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Kain Irish
Variant of Kane.

Kane Irish, Norwegian
From the anglicized Irish surname Cathan, meaning "warlike." In Norway, it's used as a noble name.

Keal Irish (Anglicized)

Kealy Irish (Anglicized)

Keanan Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Ó Cianáin.

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

Kearns Irish (Anglicized)
Irish anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Céirín ‘descendant of Céirín’, a personal name from a diminutive of ciar ‘dark’, ‘black’... [more]

Kearny Irish
Variant of Kearney.

Kearse Irish
Variant of Keirsey.

Keay Irish (?), Scottish
Possibly from the given name Kay 1.

Keel Irish
Irish reduced form of McKeel.

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

Keenan Irish
Variant of O'keenan.

Keery Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ciardha.

Keeth Irish
A Scottish and Irish place surname meaning "forest" or "wood" or "windy place".

Keheley Irish (Anglicized)
americanized version of an irish clan name

Kehoe Irish
Variant of McKeogh.

Keirnan Irish
Gaelic form of Keirnan is Mac Thighearnain, which is derived from the word tighearna, meaning "lord." First found in County Cavan, Ireland.

Keirsey Irish
Topographic name of Norman origin name dating back to the 13th century.

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

Kellett Irish, English
Unknown meaning. Comes from Anglo-Saxon origin.

Kellog English, Irish
Variant of Kellogg

Kellogg Irish
Anglicised form of Ó Ceallaigh

Keneally Irish
Variant of Kenneally.

Kenealy Irish
Variant of Kenneally.

Kennan Irish (Anglicized), English

Kenneally Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cionnfhaolaidh "descendant of Cionnfhaoladh", a personal name derived from ceann "head" + faol "wolf".

Kennedie Irish
Variant of Kennedy.

Kennelly Irish
Variant of Kenneally.

Kennen Irish

Kenny English, Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coinnigh "descendant of Coinneach" or Ó Cionaodha "descendant of Cionaodh".

Kenzie Irish (Anglicized)

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]

Keough Irish, Scottish
Anglicized, reduced form of Mac Eochaidh meaning "son of Eochaidh".

Kerin Irish (Latinized, Rare)
Irish variation of Kieran. ... [more]

Kerley Irish

Kernan Irish

Kerns Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Céirín.

Kerraghan Irish

Kerrigan Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Ó Ciaragáin.

Kerwin Irish
Variant of Kirwan.

Kett Irish

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".

Kidney Irish
Surname translated from Irish surname Duane to English Kidney Mainly found in County Cork. Original Irish clan name is Ó Dubháin.

Kieran Irish (Anglicized)
Irish anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ciaráin ‘descendant of Ciarán’, a byname from a diminutive of ciar ‘dark’, ‘black-haired’... [more]

Kiernan Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Thighearnáin, which means "son of Tighearnán."

Kiggins Irish, Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Mag Uiginn and variant of Higgins.

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

Kilcommon Irish
Indicated a person who was from Kilcommon, Erris, County Mayo in Ireland. The place name Kilcommon derives from the Gaeltacht phrase Cill Chomáin, meaning "church of St. Comán."

Kilcommons Irish
Variant of Kilcommon

Kilcoyne Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Chaoine "son of the servant (i.e. devotee) of Saint Caoin" or from Mac Giolla Chaoin "son of the gentle lad"... [more]

Kilcullen Irish
Variant of Kilgallen.

Kiley Irish, English
Anglicized form of the Old Gaelic "O' Cadhla" meaning "son of Cadhla". Cadhla means meaning graceful or beautiful; hence, "descendant(s) of 'the graceful one'".

Kilgallen Irish
Kilgallen comes from the Irish name Mac Giolla Chaillin, meaning the son of a servant or devotee of St. Caillin.

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

Killian Irish (Anglicized, Modern), German
Meaning "little church". From cill (Irish for "church") and -ín, a Gaelic diminutive.

Killilea Irish
Irish - originally MacGiolla Leith from Gallway

Kilmartin Irish (Anglicized), Scottish (Anglicized)
shortened Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhártain or Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Màrtainn, "son of the servant of (Saint) Martin"... [more]

Kilroy Irish, Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Ruaidh "son of Giolla Rua or Gilroy".

Kinnamon Irish, Scottish

Kinnell Irish, Scottish

Kinsella Irish
From Gaelic Uí Ceinnsealaigh meaning "descendant of Cinnsealach", a given name probably meaning "chief warrior".

Kinsie Irish (?)

Kirwan Irish
From Gaelic Ó Ciardhubháin meaning "descendant of Ciardhubhán", a given name composed of the elements ciar "dark" and dubh "black" combined with a diminutive suffix.

Kirwin Irish
Variant of Kirwan

Kneeland Irish (Anglicized)

Knowles Irish
As an Irish surname it is an anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tnúthghail meaning "descendant of Tnúthgal", a given name composed of the elements tnúth "desire, envy" and gal "valor".

Kyan Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Catháin.

Kyne Irish
From Gaelic Ó Cadháin meaning "descendant of Cadhán", a byname meaning "barnacle goose".

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