Submitted Surnames with 2 Syllables

Javid Persian, Urdu
Derived from the given name Javed.

Javier Spanish
Indicates familial origin from the town and municipality of Javier in Navarre, Spain.

Jawad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Jawad.

Jawdat Arabic
Derived from the given name Jawdat.

Jaxon English
Means "son of Jack" and a variant of Jackson.

Jaxton English
Means "Jack's town" in English

Jayden English
Surname of the fictional character Norman Jayden, a character from the video game Heavy Rain.

Jean-louis Haitian Creole
From the given names Jean 1 and Louis.

Jeannot French
From the given name Jeannot, a French diminutive of Jean 1.

Jean-Pierre French, Haitian Creole
From the given name Jean-Pierre.

Jefcoat English
Means “Son of Geoffrey”.

Jegou French

Jekal Korean
Diffrent romanization of Chegal.

Jendre German (Anglicized, Rare), Czech (Anglicized, Rare), Slovak (Anglicized, Rare), Danish (Anglicized, Rare)
Jendre is an anglicized version of many surnames throughout Europe that start with 'Jendre'.... [more]

Jenkin English
From the given name Jenkin

Jenner English
Occupational name for an engineer.

Jenő Hungarian
From the given name Jenő.

Jeppson Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Jeppsson.

Jeppsson Swedish
Probably means "son of Jesper".

Jermain French
Variant of Germain.

Jernberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish järn "iron" and berg "mountain".

Jervaise French, English
Variant of Gervais.

Ješić Serbian

Jessie English
Possibly a variant of Jessey, an occupational name for someone making jesses (a short strap fastened around the leg of a bird used in falconry).

Jessup English
From the given name Joseph.

Jesús Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, French
From the given name Jesús.

Jethro English
From the given name Jethro.

Jibril Arabic
From the given name Jibril.

Jimbō Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jimboh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jimbou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jinbo Japanese
From 神 (jin, kami) meaning "god, deity, divine" combined with 保 (ho, tamotsu) meaning "protect".

Jinbo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jinbō Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jinboh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jinbou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jingu Japanese
Formed with 神 (shin, jin, kami, kan, kou) meaning "god" and 宮 (kyuu, guu, kuu, miya) meaning "palace, shrine".

Jiu Chinese

João Portuguese
From the given name João.

Joaquín Spanish
From the given name Joaquín.

Joaquin Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Joaquín.

Jochen German
From the given name Jochen

Joel English, German, French, Jewish
Derived from the given name Joel.

Johann German
From the given name Johann

Johnny English
From the given name Johnny, which is diminutive of given name John.

Jolly English
From the English word jolly, which is ultimately from Old French joli# ("merry, happy"). Originally a nickname for someone of a cheerful or attractive disposition.

Jongbloed Dutch
Nickname for a young person, derived from Middle Dutch jonc meaning "young" and bloet meaning "blood". A famous bearer of this surname was the Dutch soccer goalkeeper Jan Jongbloed (1940-2023).

Jonkman Dutch
Means "young man" or "bachelor".

Jonsen Norwegian
Means "son of Jon 1".

Jonson English
Variant of Johnson and English form of Johnsson

Jordán Spanish, Hungarian
From the given name Jordán.

Joubran Arabic
Derived from the given name Jubran.

Jourdain French
From the given name Jourdain.

Joutsen Finnish
Means “swan” in Finnish.

J:son Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Contracted form of -sson names starting with J, like Jansson, Jonsson, Jönsson and Johansson... [more]

Juarez Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Juárez primarily used in America and the Philippines.

Jubran Arabic
Derived from the given name Jubran.

Judah English
From the given name Judah

Judith English, Jewish, German, Dutch, French, Spanish
From the given name Judith.

Julián Spanish
Derived from the given name Julián. Spanish cognate of Julien.

Julian English, German
Derived from the given name Julian. Cognate of Julián and Julien, English variant of Gillian

Julius English, German, Finnish, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Czech
From the given name Julius.

Juma Swahili, Arabic
From the given name Juma.

Junaid Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Junayd.

Jundo Japanese

Jungwirth German
Distinguishing name from Middle High German jung "young" and wirt "husband master of the house" for a son or son-in-law... [more]

Juni Filipino (Rare), Tagalog (Hispanicized, Rare)
Refers to the sound or song of a bird, derived from Tagalog huni.

Juniel English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Jungnickel. Or perhaps from French or German Junior.

Jurgens English
From the given name Jurgen

Jusay Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano
From Tagalog and Cebuano husay meaning "settled, orderly, arranged" or "settle, arrange, put in order".

Justo Spanish
From the given name Justo.

Justus German, Dutch, Finnish
From the given name Justus.

Juuso Finnish
From the given name Juuso.

Kaba Turkish
Means "rough, rude, coarse" in Turkish.

Kaba Japanese
From Japanese 樺 (kaba) meaning "birch tree".

Kaba Western African, Manding
From a Mandinka clan name perhaps derived from the name of a village in southern Mali.

Kabir Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Kabir.

Kabu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蕪 (Kabu), a clipping of 蕪 (Kabumon) meaning "Kabu Gate", a name of a group of several households, that was in the division of Kami in the area of Noda in the city of Izumi in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan, for the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.... [more]

Kabu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蕪 (kabu) meaning "brassica rapa".

Kaczor Polish
Means "drake (male duck)" in Polish.

Kada Japanese

Kadir Arabic
From the given name Qadir.

Kadosh Hebrew
Means "holy" in Hebrew.

Kadri Arabic
From the given name Qadir.

Kaestner German
Variant of Kästner.

Kaga Japanese
From the Japanese 加 (ka) "increase," "step up" and 賀 (ka or ga) "congratulation."

Kaga Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate".

Kaga Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).

Kagan Jewish
Eastern Ashkenazic form of Cohen.

Kahya Turkish
Means "butler, steward, housekeeper" in Turkish.

Kai Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 廻 (see Meguri 2).

Kaiba Japanese
From Japanese 海 (kai) meaning "sea, ocean" and 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf".

Kaifu Japanese
Combination of the kanji 海 (kai, "sea, ocean") and 部 (bu, "division, section"). A famous bearer of this surname is Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu (海部 俊樹; b. 1931).

Kaki Japanese
From Japanese 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon".

Kakii Japanese
Kaki means "pomegranate" means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Kako Japanese
From 加 (ka) meaning "increase, add, Canada" and 古 (ko) meaning "old".

Kakos Greek, Arabic, Muslim, Assyrian, Hungarian, Slovak
Some characteristic forenames: Greek Demetrios, Spiros. Arabic/Muslim Ezzat, Habib, Issam, Jamila, Najib, Talal.... [more]

Kaku Japanese
From Japanese 角 (kaku) meaning "corner".

Kalay Turkish
Means "tin (the metal)" in Turkish.

Kale Croatian
Possibly derived from Turkish kale, meaning "castle, fortress".

Kale Indian, Marathi
Means "black" in Marathi, ultimately from Sanskrit काल (kala).

Kale Turkish
Means "castle, fortress" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic قلعة (qal'ah).

Kaleb Croatian
Possibly rom the name Caleb.... [more]

Kaler English, German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Kahler, Köhler, or Kehler.

Kalev Russian
Russian, from the elements Kal and -ev ("of"), therefore meaning "of Kal." Kal may be a shortened element of a Russian given name or place name.

Kalhorh Urdu, Sindhi
Originally a nickname for a person who belonged to the Kalhora clan in Sindh, Pakistan. The clan's name is derived from Sindhi ڪلهوڙو (kalhoro), ultimately from ڪَلھو (kalho) meaning "alone".

Kalkan Turkish
Means "shield" in Turkish.

Källberg Swedish
Swedish variant of Kjellberg.

Kamel Arabic
From the given name Kamal 1.

Kami Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).

Kamil Arabic
Derived from the given name Kamil 1.

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

Kampa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 寒波 (kampa) meaning "cold wave", referring to possibly a person described as having cold vibes or an event that involved cold waves.

Kämpe Swedish
From Swedish kämpe "fighter".

Kampos Greek
From Greek meaning "plain, lowlands".

Kamprad German, Swedish (Rare)
Possibly a variant of the German surname Kamprath meaning ”cogwheel (in a mill)”. A notable bearer is Ingvar Kamprad (1926-2018), a Swedish business magnate and the founder of IKEA... [more]

Kampu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 寒風 (see Kampū).

Kampū Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 寒風 (kampū) meaning "cold winter wind", referring to possibly a person described as cold or an event that involved cold wind.

Kampū Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 寒風 (Kampū) meaning "Kampū", a former division in the former large village of Kamiminamiaosawa in the former district of Akumi in the former Japanese province of Ugo in parts of present-day Akita and Yamagata in Japan.

Kampuh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 寒風 (see Kampū).

Kampuu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 寒風 (see Kampū).

Kamran Urdu, Persian
Derived from the given name Kamran.

Kana Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 海南 (see Unami).

Kanat Turkish
Occupational name for a seller of poultry from Turkish kanat meaning "(bird) wing".

Kanba Japanese
From 樺 (kanba) meaning "birch".

Kanbe Japanese
It's written as kan meaning "god, deity" and be meaning "door".

Kandel Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic قنديل (see Qandil).

Kandil Arabic
Means "lamp, candle, lantern" in Arabic.

Kandil Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic قنديل (see Qandil).

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.

Kano Japanese
From Japanese 狩 (ka) meaning "hunt, gather" and 野 (no) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kanō Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 納 (nō) meaning "settlement, obtain, reap".

Kan'shin m Russian

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.

Kaplan Turkish
Means "tiger" in Turkish.

Kaplan German, Czech, Jewish
Means "chaplain, curate" in German and Czech, ultimately from Latin cappellanus. It is also sometimes used as a Jewish name, from a translation of Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohen) meaning "priest" (see Cohen).

Kapoor Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
From Sanskrit कर्पूर (karpura) meaning "camphor".

Kapur Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Alternate transcription of Kapoor.

Kara Turkish
Means "black, dark" in Turkish.

Karam Arabic, Urdu, Persian
Derived from the given name Karam.

Karan Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 加覧 (see Garan).

Karas m Czech

Kareem Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Karim.

Kargar Persian
Means "worker, labourer" in Persian.

Karhu Finnish
Means "bear" (the animal) in Finnish.

Kariņš Latvian

Karkhin m Russian

Karlberg Swedish
Variant of Carlberg.

Karlin Swedish (Rare)
Variant spelling of Carlin 3.

Karlov Russian
Means "son of Karl".

Karlson English
Means "Son of Karl".

Karol Jewish (Ashkenazi), Polish, Rusyn, Slovak
Polish, Slovak Rusyn, Slovak: from the personal name Karol 1, Polish and Slovak equivalent of Charles.... [more]

Károly Hungarian
From the given name Károly.

Karpov m Russian
Means "son of Karp".

Karslake English
Variant spelling of Kerslake.

Karter Breton
Breton form of Carter. This was the birth surname of Breton-French explorer Jacques Cartier (1491-1557), who is known for discovering the gulf of St. Lawrence.

Kartman English
Variant of Cartman.

Kasai Japanese
It means fire in Japanese

Kasap Turkish
Means "butcher" in Turkish.

Kase Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Kasei Japanese
From Japanese 火星 (kasei) meaning "Mars".

Kasei Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).

Kashii Japanese
Kashi can mean "candy" or "oak" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit"

Kasim Arabic, Filipino, Maguindanao, Tausug
From the given name Qasim.

Kasmi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Kissami, used more frequently in modern times.

Kasprzyk Polish
Variant of Kasprzak.

Katan Jewish
From Hebrew קָטָן (katan) meaning "small, little, young".

Kathleen English
Derived from the given name Kathleen.

Katin Russian
Matronymic surname derived from a diminutive Katya of the Russian given name Yekaterina.

Katoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Kato.

Katsav Hebrew
Occupational name for a butcher, derived from Hebrew קַצָּב (qatzav) meaning "butcher, purveyor of meat". A famous bearer is former Israeli president Moshe Katsav (1945-), born Musa Qassab.

Katsir Hebrew
Variant of Katzir.

Katsu Japanese
Matsu means "victory".

Kattan Jewish
Variant of Katan.

Katzav Hebrew
Variant of Katsav.

Katzir Hebrew
Occupational name derived from Hebrew קָצִיר (qatsiyr) meaning ""harvesting, reaping", ultimately from קָצַר (qatsar). A famous bearer was the Israeli president and scientist Ephraim Katzir (1916-2009), born Efraim Katchalski.

Katziyr Hebrew
Variant of Katzir.

Katzman Slavic
Slavic form of Katz. Means "high priest, king".

Kavak Turkish
Means "poplar" in Turkish.

Kawka Polish
Polish variant of Kawa and cognate of Kafka.

Kaya Japanese
From 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate", combined with 屋 (ya) meaning "house, shop".

Kayan Turkish
Means "slippery, smooth, gliding" in Turkish.

Kaynak Turkish
Means "source" in Turkish.

Kayser German
Variant of Kaiser.

Kazah Nigerian (Anglicized, Modern)

Kaze Japanese
Kaze means "wind".

Kazi Bengali, Indian (Muslim)
Bengali form of Qazi as well as an alternate transcription of Hindi काज़ी and Urdu قاضی.

Kazi Bengali, Indian
Variant of Qazi.

Kazim Urdu, Punjabi, Arabic
From the given name Kazim.

Kázmér Hungarian
From the given name Kázmér.

Keagle German (Americanized)
Americanized form of the German surname "Kegel".

Kedem Hebrew
Either means "east" or "ancient" in Hebrew.

Kedzie English

Keenan Irish
Variant of O'keenan.

Keener English
Anglicized form of Kiener or Kühner.

Keeton English
Habitational name from a place called Ketton in Durham or one in Rutland or from Keaton in Ermington, Devon. The first is named from the Old English personal name Catta or the Old Norse personal name Káti and Old English tūn "settlement"; the second is probably from an old river name or tribal name Cētan (possibly a derivative of Celtic cēd "wood") and Old English ēa "river"; and the last possibly from Cornish kee "hedge, bank" and Old English tūn.

Keever Celtic
From McKeever, a form of McIver, meaning "son of Ivor".

Kehler German
Habitational name from various places called Kehl, notably the town across the Rhine from Strasbourg. In some cases it may be a variant of Köhler.

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

Keigwin Welsh
From "kei", meaning 'a dog' and "gwyn", meaning, 'white' in Cornish.(a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family.)... [more]

Keiser German
Variation of Kaiser.

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".

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.

Kelce English
Variant of Kelsey.

Keleş Turkish
Means "brave, handsome" as well as "bald" or "ugly" in Turkish.

Kellner German, Dutch, Jewish, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, French
Means "waiter, cellarman" in German, ultimately derived from Latin cellarium "pantry, cellar, storeroom". This was an occupational name for a steward, a castle overseer, or a server of wine.

Kemble English
Derived from the Middle English personal name Kinebald, Kenebald, Kembald (Old English Cynebald composed of the elements cyne "family, kin" and beald "bold").

Kemmer German
Kemmer is a surname. The surname Kemmer is an occupational surname. Further research revealed that the name is derived from the Old German word "kämmerer," which means "chamberlain." A chamberlain was the person in charge of the noble household; to him would fall the duty of ensuring that the castle and court of the noble ran smoothly... [more]

Kempe Swedish
Variant of Kämpe.

Kempes German, Dutch
German and Dutch variant of Kemp or Kamp. It could also be a habitational name for a person from any of the various places named Kempen on the border between Germany and the Netherlands (for example the town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, close to the Dutch border), a status name for a peasant farmer or serf, or an occupational name for an official calibrator who marked the correct weight and measures for verification, derived from Middle Low German kempen... [more]

Kempton English
From the name of a place in Shropshire meaning "Cempa's town" or "warrior town", from a combination of either the Old English word cempa "warrior" or the byname derived from it and tun "farmstead, settlement".

Kendrew English
Variant of Andrew, possibly influenced by Mcandrew. Notable namesake is Nobel Prize winning chemist John Kendrew (1917-1997).

Kenner German, Jewish
Means "expert, connoisseur" in German, from kennen "to know", a nickname for someone considered to be intelligent or knowledgeable.

Kensley English
This surname might derive from the surname Kinsley or from the locational surname Kelsey (denoting someone who is from either North or South Kelsey in Lincolnshire).

Kentie Dutch
Origin and meaning unknown. Possibly derived from a Scottish surname such as MacKenzie.

Kenton English
habitational name from any of various places so named Kenton, for example in Devon, Greater London (formerly Middlesex), Northumberland, and Suffolk... [more]

Kenttä Finnish
Means "field" in Finnish.

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]

Kerbow French
Possibly derived from the French word 'corbeau', meaning "raven".

Kerchuk Ukrainian
Denotes to a person from Kerch.

Keren Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Keren.

Kereu Eastern African
A surname closely associated with the Kisii (or Abagusii) ethnic group, who primarily live in Kisii County in the western part of Kenya. Kisii clans have unique surnames or roots linked to ancestral lines.

Kershaw English
From the name of a town in Lancashire, derived from Old Norse kirkja "church" and Old English sceaga "thicket, grove, copse".

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".

Kerwin Irish
Variant of Kirwan.

Keshet Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Keshet which means "rainbow" in Hebrew, it is used more as a surname than a given name.

Keskin Turkish
Means "sharp, bitter" in Turkish.

Kessel German
Occupational name for a maker of cooking vessels from Middle High German kezzel meaning "kettle, cauldron, boiler".

Kessel Dutch
Habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in the Netherlands named Kessel, ultimately derived from Latin castellum "fortress, stronghold, castle". Could possibly also be a variant of German Kexel.

Kessler German, Jewish
Means "kettle-maker, tinker", denoting a maker of copper or tin cooking vessels, derived from Middle High German kezzel meaning "kettle, cauldron". In some instances, it could have referred to the shape of a landform.

Ketcham English
Contracted form of Kitchenham.

Ketchum English
Variant of Ketcham

Kevat Indian
From Sanskrit केवट (kevaṭ) meaning "boatman". This is used by the Kevat caste who traditionally specialized in rowing boats.

Keville English
Denoted someone from Keevil (recorded in the Domesday book as Chivele), a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, probably derived from Old English c¯f meaning "hollow" and leah meaning "woodland clearing".

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).

Khairy Arabic
Derived from the given name Khayri.

Khalaf Arabic
From the given name Khalaf.

Khaldi Arabic
From the given name Khalid.

Khaleel Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Khalil.

Khalil Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Khalil.

Khaliq Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Khaliq.

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

Khamdee Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai คำดี (see Khamdi).

Khamdi Thai
From Thai คำ (kham) meaning "gold" or "word, speech" and ดี (di) meaning "good, fine, excellent".

Khamees Arabic
From the given name Khamees.

Khamis Arabic
Derived from the given name Khamis.

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".

Kharkov m Russian
From Харьков (Kharkov), the city (see Kharkiv).

Khateeb Arabic, Urdu
Arabic alternate transcription of Khatib as well as the Urdu form.

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

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

Khavro Russian (?)

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.

Khemson Thai (Rare)
Means "pine needle" in Thai.

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

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

Khlyvnyuk Ukrainian

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

Khomyuk Ukrainian
Variant of Khomenko.

Khorram Persian
Means "happy, pleasant" in Persian.

Khouri Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic خوري (see Khoury).

Khoury Arabic
Means "priest, curate, parson" in Arabic, ultimately from Latin curio.

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

Khreshchyk Ukrainian
Probably from the street Khreshchatyk in Kyiv.

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

Khrueachan Thai
From Thai เครือ (khruea) meaning "family" and จันทร์ (chan) meaning "moon".

Khrueathong Thai
From Thai เครือ (khruea) meaning "family" and ทอง (thong) meaning "gold".

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

Khrushchyov Russian
Alternative transcription of Khrushchev.

Kibar Turkish
Means "kind, polite, noble" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic كبار (kibar).

Kibe Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Kida Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kido Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" or 城 (ki) meaning "castle" combined with 戸 (to) meaning "door".

Kidoh Japanese

Kidwell Welsh, English
The origins of this surname are uncertain, but it may be derived from Middle English kidel "fish weir", denoting a person who lived by a fish weir or made his living from it, or from an English place called Kiddal, probably meaning "Cydda's corner of land" from the Old English given name Cydda and halh "nook or corner of land".

Kieffer German, Luxembourgish
Variant of Kiefer.

Kiesler German
Topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of gravelly land, derived from Middle High German kisel or Old High German kisil meaning "pebble, gravel".

Kihlberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish kil "wedge" and berg "mountain".

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).

Kiku Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 鞠 (see Mari).

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]

Kilberg Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kihlberg.

Kılıç Turkish
Means "sword" in Turkish.

Killeen Irish
From the Gaelic name Ó Cillín meaning "descendant of Cillín".

Kimi Japanese (Rare)
Abbreviated form of Kimigafukuro or Kimigabukuro and written 君.

Kimmel German, Jewish
Derived from Middle High German kumin and German kümmel meaning "caraway" (related to Latin cuminum, a word of Oriental origin, like the plant itself), hence a metonymic occupational name for a spicer, literally a supplier of caraway seeds... [more]

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.

Kimpoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).

Kimpou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).

Kina Okinawan

Kingsmore English
Derived from several places named Kingsmoor or King’s Moor, in Somerset, Sussex, and Essex, England.