Browse Submitted Names

This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is archaic.
gender
usage
​
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Justiaan m Dutch (Archaic)
Predominantly archaic Dutch form of Justianus. In 2010, there were less than 5 bearers of this name in The Netherlands.
Justiniaan m Dutch (Archaic)
Archaic Dutch form of Justinian.
Juvna f Romansh (Archaic)
Older form of giuvna " girl; young woman, young lady". This name was traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Kaʻanāʻanā f & m Hawaiian (Archaic)
Hawaiian feminine name derived from ka meaning "the" and ʻanāʻanā meaning "black magic". This name is rarely used in modern times.
Kaarna f Finnish (Archaic)
Means "bark of a tree" in Finnish.
Kaemon m Japanese (Archaic)
From 右衛門/右エ門 (emon), shortened from Uemon, prefixed with a ka kanji, like 嘉 meaning "praise, esteem" or 加 meaning "addition."
Kahtoumun f Mormon (Archaic)
Archaic variant of Katumin, which derived from the Ahmestrahan language, said by the Mormons to be the ancestor of later Egyptian languages. Joseph Smith has the description, 'the name of a royal family in the female line', indicating that it could also be used as a surname... [more]
Kai m Romani (Archaic)
Short form of Hezekiah.
Kalla f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic), Icelandic (Rare)
Feminine form of Kalle as well as a variant of Karla.
Kalmar m Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Icelandic (Rare), Swedish (Archaic), Finnish (Rare), Estonian
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a variant of Kalman and an adoption of the Swedish place name Kalmar in Småland and Uppland.
Kalonymus m Late Greek (Latinized), Jewish, Judeo-Provençal (Archaic)
Errant latinization (or just a semi-latinization) of the Greek given name Kalonymos. The proper and full latinization of the name is Calonymus.
Kamehime f Japanese (Rare, Archaic)
From 亀 (kame) meaning "turtle, tortoise" and 姫 (hime) or 妃 (hime) meaning "princess".
Kanah f American (Rare, Archaic)
Means "reedy, brook of reeds". It is a river, mentioned in the Old Testament, that extends from the Mediterranean to Tappuah.
Kannike f Estonian (Archaic)
Derived from Estonian kannike "violet". This name was coined in the 19th century as an Estonian equivalent of Jolanta and Viola.
Kanonine f German (Rare, Archaic)
The name is derived from the German word Kanone "cannon (the weapon)".... [more]
Kardos m Hungarian (Rare, Archaic)
Late medieval name derived from Hungarian kardos "wearing a sword/sabre".
Kare m Greenlandic (Archaic)
An older spelling variant, borrowing from the Danish Kåre.
Kärel m Alsatian (Archaic)
Vernacular diminutive of Oskar.
Karelia f Russian (Archaic)
Transferred use of the place name Karelia.
Karius m German (Rare, Archaic)
Archaic short form of Eucharius.
Karlin f Alsatian (Archaic)
Vernacular form of Karoline.
Karlot m Norwegian (Archaic)
Norwegian adoption of Charlot as well as a masculine form of Karlotte.
Karlotte f Estonian (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Archaic)
Estonian, Norwegian and Danish form of Charlotte.
Karmni f Maltese (Archaic)
Karmni Grima (2 February 1838 – 25 May 1922) was a Maltese peasant whose mystical religious experience led to the constructions and services as an apostle of Our Lady of Ta' Pinu.
Karshm m Arabic (Mashriqi, Arabized, Rare, Archaic)
Ulaqa bin Karshm Al-Kilabi is a Muslim historian from Banu Amir bin Kilab who lived in the first century AH
Karuma m Georgian (Archaic)
Georgian form of Karim.
Kasiane m Georgian (Archaic)
Georgian form of Cassianus (see Cassian).
Kasijonas m Lithuanian (Archaic)
Lithuanian form of Cassianus (see Cassian).
Kassius m German (Archaic), English (Modern)
German form of Cassius as well as a modern English variant of the name.
Kateryn f English (Archaic), Manx, Medieval Baltic
English variant and Manx and medieval Latvian form of Katherine.
Katerzina f Polish (Archaic)
Archaic variant of Katarzina.
Kathaniel f African American (Rare, Archaic)
The name of Knoel Scott's mother.
Katherena f English (Latinized, Archaic)
Latinized form of Katherine, recorded in the late 1590s in the parish registers of Bebington, Cheshire, England (which were written in Latin).
Katre f Greenlandic, Estonian, Latvian (Archaic)
Greenlandic form of Katrin, Latvian contracted form of Katrīne and Estonian variant of Katri.
Katreine f Scots (Archaic), Medieval Scottish
Scots phonetic variant of Gaelic Caitrina.
Katrinelje f German (Archaic)
Very obscure diminutive of Katharina. This is the name of a character in the German fairy tale Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie, collected by the Brothers Grimm.
Katsia m Georgian (Archaic)
Derived from the Georgian noun კაცი (katsi) meaning "man" as well as "human".... [more]
Katyrna f Sorbian (Archaic)
Archaic variant of Katarina.
Katyržinka f Sorbian (Archaic)
Archaic variant of Katarina. 'Katyržinka, swěrna moja' is a traditional Sorbian song and dance.
Kauhane f & m Hawaiian (Archaic)
Old orthography form of Kaʻuhane.
Kaukomieli m Finnish (Archaic), Finnish Mythology
Means "absentminded", from kauko- "far away, distant" and mieli "mind, sense, mood". Sometimes used as an alternate name for Lemminkäinen, a hero from the Finnish epic Kalevala.
Keener m American (South, Rare, Archaic)
Maybe transferred from the surname Keener or from the common English word keen.
Kela f Medieval Jewish, Jewish (Archaic)
Variant of Gela, recorded in what is now Germany between the 13th and 14th centuries.
Keleya f African Mythology, Manding (Archaic)
Keleya is a character in "Sundiata", an epic of old Mali. Keleya was known as the best cook in the Sosso Kingdom in the 11th-12th Century.... [more]
Kenburrow f English (Rare, Archaic)
Possibly a form of Kinborough, recorded in 1610.
Kerma f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Likely a feminine form of Kermit.
Ketha f German (Rare, Archaic), Medieval German
Variant of Käthe, used by the 16th-century religious leader Martin Luther as a pet name for his wife Katharina.
Kharytyna f Ukrainian (Rare, Archaic), History (Ecclesiastical)
Variant transliteration of Харитина (see Kharitina).
Khensa f Nubian (Archaic), Northern African (?)
Khensa is a Nubian name.... [more]
Khivrya f Ukrainian (Rare, Archaic), Theatre
Ukrainian variant of Fevroniya. The name was borne by a character in Modest Mussorgsky's comic opera 'The Fair at Sorochyntsi' (1874 - 1880) which was based on Nikolai Gogol's short story of the same name, from his early (1832) collection of Ukrainian stories 'Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka'.
Khosro m Georgian (Archaic)
Georgian form of Khosrau.
Khuashak f Georgian (Archaic)
According to Georgian sources, this name is of Iranian origin and means "good" as well as "beautiful". Compare modern Persian خوب (xub) meaning "good, well, nice" and قشنگ (qašang) meaning "beautiful, lovely, pretty"... [more]
Khulai m Romani (Archaic)
Derived from (Turkish) Romani khulai "gentleman". This name has been found from at least the early 1800s onward.
Khursi m Georgian (Archaic)
Derived from Middle Persian xirs meaning "bear", of which the modern Persian equivalent is خرس (xers).
Khusraw m Persian (Rare, Archaic)
From Persian خسرو (xosrow) meaning "king, ruler"; ultimately from Old Iranian *Hu-sravah.
Khvashak f Georgian (Archaic)
Variant of Khuashak. This is the name by which the medieval Georgian politician Khuashak Tsokali (12th century) is also known.
Kiälla f Swedish (Archaic)
Obsolete Swedish dialectal variant form of Kätilög and female form of Kjell.
Kiarisse f French (Rare, Archaic), Literature
Local vernacular form of Clarisse found in the Poitou-Charentes region of France.... [more]
Kieran m Norwegian (Archaic)
Variant of Kjærand predominantly used in the 18th century.
Kifa m Biblical Russian, Russian (Archaic), Serbian (Archaic)
Russian and Serbian form of Kephas (see Cephas).
Kifas m Biblical Greek, Greek (Archaic)
Modern Greek form of Kephas (see Cephas).
Kikuhime f Japanese (Rare, Archaic)
From 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" combined with 姫 (hime, ki) meaning "princess". Name borne by a noble woman of the Ōtomo clan (d. 1595).
Kinga m Japanese (Rare, Archaic)
This name combines 金 (kin, kon, gon, kana-, kane, -gane) meaning "gold" with 峨 (ga, kewa.shii) meaning "steep" or 鵞 (ga) meaning "goose."... [more]
Kingsette f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Extremely rare feminization of King by way of adding the French diminutive ending -ette.
Kinmochi m Japanese (Rare, Archaic, ?)
From 金 (kin) meaning "gold" combined with 望 (mochi) meaning "hope". Other combinations can be used.
Kion m Russian (Archaic)
Variant or short form of Okean, which is the Russian form of Okeanos.... [more]
Kioni m Georgian (Archaic)
Variant or short form of Okeanosi, which is the Georgian form of Okeanos.... [more]
Kirion m Georgian (Rare), Russian (Archaic)
Georgian and Russian form of Kyrion. A notable bearer of this name was the Georgian saint Kirion II (1855-1918), who was the first Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia.
Kirkby m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Kirkby... [more]
Kissa f English (Rare, Archaic)
Possibly a diminutive of names such as Christina, Charissa or, more likely, Keziah (compare Keziah's diminutive Kizzie), influenced by the word kiss (or perhaps Finnish kissa "cat").... [more]
Kitan m German (Silesian, Archaic), Medieval German
Medieval Silesian German diminutive of Kristian.
Kivi m Finnish (Archaic)
Ancient Finnish name that means "stone" or "rock". Now used extremely rarely. As a surname Kivi is more common, Finland's national author Aleksis Kivi (born Alexis Stenvall) being the most famous bearer.
Kjellberg m Norwegian (Archaic)
Masculine form of Kjellbjørg, no longer in use. It is also a Swedish surname (see Kjellberg).
Kjønik m Norwegian (Archaic)
Norwegian form of Köneke, ultimately related to the Germanic name Conrad.
Kleme f North Frisian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Klemens, recorded on the island of Amrum.
Klemeza f Breton (Archaic)
Feminine form of Klemez.
Kleopha f German (Archaic)
Derived from Latin Cleophae "of Cleophas" (see Cleofe). Cf. Cleophea, Kleofa.
Klos m Luxembourgish (Archaic)
Vernacular short form of Nikolaus.
Klusīte f Latvian (Archaic)
Possibly derived from Latvian kluss "quiet; silent; calm".
Kmara f Georgian (Archaic)
Derived from the Georgian interjection კმარა (kmara) meaning "Enough!". The use of this word as a given name was started by parents who did not want any more daughters, but yet ended up having another one... [more]
Kobyl m Russian (Archaic)
Means "mare" in Russian.
Kodrate m Georgian (Archaic)
Georgian form of Quadratus via its Greek form Kodratos.
Koido m Estonian (Archaic)
Variant of Koit (compare feminine Koidula).
Koint m Russian (Archaic)
Russian form of both Cointus and Kointos.
Köke m Mongolian (Archaic)
Means "blue".
Koken f & m Japanese (Rare, Archaic)
A name beared by an empress of Japan. If it used modernly, it is more likely to be used for boys, as Ken 2 is a male name.
Kola m Alsatian (Archaic), Polish
Alsatian vernacular short form of Nikolaus (compare French Colas) and Polish diminutive of Mikołaj.
Kolau m Georgian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Nikoloz. A notable bearer of this name was the Georgian poet Nikoloz "Kolau" Nadiradze (1895-1990).
Kolumbanus m German (Archaic), Indonesian (Rare), West Frisian (Archaic)
German, Indonesian and West Frisian form of Columbanus.
Kona f Greenlandic (Archaic)
Derived from Old Norse kona meaning "woman" or "wife", a loanword from the Norse period (985-1470) which was later used in the pidgin between European whalers and Greenlanders. The name Kona was common in Southern Greenland and later spread to Western and Northern Greenland.
Korechika m Japanese (Archaic)
Name that was given during the Hēan Period, to a Japanese Nobel, "藤原 伊周" FUJIWARANOKORECHIKA, married to "源重光の娘" the Daughter of MINAMOTONOSHIGEMITSU a Counselor of the First Rank Imperial Court of Japan... [more]
Kore-eda m Japanese (Archaic)
This name means 'correct branch'.
Korniy m Ukrainian (Archaic)
Ukrainian form of Korney.
Kostobare m Basque (Archaic)
Northern Basque equivalent of Cristóbal and Christophe.
Kotivalo m & f Finnish (Archaic)
Means "homelight" in Ancient Finnish.
Koz'l m Russian (Archaic)
Means "goat" in Russian.
Kozman m Georgian (Archaic)
Georgian form of Kosmas (see Cosmas), perhaps via Greek κοσμᾶν (kosman). Also compare Kuzman.
Kraljica f Croatian (Rare, Archaic)
Means "queen" in Croatian.
Krasava f Russian (Rare, Archaic), Czech (Rare, Archaic)
Derived from the Slavic element krasa "beauty, adornment".
Krasnoroda f Polish (Rare, Archaic)
An old Polish name composed of the elements krasna (beauty) and uroda (charm).
Krenle f Yiddish (Archaic)
German-Yiddish diminutive of Kreine.
Křesomysl m Czech (Archaic)
Křesomysl's name is thought to be derived from the old Slavonic words "křesat" meaning to strike a light and "mysl" meaning mind or spirit thus literally the name should have meant "lighting the mind"... [more]
Kreuzwendedich m German (Rare, Archaic)
The Name is derived from the sentence Kreuz, wende Dich! "Cross, turn around". ... [more]
Krishnamoorthy m Tamil (Archaic)
This is one of the GOD name, he is a famous GOD in Indian Relegion.
Kristhallr m Icelandic (Archaic)
Combination of Kristus "Christ" and Old Norse hallr "stone, rock" used around year 1500.
Kristobare m Basque (Archaic)
Northern Basque equivalent of Cristóbal and Christophe.
Kristvaldur m Icelandic (Archaic)
Derived from Kristján combined with Old Norse valdr "ruler".
Kristvarður m Icelandic (Archaic)
Derived from Kristján combined with Old Norse varðr, vǫrðr meaning "guard, watchman".
Kroyne f Yiddish (Rare, Archaic)
Derived from Yiddish ⁧קרוין⁩ (kroyn) "crown; darling, dear" (compare Kreine).
Krzesąd m Polish (Archaic)
From the element krzesi, meaning "to resurrect" or "to restore" and sąd, meaning "court" or "judge". Thus, it was probably intended to mean "the one who is judged (or destined, since the words have similar roots in Polish) to restore life" or "the one who restores true judgement".
Kuenz m Alsatian (Archaic)
Vernacular short form of Konrad.
Kulaprabhavati f Khmer (Archaic, ?), Sanskrit
Meaning uncertain, possibly deriving in part from the Sanskrit element कुल (kula) meaning "family". Name borne by a ruling queen of Funan (present day Cambodia), who ruled from 514-517 CE.
Kulomir m Croatian (Archaic)
The first element of this archaic name is probably derived from Slavic kula "globe, sphere, orb, ball". Also compare Middle High German kugel, which can mean "ball" as well as "bullet"... [more]
Kumahime f Japanese (Rare, Archaic)
From 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 姫 (hime) or 妃 (hime) meaning "princess".
Kune m & f Dutch (Rare), German (Archaic), East Frisian (Archaic), West Frisian (Rare)
In Dutch and Frisian, this name is a short form of given names containing the Germanic element kuni meaning "clan, family, kin, race, kind". In other words, you could say that this name is the Dutch and Frisian cognate of Kuno.... [more]
Kunz m Medieval German, German (Archaic)
A once very popular short form of Konrad.
Kvedaras m Lithuanian (Archaic)
Old Lithuanian form of Theodore.
Kveli m Georgian (Archaic)
Derived from the Georgian adjective ქველი (kveli) meaning "kind" as well as "giving, generous, charitable".... [more]
Kvintus m Czech (Archaic), Slovak (Archaic)
Czech and Slovak form of Quintus.
Kvitoslav m Ukrainian (Rare, Archaic)
Masculine form of Kvitoslava. This name is no longer in use.
Kwieta f Polish (Archaic)
Originally the Polish form of Quieta. Due to its resemblance to Polish kwiat "flower", it was early on conflated with and used as a vernacular form of Flora.
Kyfa m Biblical Ukrainian, Ukrainian (Archaic)
Ukrainian form of Kephas (see Cephas).
Kyriak m Ukrainian (Archaic)
Ukrainian form of Kyriakos (see Cyriacus).... [more]
Kyryk m Ukrainian (Archaic)
Ukrainian form of Kirykos.
Lackie f American (Archaic)
Early American diminutive of Elizabeth, Adelaide, Eulalia, or other names containing an L.
Ladon m Romani (Archaic)
Truncated form of Eladdon.
Ladybug f American (Archaic)
Derived from the species of beetle of the same name.
Apply this search to the main name collection