1026 Unisex Names That Start With K (With Meanings and Popularity)
Unisex names that start with K include super-successful crossover kids Kelly, Kendall, and Kennedy, which began on the boys’ side before rising rapidly through the rankings for girls.
Kennedy is the most popular gender-neutral K name on either side of the roster. Along with Kennedy, other unisex names starting wtih K in the US Top 500 include Kinsley, Kai, Kayden, Kyle, Karson, Keegan, and Kendall.
Many K-starting unisex names got their kool K initial through invention or innovation: think Kylar and Kylin, Karter and Kamryn. But, other unisex K names have a long and legitimate history of gender-neutral use, like Nameberry favorite Kit — a traditional nickname for both Katherine and Christopher.
Here, our full selection of unisex names that start with K, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry. Each name is used more often for the gender indicated by its heart.
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- Kit
Origin:
English, diminutive of ChristopherMeaning:
"bearer of Christ"
- Krishna
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"dark, black"
- Kieran
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"little black-haired one"
- Kai
Origin:
Hawaiian, Frisian, ChineseMeaning:
"sea; warrior; triumph"
- Kaia
Origin:
Latin, Scandinavian, or HawaiianMeaning:
"to rejoice or sea"
- Koa
Origin:
HawaiianMeaning:
"warrior; flowing tree native to Hawaii"
- Katherine
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"pure"
- Kit
Origin:
English diminutive of Katherine, GreekMeaning:
"pure"
- Kian
Origin:
Irish; PersianMeaning:
"ancient; king"
- Kevin
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"handsome"
- Knox
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"round hill"
- Killian
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"war strife or church"
- Kira
Origin:
Russian feminine variation of CyrusMeaning:
"throne"
- Keira
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"little dark one"
- Kayla
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"crown, wreath; fortress; who is like God?"
- Kiara
Origin:
English variation of Chiara, Italian, Ciara, Irish, or Aboriginal Australian, KoreanMeaning:
"light, clear; little dark one; cockatoo; first ray of sun"
- Kenneth
Origin:
Scottish and IrishMeaning:
"born of fire, handsome"
- Kate
Origin:
English, diminutive of KatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Kane
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"warrior"
- Kyle
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"narrow spit of land"
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