This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is English (American); and the pattern is *k*.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Alaska f English (American, Modern, Rare)From the name of the American state of
Alaska, which is ultimately derived from Aleut
alaxsxaq "mainland". A famous bearer of the name was Alaska P. Davidson (1868-1934), an American law enforcement officer known for being the first female special agent in the FBI.
Cookie m & f English (American, Rare)A nickname with a meaning that can be particular to the bearer. Cookie can suggest someone who is sweet, or it can be a nickname for someone who cooks, as in the long running cartoon strip 'Beetle Bailey' where the camp cook is known as Cookie.
Dock m English (American, Rare)Either from the surname
Dock, or taken directly from the English vocabulary word referring to a structure attached to shore at which a ship can be secured, or the act of harbouring at one.
Dorliska f Theatre, English (American, Archaic)Torvaldo e Dorliska (1815) is an operatic dramma semiserio in two acts by Gioachino Rossini based on the novel
Les Amours du chevalier de Faublas (1787–1790) by the revolutionary Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai, whose work was the source of the
Lodoïska libretto set by Luigi Cherubini (1791), and
Lodoiska set by Stephen Storace (1794), and Simon Mayr (1796).
Eureka f English (American, Rare)From the Ancient Greek word εὕρηκα (
heúrēka), meaning "I have found (it)". In modern English,
eureka is an interjection used to celebrate a discovery or invention, and it is originally atributed to Ancient Greek mathematician
Archimedes.
Kabrina f English (American, Rare)Blending of
Katrina and
Sabrina. It peaked in popularity in the United States in 1993 when 98 girls were given the name, probably due to an infomercial for the psychic pay-per-call-minute service/hotline
Kebrina's Psychic Answer by Kebrina Kinkade, an American celebrity psychic, which began airing on television in 1992.
Kahmylei f English (American)Kahmylei is an uncommon name, used by about one person as of 4/13/2024. It has some Hawaiian origin but is mostly made up.
Kalene f English (American, Rare)Variant of
Kaleen. This name had a spike in the United States in 1993 after a child named Kalene appeared in a commercial of the educational program 'Hooked on Phonics'.
Karai f & m Popular Culture, English (American, Modern, Rare)Possibly taken from the Japanese adjective 辛い
(karai) meaning "spicy, hot; strict, harsh, severe," belonging to a fictional (female) character in various installments of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and related media, introduced in 1993, and a (male) character in the anime 'Naruto Shippūden' who first appeared in episode 286 (broadcast in 2012 in Japan).... [
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