Names beginning with K
34 names, with meanings and origins. Part of a library of 1,000.
Kahina
Berber warrior queen who resisted Arab conquest
Berber/Arabic
Kaja
Echo / pure (Kaja Kallas, Estonian PM + EU foreign affairs chief)
Estonian/Scandinavian
Kajol
Kohl eyeliner (Kajol Devgan, Bollywood superstar)
Hindi/Sanskrit
Karima
Generous, noble
Arabic/Urdu
Karlie
Free woman (Karlie Kloss; Code with Klossy founder)
English/Germanic
Karol
Free woman (Karol G, Colombian reggaeton superstar)
Spanish/Polish
Kartika
Star, Pleiades
Indonesian/Sanskrit
Katalin
Pure (Katalin Karikó, mRNA vaccine Nobel)
Hungarian/Greek
Katara
Waterbender (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Inuit/American
Katarina
Pure (iconic Katarina Witt 2x Olympic gold)
Slavic/Greek
Kateryna
Pure
Ukrainian/Greek
Kateřina
Pure (Czech Catherine)
Czech/Greek
Kathleen
Pure (Kathleen Turner; Kathleen Kennedy; Kathleen Battle)
Irish/Greek
Kathryn
Pure (Kathryn Bigelow, first woman Best Director Oscar)
English/Greek
Kathy
Pure (Kathy Bates, Misery Oscar; Kathie Lee Gifford)
English/Greek
Katie
Pure (Katie Ledecky, most decorated female Olympic swimmer)
English/Greek
Katrina
Pure (Katrina Kaif, Bollywood superstar)
English/Greek
Katy
Pure (iconic Katy Perry - 5 Diamond singles)
English/Greek
Kavitha
Poem
Tamil/Sanskrit
Kencana
Gold (Malay-Indonesian + Majapahit royal name)
Sanskrit/Other
Khady
Senegalese Khadija diminutive (Khady Sylla filmmaker)
Arabic/Other
Khema
Safety, peace (Buddha's chief female disciple in wisdom)
Pali/Sanskrit
Khushbu
Fragrance (Khushbu Sundar - Tamil cinema + politician)
Urdu/Persian
Khushi
Happiness, joy
Hindi/Urdu
Kirsten
Follower of Christ (Kirsten Dunst; Kirsten Gillibrand)
Scandinavian/Greek
Kirstie
Follower of Christ (Kirstie Alley, Cheers Emmy)
Scottish/Greek
Klara
Bright / clear (Heidi's Klara; modern Slavic/Scandi)
Latin/Slavic
Klaudia
Polish Claudia
Polish/Latin
Klavdia
Lame (Russian Claudia)
Russian/Latin
Konkona
Iconic Konkona Sen Sharma - National Film Award
Sanskrit/Bengali
Korra
Avatar (Avatar: The Legend of Korra)
Inuit/American
Kristen
Follower of Christ (Kristen Stewart + Kristen Wiig + Kristen Bell)
Scandinavian/Greek
Kristi
Follower of Christ (Kristi Yamaguchi, 1992 Olympic figure-skating gold)
English/Greek
Kveta
Flower, blossom
Czech/Slovak