KAE (f, m) Form of KAY or GAIUS or short KYLIE

KAI (f,m) Either "ocean" (Hawaiian) or "hen" (Scandinavian).

KAIA (f) Scandinavian short form of KATHERINE or "hen" from Old Norse kadha.

KAITLYN (f) Form of CAITLIN

KALEIGH (f) Form of KAYLEY

KALEO (m) "one sound" or "one voice" (Hawaiian)

KALLIOPE (f) "beautiful voice" (Greek).

KALYSTA (f) Form of CALLISTA

KAM (m) Short form of CAMERON

KAMARIA (f) "like the moon" (African)

KANE (m) "warrior" from the Anglicized Gaelic name Cathan, which is from the Gaelic word cathaoir.

KAOLIN (f, m) Anglicized form of CAOILAINN This is also the name of a type of clay.

KAPILA (m) "reddish brown" (Sanskrit).

KARA (f) Either a pet form of KATHERINE or form of CARA

KARAUGH (f) Variant of KARA

KAREEM (m) Form of KARIM

KAREN (f) Danish form of KATHERINE

KARI (f,m) Either a Norwegian form of KATHERINE (feminine) or "curly haired" (Old Norse, masculine)

KARIM (m) "noble" or "generous" from Arabic karuma "to be noble or generous".

KARIN (f) Swedish form of KATHERINE

KARISSA (f) Variant of CHARISSA

KARL (m) German and Scandinavian form of CHARLES. This was the name of seven emperors of Austria. Karl Marx was the German philosopher and revolutionary who laid the foundations for communism. Karl Jaspers was a German existentialist philosopher.

KARLA (f) German or Scandinavian feminine form of CHARLES

KARLY (f) Feminine form of CHARLES

KAROL (m) Polish form of CHARLES

KAROLYN (f) Form of CAROLINE

KARSTEN (m) Low German form of CHRISTIAN

KASANDRA (f) Variant of CASSANDRA

KASEY (m,f) Variant of CASEY

KASPAR (m) German and Scandinavian form of JASPER

KATARINA (f) Form of KATHERINE

KATE (f) Short form of KATHERINE or KATHLEEN. This is the name of the woman who Petruchio marries and tries to tame in Shakespeare's comedy 'The Taming of the Shrew'.

KATHERINE (f) From the Greek name Aikaterina. It has been linked with Greek aikia "torture" but that theory is unlikely. It is possibly a Coptic name meaning "my consecration of your name". The Romans derived it from Greek katharos "pure" and changed their spelling from Katerina to Katharina to reflect this. The name belonged to a Christian saint and martyr who was tortured on the famous Catherine wheel. This was the name of two empresses of Russia, including Catherine the Great. The name was also borne by three of Henry VIII's wives.

KATHLEEN (f) English form of CAITLIN

KATHRYN (f) Form of KATHERINE

KATHY (f) Short form of KATHERINE

KATIE (f) Form of KATE

KATINA (f) Form of KATARINA

KATINKA (f) Short form of JEKATERINA

KATJA (f) Pet form of JEKATERINA

KATRINA (f) Scottish and Dutch form of KATHERINE

KATSUO (m) "victorious child" (Japanese)

KAY (f) Short form of names beginning with K.

KAYLA (f) Alteration of KAYLEY

KAYLEE (f) Form of KAYLEY

KAYLEEN (f) Pet form of KAYLEY

KAYLEIGH (f) Variant of KAYLEY

KAYLEY (f) From the Irish surname Ó Caollaidhe, which means "descendent of Caollaidhe". Caollaidhe derives from Gaelic caol "slender".

KAZIMIERA (f) Feminine form of KAZIMIERZ

KAZIMIERZ (m) Polish form of CASIMIR

KAZUO (m) "first son" (Japanese)

KEARA (f) Variant of CIARA

KEEGAN (m) From the Gaelic surname Mac Aodhagain, which means "descendent of Aodhagan". Aodhagan is a pet form of AODH

KEELAN (f) Anglicized form of CAOILAINN

KEELEY (f) Form of KAYLEY

KEELIN (f) Anglicized form of CAOILAINN

KEELY (f) Form of KAYLEY

KEES (m) Dutch pet form of CORNELIUS Kees van Dongen was a Dutch painter.

KEIRA (f) Variant of KIERA

KEITH (m) "wood" or "wind" (Celtic), from a Scottish surname. This was the surname of a long line of Scottish earls.

KEITHIA (f) Feminine form of KEITH

KELIA (f) Form of KELLY

KELLEIGH (f) Variant of KELLY

KELLIE (f) Form of KELLY

KELLY (m,f) Several theories. It could be related to the first name Ceallach or the surname Ó Ceallaigh, which may mean either "church" or "warrior" (Gaelic). Or it is possibly related to a Pictish word meaning "wood" or "holly".

KELSEY (m, f) "ship island" (Old Norse) or "ship victory" (Old English).

KELVIN (m) Celtic; from the name of a river in Scotland.

KEN (m) Short form of KENNETH

KENDALL (m) From a surname which comes from the name of a city in northwest England. Or possibly "high image" (Welsh).

KENDRA (f) Feminine form of KENDRICK

KENDRICK (m) The meaning of this name is not known for certain but there are several possibilities: "royal power" from Old English Cyneric, "bold power" from Old English Ceneric, "high hill" from Welsh Cynwrig, or "son of HENRY" from the Gaelic surname Mac Eanraig.

KENJI (m) "second son" (Japanese)

KENNETH (m) Either "handsome" from Gaelic Coinneach, or "born of fire" from Gaelic Cinaed.

KENRICK (m) Form of KENDRICK

KENT (m) From the surname, which is from a place name. Kent is a county in England.

KENYA (m) Pet form of INNOKENTI. This name may also be given for the country in Africa.

KENYON (m) From an English place name.

KERENSA (f) "love" (Cornish)

KERI (f) Form of KERRY

KERMIT (m) Possibly "free man" (Gaelic).

KERRY (f,m) From the name of the Irish county, which means "Ciar's people" (Gaelic).

KERSTIN (f) Low German form of CHRISTINA

KETTIL (m) "cauldron" or "pot" from Old Norse ketill.

KEVAN (m) A form of KEVIN with a different diminutive suffix.

KEVIN (m) "comely child" from the name Caoimhin which is from Gaelic caomh "comely" and a diminutive suffix. Saint Caoimhin established a monastery in Ireland and is the patron saint of Dublin.

KEZIA (f) "cassia" (Hebrew). From the name of the spice tree.

KHADIJA (f) "premature child" (Arabic).

KHALID (m) "eternal" (Arabic).

KHALIL (m) "dear friend" (Arabic)

KHARA (f) Pet form of KATHERINE

KHATIJAH (f) Form of KHADIJA

KHORDAD (m) "perfection" (Persian)

KHORSHED (m,f) "sun" (Persian)

KIARA (f) English form of CHIARA or a feminine form of KIERAN

KIERA (f) Anglicized form of CIARA

KIERAN (m) Anglicized form of CIARAN

KILLIAN (m) "war" from Gaelic ceallach.

KIM (f,m) Short form of KIMBERLY (feminine) or a Scandinavian short form of JOACHIM (masculine). This name can also mean "gold" (Vietnamese).

KIMBERLY (f) From the name of a city in South Africa, which was originally named for Lord Kimberley. The surname Kimberley means "land belonging to Cyneburg" (Old English).

KIMO (m) Hawaiian form of JAMES

KIN (f) "golden" (Japanese)

KIP (m) Short form of KIPLING

KIPLING (m) "one who cures salmon or herring" from Middle English kypre. This was originally a surname.

KIRA (f) Either "sun" (Persian) or "queen" (Greek)

KIRBY (m) "church settlement" (Old Norse). From a place name or a surname.

KIRK (m) "church" from Old Norse kirkja.

KIRSI (f) Finnish form of CHRISTINA

KIRSTEN (f) Scandinavian form of CHRISTINA

KIRSTIN (f) Scottish form of CHRISTINA

KIRSTY (f) Pet form of KIRSTIN

KISHAN (m) Form of KRISHNA

KIT (m,f) Short form of CHRISTOPHER or KATHERINE. Kit Carson was an American frontiersman and explorer.

KIYOSHI (f) "bright" or "clear" (Japanese)

KJELL (m) Contracted form of KETTIL

KJERSTIN (f) Swedish form of CHRISTINA

KLAAS (m) Low German and Dutch short form of NICHOLAS

KLAIR (f) Scandinavian form of CLAIRE

KLARA (f) Scandinavian form of CLARA

KLAUS (m) German short form of NICHOLAS

KLEMEN (m) Slavic form of CLEMENT

KLEMENS (m) German, Danish, Swedish and Polish form of CLEMENT.

KNUT (m) "knot" (Old Norse).

KOLOUR (f) "colour" (English)

KONRAD (m) German and Polish form of CONRAD

KOREY (m) Form of COREY

KRESZENZ (f) German form of the Latin name Crescentia, which was from Latin crescere, "to grow".

KRIEMHILD (f) "mask battle" from the Teutonic elements grim "mask" and hild "battle".

KRIMHILDE (f) Variant form of KRIEMHILD

KRIS (f, m) Short form of KRISTA, KRISTIAN, KRISTINA or KRISTOFFER

KRISHNA (m) "black" or "dark" (Sanskrit). This is the name of a Hindu god believed to be an incarnation of the god Vishnu. He was the youngest of King Vasudeva's eight children, six of whom were killed by King Kamsa because of a prophecy that a child of Vasudeva would kill Kamsa. However, Krishna was saved and he eventually killed Kamsa as well as performing many other great feats.

KRISTA (f) Czech form of CHRISTINA

KRISTAL (f) Form of CRYSTAL

KRISTEN (m, f) Danish form of CHRISTIAN (masculine) or a variant of KRISTIN (feminine).

KRISTI (f) Variant of KRISTY

KRISTIA (f) Short form of CHRISTI

KRISTIAN (m) Scandinavian form of CHRISTIAN

KRISTIN (f) Short form of KRISTINA

KRISTINA (f) Swedish and Czech form of CHRISTINA

KRISTOFFER (m) Scandinavian form of CHRISTOPHER

KRISTY (f) Short form of CHRISTINA

KRYSIA (f) Short form of KRYSTYNA

KRYSTYNA (f) Polish form of CHRISTINA

KRZYS (m) Pet form of KRZYSZTOF

KRZYSZTOF (m) Polish form of CHRISTOPHER

KSENIA (f) Polish form of XENIA

KSENYA (f) Russian form of XENIA

KUN (m) "universe" (Chinese)

KUNIBERT (m) "brave bright" from the Teutonic elements kuoni "brave" and beraht "bright".

KURT (m) Contracted form of CONRAD

KYLA (f) Feminine form of KYLE

KYLE (m, f) "narrow" or "narrow channel" (Gaelic). From a Scottish surname.

KYLIE (f) "boomerang" (Australian Aborigine) or form of KELLY

KYRA (f) Feminine form of CYRIL

KYUNG-SOON (f) Korean; from the elements kyung "honoured" and soon "mild" or "gentle".