Names starting with K

Kanthaka

KUN-tah-kah

Name of the white horse that carried Siddhartha from the palace

Pali98% rare

Kokil

KOH-kil

The Indian cuckoo, singer of the spring

Sanskrit96% rare

Kokila

KO-kee-lah

The koel, the Indian cuckoo of spring

Sanskrit96% rare

Kunti

KOON-tee

Of the Kunti clan; mother of the Pandava princes in the Mahabharata

Sanskrit96% rare

Girl names with K

Kadambari

kah-DUM-bah-ree

Heroine of Banabhatta's classical romance, also a flowering tree

Kalliope

kuh-LY-uh-pee

Beautiful voice

Greek95% rare

Kalpana

kahl-PAH-nah

Imagination, creative thought, that which is conceived

Sanskrit87% rare

Kalyani

kul-YAH-nee

Auspicious one, bringer of welfare; also a classical raga

Kannada79% rare

Kamakshi

kah-MAHK-shee

She whose eyes awaken desire, the goddess enshrined at Kanchipuram

Kamala

KAH-mah-lah

Lotus; an epithet of Lakshmi, who is seated on one

Sanskrit48% rare

Kanvi

KUN-vee

Wise girl, of the line of the sage

Sanskrit94% rare

Karuna

kah-ROO-nah

Compassion, active mercy toward suffering

Sanskrit88% rare

Popular

Katherine

KATH-rin

Pure

Greek28% rare

Katyayani

kaht-yah-YAH-nee

Daughter of sage Katyayana, the sixth form of Durga in Navadurga

Kaumudi

kow-MOO-dee

Moonlight, especially the full moon of the autumn festival

Sanskrit94% rare

Kaveri

KAH-veh-ree

The sacred river of the south, personified as a goddess

Tamil91% rare

Kavisha

kuh-VEE-shaa

Sovereign among poets

Kavita

kuh-VEE-tah

A poem, verse composed with feeling

Sanskrit86% rare

Kavitha

kuh-VEE-thah

Poem, poetry

Tamil78% rare

Kavya

KAAV-yaa

Poetry, a literary composition

Sanskrit74% rare

Keira

KEER-uh

Little dark one, dark-haired

Irish (Gaelic)57% rare

Keya

KAY-yaa

The fragrant kewra flower

Bengali91% rare

Keziah

kuh-ZY-uh

Cassia, sweet-scented spice

Hebrew93% rare

Khushbu

KHUSH-boo

Sweet perfume carried on the breeze

Gujarati90% rare

Khushi

KHOO-shee

Happiness, gladness

Hindi80% rare

Kiara

kee-AH-rah

Dark-haired; also read as a form of Kiran, a ray of light

Sanskrit37% rare

Kinjal

KIN-jal

Riverbank, the edge of flowing water

Gujarati92% rare

Popular

Kinsley

KINZ-lee

King's meadow

Old English25% rare

Kirandeep

kee-run-DEEP

Lamp whose rays give light

Sanskrit91% rare

Scandinavian (from Latin)79% rare

Kirsten

KEER-stin

Follower of Christ

Kiyara

kee-YAA-raa

A ray of light at first dawn

Sanskrit81% rare

Latin (Slavic and German form)91% rare

Klara

KLAH-rah

Bright, clear

Komal

KO-mal

Soft, tender to the touch

Sanskrit85% rare

Krisha

KRIH-shaa

Divine one, she who draws others in

Gujarati88% rare

Krupa

KROO-pah

Grace, divine compassion freely given

Gujarati94% rare

Kruti

KROO-tee

A creation, something made by hand

Gujarati91% rare

Kshama

KSHUH-mah

Forgiveness, the first of the ten supreme virtues in Jainism

Sanskrit91% rare

Kusuma

koo-SOO-mah

Flower, blossom offered at the shrine

Sinhala92% rare

Boy names with K

Kabir

kuh-BEER

Great; after the fifteenth-century mystic poet

Hindi56% rare

Popular

Kai

Sea

Hawaiian19% rare

Kalpesh

kul-PAYSH

Lord of the aeon, master of imagination

Gujarati95% rare

Kapil

KUH-pil

Tawny or reddish-brown, and the sage who founded the Samkhya school

Sanskrit72% rare

Karna

KAR-nah

Ear; the sun-born warrior of the Mahabharata

Sanskrit92% rare

Kartik

KAR-tik

Of the Pleiades; from Kartikeya, son of Shiva and god of war

Sanskrit80% rare

Kashyap

KAHSH-yahp

Tortoise; a primordial Vedic sage and progenitor

Kasper

KAS-per

Treasurer, keeper of the treasure

Persian87% rare

Kaushik

KOW-shik

Descendant of Kushika, a name of sage Vishwamitra

Sanskrit86% rare

Kaustubh

KOWS-toobh

The divine jewel worn on Vishnu's chest, churned from the ocean of milk

Sanskrit95% rare

Kavin

KAH-vin

Beauty, handsomeness; also a poet

Tamil88% rare

Old English and Welsh50% rare

Kendrick

KEN-drik

Bold power, or high summit

Keshav

KAY-shuv

One with beautiful long hair, an epithet of Krishna and slayer of Keshi

Sanskrit74% rare

Ketan

KAY-tun

Home, banner or dwelling place

Sanskrit89% rare

Keyur

KAY-oor

An armlet worn on the upper arm

Sanskrit92% rare

Kiaan

kee-AHN

Ray of light, grace of God

Sanskrit74% rare

Kieran

KEER-un

Little dark-haired one

Irish (Gaelic)60% rare

Killian

KIL-ee-un

Little church, strife

Irish (Gaelic)63% rare

Kingston

KING-stun

King's town or settlement

Old English51% rare

Kirpal

keer-PAAL

Compassionate, full of grace

Kirtan

KEER-tun

Devotional singing in praise of the divine

Kiyaan

kee-YAAN

Crown of kings, grace

Sanskrit90% rare

Knox

NOKS

From the round hill

Scottish56% rare

Konstantin

kon-stan-TEEN

Constant, steadfast

Slavic92% rare

Krish

KRISH

The dark-hued one; a beloved divine epithet

Sanskrit71% rare

Krunal

KROO-nul

Compassionate, full of mercy

Gujarati91% rare

Kshitij

kshi-TEEJ

The horizon, where earth and sky meet

Kunal

koo-NAAL

Lotus, a bird with beautiful eyes

Sanskrit80% rare

Kwame

KWAH-may

Born on a Saturday

Akan (Ghanaian)89% rare

Unisex names with K

Kamal

kuh-MAHL

Lotus, the flower that rises out of mud

Sanskrit84% rare

Kanchan

KUN-chun

Gold, the refined metal

Sanskrit91% rare

Karma

KAR-mah

Action and its consequence, intentional deed

Sanskrit56% rare

Kavi

KUH-vee

Poet, one who sees

Keaton

KEE-tun

Place of hawks, or shed town

English54% rare

Kiran

KIH-rahn

Ray of light, sunbeam

Sanskrit49% rare

Kirti

KEER-tee

Fame, good renown

Sanskrit88% rare

Kishan

KIH-shun

Dark as a rain cloud, an old form of the cowherd god's name

Hindi91% rare

Krishna

KRISH-nah

Dark, deep blue-black; the eighth avatar of Vishnu

Sanskrit55% rare