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Klea
A short name from the Greek linguistic area. It is documented to derive from the word "kleos," meaning "glory" or "honor."
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Names starting with K
Explore 124 first names starting with K, with short explanations and links to their stories on our blog.
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Klemens
This name goes back to the Latin word "clemens". The word base means "mild" or "gentle".
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Klementine
The feminine form of Klemens. The underlying Latin word "clemens" means "mild" or "gentle."
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Kleopatra
A Greek name meaning "glory of the father." Although Cleopatra was Egypt's most famous queen, her name linguistically belongs to Greek. Today it is well established and often shortened to Cleo.
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Knut
A Scandinavian name. It goes back to the Old Norse word "knútr", which means "knot".
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Koa
Koa is a Hawaiian word meaning "warrior." At the same time, it is the name of a native and very resilient tree species (a type of acacia) in Hawaii. The name is given to boys.
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Kobe
American basketball player Kobe Bryant was named after Japanese Kobe beef, which his parents saw on a restaurant menu. The name thus derives from the Japanese city of Kōbe. The precise linguistic history and meaning of the city's name when used as a given name is not established. The name is short, two-syllabled, and usually pronounced in German just as it is in English.
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Koda
The name is widely translated as "little bear." However, this interpretation stems primarily from pop culture. Historically and linguistically, an origin in indigenous North American languages is documented, where the root means "friend" or "ally."
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Kofi
Kofi is the male counterpart among the Akan day-of-the-week names in Ghana. The name is well-documented for a boy born on a Friday.
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Kojo
This is a documented, widely used spelling and spoken variant of Kwadwo. It is often easier to pronounce in an international context and is read like "Ko-jo."
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Kolja
This is a Russian short form of Nikolai, which in turn goes back to the Greek name Nikolaus ("victory of the people").
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Konrad
This traditional name is composed of the Old High German terms "kuoni" (bold) and "rat" (counselor). It has a long history in the German-speaking world and is chosen today mostly in the spelling with K, more rarely as Conrad.
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Konstantin
A name of Latin origin that traces back to the word "constans." Its verified meaning is "the steadfast" or "the constant."
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Konstantinos
The root of this name is the Latin word "constans" (constant, steadfast). Through the Byzantine Empire and Emperor Constantine the Great, however, the name became one of the most frequently chosen given names in the Greek cultural sphere.
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Kora
A name from Greek mythology. The Greek word "kore" simply means "girl" or "maiden."
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Korbinian
A name with Latin roots. It is derived from "corvus", which means "raven".
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Kornelia
The feminine form of the Roman family name Cornelius. The name is widely associated with the Latin word "cornu" (horn), but the earliest derivation has not been established beyond doubt.
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Kourosh
This is the original Old Persian name of the historical King Cyrus the Great. The older word meaning of this family of names is not definitively clarified among linguists; hypotheses range from "sun" to "young hero." However, the historical reference to the founder of the Persian Empire is certain.
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Kresćan
This is the Upper Sorbian form of Christian. The name traces back to the Latin "christianus," meaning "the Christian" or "follower of Christ."
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Kristina
The Scandinavian and Slavic spelling of Christina. The meaning traces back to the Latin "christianus."
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Ksenia
A Slavic variant of the Greek name Xenia. The Greek word base means "hospitality."
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Kunigunde
A two-part Germanic name. The root elements are "kuni" (clan, family) and "gund" (battle). Although the full form of the name is rarely given today, it serves as a historically striking middle name.
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Kurt
Kurt is documented as a short form of Konrad. The Old High German base is composed of the words for "bold" and "counsel".
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Kwabena
This first name originates in Akan tradition and is documented as a name for a boy born on Tuesday. The stress usually falls on the second syllable.
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Kwadwo
This name is documented in the Akan language as a masculine first name for a boy born on Monday. The pronunciation can initially be unfamiliar to German speakers; the "dw" is often pronounced as a soft, almost voiced "j" sound.
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Kwaku
This first name is documented as a masculine Akan name for Wednesday. In English-language spelling, it is also occasionally found as Quaku.
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Kwame
Like Kofi and Abena, Kwame is an Akan day-of-the-week name. It is traditionally given to boys born on a Saturday.
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Kylie
Kylie traces back to the Noongar word "kiley"; the documented word stem means "boomerang." Before the name achieved worldwide popularity in the 1980s through singer Kylie Minogue, it had already been established as a given name in Australia.
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