreite Low German
Nickname for a quarrelsome person derived from Middle Low German kreit meaning “strife.”

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 m Russian
From Russian круг (krug) "circle" or круглый (kruglyy) "circular, 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".

Kryvoruchko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian кривий (kryvyy), meaning "crooked", and рук (ruk), meaning "hand" or ручка (ruchka), meaning "handle".

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".

Kucher Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Kučera.

Kucherenko Ukrainian
Variant of Kucher.

Kudrin Russian
From kudra, meaning "curly-haired".

Kudryakov m Russian
Derived from a Russian word meaning "curly".

Kudryavets Ukrainian
Variant of Kudrenko.

Kudryavtsev Russian
From kudryavtsa, meaning "curly-haired".

Kues Dutch (Rare)
From Middle Dutch cuse "club, cudgel, knobstick".

Kugasov m Yakut
From Yakut кугас (kugas), meaning "ginger, reddish-brown".

Kühl German, Low German
The spelling Kühl results from a folk-etymological association with High German kühl ‘cool’ (Middle High German küel(e), a nickname from Middle High German küel ‘cool’, ‘calm’... [more]

Kuhlman German
Nickname from Middle High German küel ‘cool’, ‘calm.’

Kuhlmann German
German (also Kühlmann) nickname from Middle High German küel ‘cool’, ‘calm’ (see Kuhl).

Kuka Albanian, Slovak, Polish, Czech, Serbian, Croatian, German, South Slavic
Albanian: from the old personal name Kukë (definite form Kuka), which is most likely of South Slavic origin, a cognate of the names in 3 below.... [more]

Kukhtin Russian
From kukhta, meaning "hoarfrost".

Kukushkin m Russian
Derived from Russian кукушка (kukushka) meaning "cuckoo".

Kukushkina f Russian
Feminine form of Kukushkin.

Kul German, Dutch
Derived from Old High German kol meaning "coal", perhaps an occupational name for a miner or coal seller.

Kulak Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Polish
Means "fist". Was also used to describe Ukrainian farmers who went against the Soviet government in the early 30s.

Kulakov Russian
Meaning "son of a peasant."

Kulap Thai
Means "rose" in Thai (of Persian origin).

Kulasekara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit कुल (kula) meaning "family" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Kulasekaran Sinhalese
variant of Kulasekara.

Kulasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Kulasekara.

Kulhánek Czech
Bohemian for a man who walks with a limp.

Kumaarashi Japanese

Kumara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince".

Kumarasinghe Sinhalese
From Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Kumari Indian, Hindi, Punjabi, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Tamil, Nepali, Sinhalese
Means "(young) girl, daughter, princess" in Sanskrit.

Kumarov Kazakh
From Kazakh кұмар (kumar) meaning "passion, nosey".

Kummerer Upper German (Germanized, Rare)
Kummerer means ""bringer of sorrow""

Kung Swedish
Swedish cognate of King.

Kunic Yiddish
Variation on Koenig.

Künnen German
Metronymic from the given name Kunigunde.

Künzler German
Nickname for a flatterer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German künzen "to flatter".

Kupka Czech, Polish, Ukrainian, Slovak, Sorbian, Jewish
Nickname or topographic name from the Polish, Ukrainian, Czech and Sorbian word kupka, a diminutive of kupa meaning "heap, pile", in Upper Sorbian also "lump".... [more]

Kureshi Indian (Muslim)
Indian variant of Qureshi.

Kuritsyn Russian
Derived from Russian курица (kuritsa) meaning "chicken".

Kurnaz Turkish
Means "sly, cunning" in Turkish.

Kurochkin m Russian
From Russian курочка (kurochka) meaning "little hen, chicken".

Kuropatkin Russian
Derived from Russian куропатка (kuropatka) meaning "partridge".

Kurt Turkish
Means "wolf" in Turkish.

Kurtis English
Variant of Curtis.

Kurtoğlu Turkish
Means "son of the wolf" from Turkish kurt meaning "wolf".

Kurtz German
Variant of Kurz.

Kurtzberg German, Yiddish, Jewish
Variant of Kurzberg.

Kurtzman German
Variant of Kurzmann.

Kuru Turkish
Means "dry, bare" in Turkish.

Kurzberg German, Yiddish, Jewish
From a location name meaning "short mountain" in German, from Middle High German kurz meaning "short" and berg meaning "mountain". As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.

Kurzman German
Variant of Kurzmann.

Kuş Turkish
Means "bird" in Turkish.

Kutschera German
German cognate of Kučera.

Kuttner German
Originally from a nickname for someone wearing monk robes from Middle High German kuttner "robe wearing monk".

Kutty Indian, Malayalam, Tamil
Means "child" in Malayalam and Tamil.

Kuular Tuvan
Derived from Tuvan куу (kuu) meaning "swan" or "gray". Names bearing unfavourable meanings were traditionally used by Tuvans to ward off evil spirits.

Kvasnička Czech
from kvasnička ‘sour cherry’, applied as a nickname.

Kvitsinia Abkhaz
Mingrelian form of the Abkhaz surname Kutsnia; the Abkhaz name was replaced by the Mingrelian spelling during the era of Joseph Stalin. It is most likely derived from Abkhaz икуцны иааз (ikutsny iaaz) meaning "one who migrates", though the word квици (kvitsi) has no real meaning in Abkhaz... [more]

Kvyat Russian
Russian form of Kwiat.

Kwiat Polish
Means "flower" in Polish, from the Old Slavic root květŭ.

Kwiatek Polish
Derived from a diminutive of Kwiat.

Kydd English, Scottish, Caribbean
Variant of Kidd.

Kynnyakhorov m Yakut (Russified)
From Yakut кыынньаа (kyynn'aa), meaning "to make angry, to annoy".

Kyrgyzov Kyrgyz
Means "son of a Kyrgyz".

Kyte English
Variant of Kite.

Kyyhkynen Finnish
Means "pigeon, dove" in Finnish.

Laats Estonian
Laats is an Estonian name derived from "laat", meaning "fair" or "attractive".

Labao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano labaw meaning "surpassing, outdoing, prevailing".

Labba Sami
Meaning uncertain. Perhaps derived from Sami slabba "large reindeer antler shaped like a hand" or from Northern Sami láppis "lamb".

Labeau French
Variant of Lebeaux.

Label French
Variant of Labelle.

Labidi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic عابد (ʿābid) "worshiper, adorer, server" (chiefly Tunisian).

Labonté French (Quebec), Haitian Creole, Mauritian Creole
From French la bonté meaning "(the) kindness, (the) goodness", originally used as a soldier's name and perhaps also as a nickname for a benevolent person. This surname is rare in France.

Lacanilao Tagalog
From Tagalog lakan ilaw meaning "lord of light".

Lāce f Latvian
Feminine form of Lācis "bear".

Lace English
Possibly a nickname for someone who wore braided laces as clothing ties or a belt, or an occupational name for someone made such articles.

Lace Manx
Shortened form of Manx Mac Guilley Chass (Gaelic Mac Giolla Chais) meaning "son of the curly-haired youth", derived from macc "son", gilla "boy, youth; attendant, servant" and cas "curly, twisted".

Lacerda Portuguese, Spanish
Nickname for someone with remarkably thick or long hair, or with an unusually hairy back or chest. From Spanish and Portuguese la cerda ‘the lock (of hair)’.

Lachica Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish la chica meaning "the girl", either used as a nickname or a habitational name.

Lācis m Latvian
Means "bear" in Latvian.

Lacson Filipino
From Hokkien 六孫 (la̍k-sun) meaning "sixth grandson".

Ladja Filipino, Tausug
Derived from Tausug raja meaning "king, ruler".

Ladjabassal Filipino, Tausug
From the Tausug title raja basar, which was conferred upon the second or middle son of a sultan.

Laemmle German, Jewish
Variant spelling of Lämmle. A famous bearer was the German-American film producer Carl Laemmle (1867-1939).

Laflamme French (Quebec)
Means "The Flame" in French.

Lafleur French, French (Caribbean)
from la fleur "the flower" used as a soldier's name and also as a servant's name; it was one of the most common nicknames (noms de guerre) among French soldiers.

Lagasse French
French: nickname from Old French agace, agasse ‘magpie’ + the definite article l’.

Lagle Estonian
Lagle is an Estonian surname (and feminine given name) meaning "goose".

Lagoudakis Greek
Derived from the Greek word λαγουδάκι (lagoudáki), diminutive of λαγός (lagós) meaning "bunny".

Laguerre French
Nickname for a belligerent person or a valiant soldier from old French guerre "war" (from Latin werra) with fused article la.

Lahiffe Irish (Rare)
From Irish Ó Laochdha meaning "descendant of the hero" or "descendant of the heroic", ultimately from laoch "warrior, hero".

Lahlou Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic حُلْو (ḥulw) meaning "sweet" or "nice, charming", chiefly used in Moroccan Arabic.

Lahm German, Jewish
From middle-high German lam "slow, lame".

Lahmar Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "the red (one)", derived from Arabic الأحمر (al-ʾaḥmar).

Lahoud Arabic (Mashriqi)
Means either "one who stands alone" or "one and only" in Aramaic, given in reference to Jesus Christ. This is the surname of a Lebanese Christian family prominent in Maronite politics. One of the family members, Émile Lahoud (1936-), became the eleventh President of Lebanon.

Laigu Estonian
Laigu is an Estonian surname derived from "laigustama" meaning "blotchy", "dappled" and "mottled".

Laîné French
distinguishing epithet from French l'aîné "the eldest (son)", used to identify the older of two bearers of the same name in a family.

Laing Scottish
Scottish form of Lang. A famous bearer was the explorer Alexander Gordon Laing.

Laity English
Nickname for a trustworthy person, from Old French léauté ‘loyalty’ (Latin legalitas, a derivative of legalis ‘legal’, ‘by law’).