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Kastehelmi f FinnishDerived from Finnish
kastehelmi "dewdrop", ultimately from
kaste "dew" and
helmi "pearl".
Kasthuri f IndianPossibly of Sanskrit origin. Meaning "fragrance" or "musk".
Kastriot m AlbanianDerived from the name of the Kastrioti family, a medieval Albanian noble family.
Kasturba f IndianIndian name meaning "musk from the musk deer" combined with a feminine honorific. This was the name of the wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
Kasue f JapaneseFrom Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, addition, increase", 須 (su) meaning "must, have to, necessary" combined with 恵 (e) meaning "favour". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Kasuke m JapaneseFrom Japanese 嘉 (ka) meaning "praise, auspicious" or 華 (ka) meaning "flower" combined with 輔 (suke) meaning "help". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Kasumiko f JapaneseFrom Japanese 霞 (kasumi) meaning "mist" or 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance", 住 (sumi) meaning "dwell, reside, live, inhabit" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible... [
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Kataka m AfricanFrom the Kenyan Luhya tribe for a leader or elder.
Kataluna f Obscure (Rare)Possibly a variant of
Katalina or a combination of
Katalina and
Luna. Kataluna Patricia Enriquez is an American beauty pageant titleholder who is the first openly transgender woman to earn the titles and to become qualified to compete in the Miss USA pageant.
Katana f English (Rare), Popular CultureCommonly associated with the Japanese word (刀) referring to a single-edged sword, derived from a combination of 片 (kata) meaning "one-sided" and 刃 (na) meaning "edge." The name is borne by a fictional superheroine in the DC Comics universe... [
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Katana m Old PersianMeans "honourable", as it is derived from Old Persian
kata "honoured".
Katara f Popular CultureThe name of a character in the animated television series
Avatar: The Last Airbender. Her name was apparently taken from the Arabic word قطرة
(qatra) meaning "raindrop, droplet".
Katariya f IndianPossibly stems from Katariya the city in the Ambedkar Nagar district of India.
Katarn m Popular CultureThe name was used in the PC game Return of The Jedei and he was one of the Jedei's. The ful name was Kyle Katarn, from there my sones name Katarn
Kataro m & f JapaneseIn my culture, me being born with the first name Kataro, I’ve never really known what it meant, but our interpretation of it was somebody who was a bright person, but saw things that weren’t there, not like a mental disorder just more so somebody who’s able to see spirits, not communicate but see them and lead them to a peaceful land to rest... [
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Katavi m African Mythology, NyamweziA demonic being in the popular belief of the Nyamwezi people of Tanzania. He is reputed to be the chief of the water-spirits, but he also haunts the barren lands and deserts.
Kateline f French (Modern, Rare), French (Quebec, Rare), French (Swiss, Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare), Flemish (Rare)Variant of
Cateline.
Kateni f MaoPossibly from the Mao
ttie meaning "small".
Katešḫapi m & f HittiteMeans "King of the Gods", from the Hittite elements
katte ("king") and
ašḫab ("god"). The name of a Hittite god, which was also borne by a queen of the Middle Kingdom period of the Hittite empire, who is known only from fragmentary documents... [
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Kaða m Old NorseOld Norse byname, from Old Norse
kaða meaning "hen, chicken".
Kathana m SanskritDerived from Sanskrit कथन (
kathana) meaning "telling; narration; statement".
Kathely f LiteratureKathely Burnell is one of the main characters in the book "The Wrylin" by Allen Lamb.
Katholiki f GreekMeans "universal", apparently taken from the Greek title of the Virgin Mary Παναγιά Καθολική
(Panagia Katholike) (see also
Panagiotis)... [
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Káti m Old NorseDerived from the Old West Norse adjective
kátr "glad, cheerful, merry".
Katisha f Theatre, African American (Rare)Meaning unknown. This was used for a character in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera
The Mikado (1885), set in Japan. Since the 1970s it has also been used as a blend of the prefix
ka with the name
Latisha.
Katishe f Russian (?), LiteraturePerhaps a Russified form of French
Catiche, an archaic diminutive of
Catherine. This name is used for a character, Princess
Katerina 'Katishe' Mamontova, in English translations of Leo Tolstoy's epic novel
War and Peace (1869).
Katiti f African American (Rare)A name coined in the 1970s in the movement of choosing Afrocentric names for children, after the Ugandan place name Katiti.
Katitzi f RomaniRomani diminutive for Katarina or Kati, meaning "little Kati".
Katixa f BasqueBasque diminutive of
Katalin. This name was first recorded in Etxaleku (Navarre) in 1548, and it has been revived in modern times.
Kato m Norwegian, LiteratureNorwegian variant of
Cato 1. This is the name of the main antagonist in Swedish author Astrid Lindgren's fantasy book 'Mio, min Mio' (1954).
Katonah m Lenape, HistoryMeaning uncertain, possibly derived from a Munsee cognate of Unami
kitahtëne meaning "big mountain". This was the name of a 17th-century Native American leader, the sachem (chief) of the Munsee-speaking Ramapo people in present-day western Connecticut... [
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Katori f & m JapaneseFrom Japanese 佳 (ka) meaning "beautiful, good" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person" and 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine"
Katranide f ArmenianThe name of two queens consort in the Bagratuni dynasty (862-1045) in the Kingdom of Armenia.