KanizjafPolish Derived from the surname of PiotrKanizjusz (the Polish name for Peter Canisius), a renowned Dutch Jesuit Catholic priest who is venerated in the Catholic Church as a saint and as a Doctor of the Church.
KankanafIndian Indian feminine name of Sanskrit origin meaning "one who wears a bracelet".
KankrafLiterature In the German translation of "The Lord of the Rings", Kankra is the name of Shelob. The name is derived from Kanker, a rare or dialectal German word meaning "spider".
KanlayafThai Means "beautiful woman" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit कल्याणी (kalyani).
Kanoam & fHawaiian Means "the free one," from definite article ka and noa meaning "freedom."
KanohafJapanese From Japanese 佳 (ka) meaning "beautiful, good", 乃 (no), a possessive particle combined with 羽 (ha) meaning "feather, plume". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KanokafJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 佳 (ka) meaning "beautiful, good", 乃 (no), a possessive particle, combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
KantamJapanese From the Japanese kanji 寛 (kan) meaning "tolerant, gentle" or 貫 (kan) meaning "pierce" or 幹 (kan) meaning "stem; core; talent" combined with 太 (ta) meaning "big, thick, great" or 汰 (ta) meaning "scour, wash out"... [more]
KantorkafGerman (Modern, Rare), Literature Kantorka is a Sorbian word meaning "cantoress, chorister". The---otherwise unnamed---Kantorka is the female hero in Otfried Preußler's novel Krabat who finally breaks the bad spell over the mill and saves the life of Krabat.... [more]
KaonafHawaiian Kaona is a Hawaiian word referring to the hidden meaning of a word or phrase
KaoranafPolynesian Name of Polynesian origin, meaning "golden horizon".
KaorinafJapanese From Japanese 馨 (kaori) meaning "fragrant, aromatic" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KaorukafJapanese From Japanese 香 (kaoru) meaning "fragrance" combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KapheirafGreek Mythology Possibly means "stormy breath", derived from the hypothetical Ancient Greek word *kaphos meaning "to breath, gasp" (compare κάπτω (kapto) "to gulp down") and εἴρ (eir), which might mean "hurricane"... [more]
KapitalinafSoviet, Russian (Rare) Derived from German Kapital or Russian капитал (kapital), which both mean "capital, asset". It is a reference to the three-volume book Das Kapital (1867-1894) written by the German philosopher and political economist Karl Marx (1818-1883).... [more]
KaranafLiterature Used by American author Scott O'Dell in his children's novel 'Island of the Blue Dolphins' (1960). Karana is 'secret' name of the main character, a young Native American girl stranded for years on an island off the California coast... [more]
KareelafIndigenous Australian Australian locational name. Derived from an Australian Aboriginal word which means "place of trees and water" or "south wind".
KarenafJapanese From Japanese 佳 (ka) meaning "beautiful, good" or 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance", 玲 (re) meaning "tinkling of jade" combined with 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree". This name can also be formed of other kanji combinations.
KareninafSpanish (?), Indonesian Meaning unknown, possibly used in reference to the novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy published in 1877.
KarennafEnglish (Rare) Elaboration of Karen 1. It may be influenced by Corinna, or by karenna, one of the Iroquois names for spiritual energy inherent in people and their environment.
Kartikaf & mIndonesian Means "star" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit कृत्तिका (Kṛttikā). This is also the Indonesian name for the constellation of the Pleiades.
KarumafJapanese From Japanese 果 (ka) meaning "fruit", 瑠 (ru) meaning "precious stone" combined with 摩 (ma) meaning "to rub; to scour; to grind". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Karuniaf & mIndonesian Means "blessing, gift" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit कारुण्य (kāruṇya).
KarwasisafQuechua Means "yellow flower" in Quechua, from Quechua karwa, "yellow" and sisa, "flower".
KaryafGreek Mythology Derived from Ancient Greek καρύα "hazel, hazel tree, hazel bush", ultimately from Ancient Greek κάρυον "nut". In Greek Mythology, Karya is attributed to the hamadryads, one of those nymphs who live in trees and are closely linked to the fate of the tree... [more]
KashafEnglish (Modern, Rare) Most likely a modern phonetic respelling of Cassia, although in some cases it seems to be used as an Anglicized spelling of Polish Kasia.
KashiwamJapanese (Rare) This name can be used as a single kanji, 柏 (haku, hyaku, byaku, kashiwa) meaning "oak," or it can be combined with 可 (ka, koku, -be.ki, -be.shi) meaning "can, passable, possible," 士 (shi) meaning "gentleman, samurai" and 和 (o, ka, wa, nago.mu, yawa.ragu) meaning "harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften."... [more]
KashmalafPashto From Pashto کشمالو (kash-malu) meaning "holy basil".
KashmirafIndian, Indian (Parsi) Feminine form of Kashmir. This is the name of the female protagonist of Salman Rushdie's novel Shalimar the Clown (2005).
KashtamMeroitic This name means possibly "the Kushite." It was the name of the Kushite King Kashta (fl. 8th century BCE) of the Kingdom of Kush who egyptianized Nubia and started the Kushite takeover of Upper Egypt.
KasiafBiblical Greek, Late Greek Greek form of Keziah, as it first appeared in the Septuagint. It coincides with the Greek noun κασία (kasia) meaning "cassia, cinnamon", which was borrowed into Greek from Hebrew and therefore comes from the same etymological root as Keziah... [more]
KasramPersian Originally 'Kesra'(/kesrä/ → Merriam-Webster phonetic alphabet) , from the Arabic pronunciation of Cosroe (/xōsrō/ M-W ph. al.) which is a Persian first name meaning 'king'. (see Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlane the Great, Part 1)... [more]
Kassam & fAmharic Means "compensation, reparation" in Amharic.
KássiafPortuguese (Brazilian) Brazilian Portuguese variant spelling of Cássia. A known bearer of this name is the Brazilian television presenter, singer and actress Kássia Franco.
KasturbafIndian Indian name meaning "musk from the musk deer" combined with a feminine honorific. This was the name of the wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
KatalunafObscure (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.
KatanafEnglish (Rare), Popular Culture Commonly 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... [more]
KatanamOld Persian Means "honourable", as it is derived from Old Persian kata "honoured".
KatarafPopular Culture The 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".