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23 names

Names starting
with K.

17 girls · 6 boys

K is a hard consonant that has surged in modern American naming, often replacing C. Our database lists 23 given names that begin with it — 17 for girls and 6 for boys.

At the top of each list, Kimberly (#222 in 2023) leads the girls while Kenneth (#262) leads the boys.

The most-used K names on this page draw from English, Irish, Ancient Greek traditions, which is roughly the cultural footprint you'd expect from U.S. naming patterns.

K skews feminine in our data: there are about 2.8× more girl names starting with K than boy names.

Girl names

Starting with K.

From the South African city Kimberley, itself named for the British colonial secretary Lord Kimberley

Anglicized form of Irish Caitlín, itself from French Cateline (a medieval form of Katherine), ultimately from Greek Aikaterinē — traditionally linked to katharos ('pure')

Girl ·Ancient Greek

From Greek Aikaterinē, traditionally connected to katharos meaning 'pure'

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ceallaigh, 'descendant of Ceallach' — meaning 'bright-headed' or 'warrior'

Girl ·Ancient Greek

Modern spelling variant of Katherine, from Greek Aikaterinē — traditionally connected to katharos meaning 'pure'

A modern American coinage that surged in the 1980s, likely a respelling of Kaila (a Hebrew/Yiddish pet form of Keilah) blended with the -la suffix popular at the time

Girl ·Ancient Greek

A short form of Katherine, from Greek Aikaterinē — traditionally linked to katharos meaning 'pure'

Girl ·Ancient Greek

A diminutive of Katherine, from Greek Aikaterinē — traditionally connected to katharos meaning 'pure'

Modern American respelling of Caitlin (Irish form of Katherine, from Greek 'pure')

Girl ·Old English

From an Old English place name probably meaning 'Cenel's island' (Cenel being a personal name)

A modern American coinage from the 1980s — likely a blend of Kayla and Lee, or a respelling of Irish céilí ('social gathering')

Modern American respelling of Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine — ultimately from Greek Aikaterinē, traditionally linked to katharos meaning 'pure'

Girl ·Australian

Most often traced to a Noongar (Aboriginal Australian) word for a curved hunting throwing-stick or boomerang

Helmeted chief; ugly head

Khadija خَدِيجَة

First wife of the Prophet, the first convert to Islam, and mother of Fatima

Kawtar كَوْثَر

Girl ·Arabic (Quranic)

"Abundance, profusion

Boy names

Starting with K.

Boy ·Scottish Gaelic

Anglicized from two distinct Gaelic names: Coinneach, "handsome, comely," and Cinaed, "born of fire

Anglicized from Caoimhín, from Old Irish Cóemgen — coém ("kind, gentle") + gen ("birth"), i

A modern spelling of Caleb, from כָּלֵב (Kalev), traditionally read as "dog" — interpreted in Jewish tradition as wholehearted loyalty

Khalil خَلِيل

"Close friend, sincere companion

Kareem كَرِيم

"Generous, noble, honored

Karim كَرِيم

"Generous, noble, precious