A name of multiple identities: a somewhat soap-operatic single-syllable surname, a homonym for the biblical bad boy Cain, and, when found in Japan and Hawaii, it transforms into the two syllable KA-neh. Kane also has multiple meanings: in Welsh, it's "beautiful"; in Japanese, "golden"; and in Hawaiian, "man of the Eastern sky."

This phonetic version of the Welsh Cerys might be easier for Americans, certainly, to understand, but it does lose some poetry in translation.

Now that Kimberly is no longer one of the top girl names, Kim or long form Kimball feel more gender neutral.

Occult name for babies born under water signs -- Pisces, Cancer, and Scorpio.

Kerris is a much easier if less authentic phonetic spelling of the popular and pretty Welsh name Cerys.