Dog Names That Start With K

611 names in this category, each with its meaning and background. See all name start with categories.

Kiril

Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Cyril

Kirk

English and Scottish surname meaning "church", from Old Norse kirkja

Kiro

A diminutive of Kiril

Kiros

A name of Ge'ez origin

Kisa

Feminine given name recorded in Nyakyusa and Japanese; Swedish name first attested 1287

Kischo

Kiseki

The Japanese word for miracle

Kish

A name possibly derived from various cultures, could mean 'king' or refer to a mythical place.

Kisha

Kishi

A common name in Japanese.

Kiska

Recorded as a rare feminine given name in American English

Kismet

The Turkic term for predestination in Islam

Kiss

A touch or press of the lips against a person, animal or object

Kissi

Kissy

Recorded as a rare feminine given name in English

Kisu

A playful spirit or a kiss in Japanese

Kit

Diminutive of Christopher or Katherine

Kit Kat

English brand name of a chocolate-covered wafer bar

Kita

Japanese 北 (kita), "north"; Polish kita, "crest, bunch, sheaf; tail"

Kitana

A Mortal Kombat character's name, from "Kitsune" and "Katana"

Kitaro

A Japanese given name; also the professional name of musician Masanori Takahashi

Kitchi

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Kitkat

Kito

The meaning of Kito is 'gift' in Swahili

Kitsy

No documented meaning; recorded as a rare modern American English given name

Kivo

Kiwa

Means "dark" in Māori

Kiwi

Māori given name recorded for both men and women; also a flightless New Zealand bird

Kiyo

From Japanese 清 (kiyo), meaning "clear, pure, clean", or other homophonic words

Kiyomi

A Japanese feminine given name, from きよみ (Kiyomi)

Kiyoshi

From Japanese 清 or 淳, both meaning "pure"

Kizzy

Diminutive of Keziah

Klara

Form of Clara in various languages

Klarissa

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Klaus

German short form of Nicholas, now used independently

Klee

German word, from Middle High German klee and Old High German chlēo

Kleo

Recorded as a given name in modern English, used for both girls and boys

Kleopatra

Greek form of Cleopatra

Kley

A surname

Klicko

A village in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Kliff

Recorded as a given name in modern English, used for boys

Klink

A surname

Klint

A variant of the name Clinton, meaning 'settlement by the river'

Klio

The muse of history in Greek mythology

Klodo

Klue

Knight

English given name, from Old English cniht, "youth; servant"

Knightley

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Knox

From a Scots surname, from Gaelic cnoc "round hill"

Knuckles

English word for a joint on the hand

Knud

Danish form of knut, from old norse knútr

Knuddel

Knut

From Old Norse Knútr, originally a byname meaning "knot"

Knute

Variant of Knut, from Old Norse knútr, meaning knot

Koa

Brave, bold, or warrior in Hawaiian

Koba

Diminutive of Iakob

Kobe

Dutch (Flemish) diminutive of Jakob; also from the Japanese city Kobe.

Kobi

A Hebrew name meaning 'to be like or similar to'

Kobos

Kobuk

Kobuk is derived from the name of the Kobuk River in Alaska, which is named from the Inupiat language meaning 'to be carried' or 'to float'.

Koco

Recorded as a given name in English (Modern) and Western African use

Koda

The name Koda means 'friend' in Native American languages.

Kodi

A spelling of Cody, from the Irish surname Ó Cuidighthigh

Kodiak

Recorded as a masculine given name in American usage

Kodiak Or Kodjak

Kodlak

Kody

A modern spelling variant of Cody

Kofi

Means "born on Friday" in Akan

Kohana

No meaning is documented in the sources checked

Kojack

Kojak

A character from the television series 'Kojak', known for his bald head and lollipop.

Koji

Alternate transcription of the Japanese given name Kōji

Kokamo

Kokina

Koko

Recorded as a given name in Inuit, Efik, Japanese, Mongolian and Pashto

Kokomo

Recorded as a feminine given name in Japanese

Kokoro

From Japanese 心 (kokoro), meaning "heart, mind, soul"

Kolbie

No documented meaning; recorded as a given name in English

Kole

A variant of 'coal' or 'black'.

Kolja

A diminutive form of Nikolai, meaning 'victory of the people'

Kollo

Kolo

Recorded as a masculine given name in Western African usage

Kolt

English given name recorded in a contributor's submission; also a word for a part of a female headgear in Old Rus'

Kolya

Diminutive of Nikolai

Kombo

A word meaning 'to combine' or 'to mix'

Komo

Kon

A surname in several cultures; also recorded as a given name in Inca Mythology and Cree

Kona

Recorded as a given name in Greenlandic, Hawaiian, Japanese, Cree and Fijian

Konan

A Breton spelling of Conan; an Akan male name given to boys born on Wednesday

Konda

Konn

Konny

Recorded as a rare feminine given name in English; Polish, from Proto-Slavic *konьnъ