Baby boy names beginning with K – with origins and meanings

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: the great

2. Kadeem

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: newly created

3. Kai

• Origin: Hawaiian/Scottish
• Meaning: Hawaiian meaning is ocean; Scottish is fire

4. Kamal

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: light red

5. Kamil

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: perfect

6. Kane

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: little battler

7. Karl

• Origin: German
• Meaning: free man
• Also: Charles

8. Karter

• Origin: Modern American
• Meaning: transporter of goods by cart

9. Kashif

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: explorer

10. Kasim

• Origin: African/Nigeria
• Meaning: controller of anger

11. Kasimir

• Origin: Polish
• Meaning: peace

12. Kaspar

• Origin: German
• Meaning: treasurer
• Also: Caspar

13. Kay

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: a giant

14. Keane

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: wise, clever, brave, strong

15. Keanu

• Origin: Hawaiian
• Meaning: the breeze

16. Kedar

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: strong

17. Keefe

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: noble

18. Keegan

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: son of Egan

19. Keenan

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: ancient

20. Keir

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: dusky, dark-haired; dark-skinned, swarthy

21. Keith

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: wood, forest

22. Kellan

• Origin: Africa
• Meaning: powerful

23. Kelly

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: bright-headed; also used as a girl’s name

24. Kelsey

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: victory at sea; also used as a girl’s name

25. Kelvin

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: narrow water; the name of a Scottish river

26. Kenaty

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: outrageous

27. Kendall

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: a river valley in the English county of Kent; also used as a girl’s name

28. Kendi

• Origin: African
• Meaning: loved one

29. Kendrick

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: gGreat champion;
• Also: Kenrick, Ken

30. Kenelm

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: helmet

31. Kendis

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: pure

32. Kennedy

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: chieftan

33. Kenneth

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: handsome
• Also: Ken, Kenny

34. Kent

• Origin: English/Scandinavian
• Meaning: edge

35. Kenton

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: the royal settlement

36. Kenward

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: brave guard

37. Kenyon

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: blond

38. Kenzo

• Origin: Japanese
• Meaning: strong and healthy

39. Kermit

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: son of Dairmid

40. Kerr

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: left-handed

41. Kerry

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: black haired; Irish county name used as a first name

42. Keshawn

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: happy

43. Kester

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: carrier of Christ
• Also: Christopher

44. Ketan

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: home

45. Kevin

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: handsome
• Also: Kev

46. Khalon

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: little king

47. Kian

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: ancient

48. Kieran

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: dark-haired
• Also: Kieron, Cieran

49. Kim

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: possibly, bold

50. King

• Origin: English
• Meaning: monarch

51. Kingsley

• Origin: English
• Meaning: king’s wood

52. Kingston

• Origin: English
• Meaning: king’s settlement

53. Kiran

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: ray of light

54. Kirk

• Origin: Old Norse
• Meaning: a church; a surname used as a first name

55. Kirkwood

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: church wood; a surname used as a first name

56. Kit

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: bearing Christ
• Also: Christopher

57. Kiyo

• Origin: Japanese
• Meaning: pure heart; hope; sacred

58. Klaus

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: another form of Claus, derived from Nicholas

59. Knight

• Origin: English
• Meaning: warrior; a surname used as a first name

60. Knox

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: hillock

61. Knut

• Origin: Norse
• Meaning: knot
• Also: Canute

62. Kobe

• Origin: Swahili
• Meaning: tortoise

63. Kofi

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: Friday born

64. Konrad

• Origin: German
• Meaning: brave advisor
• Also: Conrad

65. Koshin

• Origin: Indian
• Meaning: delicate bird

66. Krishna

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: black
• Also: Krishan, Kishen, Kishan

67. Kumar

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: Prince

68. Kurt

• Origin: German
• Meaning: courteous, polite
• Also: Conrad

69. Kushal

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: intelligent

70. Kwame

• Origin: Mixed African
• Meaning: born of Saturday
• Also: Kwamee, Kwami

71. Kyan

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: litte King

72. Kyle

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: a narrow piece of land

73. Kyloe

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: cow pasture, derived from cy, meaning cow, and leah meaning meadow

74. Kyrone

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: brash

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