- Kare - KAH-reh
Norse Meaning: The name Kare is a Norse baby name. In Norse the meaning of the name Kare is: Tremendous.
- Kari - KAHR-ee
The name is derived from the Greek Makarios (or Macarius). In Norway, Kari is a popular female name. This name is diminutive of Katharine, meaning "pure". The corresponding Swedish and German name is Karin. In Iceland and Faroe Islands, Kári is a male name, based on a Scandinavian god of wind of the same name.
Meaning: Smoke
Origin: Norse - Keld - KELT
Keld may refer to: Keld, Cumbria, England. Keld, North Yorkshire, England. Variation of Kjell (name), a masculine given name in Danish.
- Kensley - KENZ-lee
Kensley is the latest in a long list of surnames repurposed as given names. Kensley is a last name dating back to medieval England and was derived from a place name. The surname is the combination of an Old Nordic word “kelda” meaning “spring, well” and the Old English “lēah” meaning “clearing, glade”.
- Kettil - KEH-til
- Kirby - KUR-bee
Kirby is a place-name given to many areas in England, deriving from 'kirk' meaning 'church' and 'byr' meaning 'settlement'. It later was taken as a surname in the form of de Kirkebi. ... Ciarmhaic translates as 'dark son' and is derived from ciar meaning dark in hair or complexion.
Meaning: Cottage by the water
Origin: Norse - Kirk - KURK
From an English and Scottish surname meaning "church" from Old Norse kirkja, ultimately from Greek. A famous bearer was American actor Kirk Douglas (1916-), whose birth name was Issur Danielovitch.
Meaning: A man of the church
Origin: Norse - Kirkwood - KURK-wuwd
Kirkwood Name Meaning. Scottish: habitational name from any of several places named as being a wood belonging to the Church or situated by a church (see Kirk). There are places so called in Ayrshire, Dumfries, and Lanarkshire.
- Kjeld - KYEJT
Kjell is a masculine given name in Norway, Finland and Sweden, in Denmark the cognate is Kjeld or Keld. It is derived from the Old Norse: kętill, meaning "kettle," "cauldron," or "helmet." In 2007, there were 59,011 men in Sweden with "Kjell" as their first name, making it the 42nd most common masculine name in Sweden.
- Kjell - SHEL
Kjell is a masculine given name in Norway, Finland and Sweden, in Denmark the cognate is Kjeld or Keld. It is derived from the Old Norse: kętill, meaning "kettle," "cauldron," or "helmet." In 2007, there were 59,011 men in Sweden with "Kjell" as their first name, making it the 42nd most common masculine name in Sweden.
- Knud - KNUT
Knut (Norwegian and Swedish), Knud (Danish), or Knútur (Icelandic) is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch first name, of which the anglicised form is Cnut or Canute. In Germany both "Knut" and "Knud" are used. ... The name is derived from the Old Norse Knútr meaning "knot".
- Knute - KNOOT-eh
Commonly pronounced "noot" in the US, the traditional pronunciation in Norway and by those of Norwegian descent is "knoot", with the 'k' being pronounced. An Old Norse name meaning "knot." Football great Knute Rockne used the traditional pronunciation.
- Kustaa - KUS-tah
In French it is Gustave; in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish it is Gustavo. ... A side form of the name in Swedish is Gösta. The name in Finnish is Kustaa, while in Icelandic it is written Gústav or Gústaf.
