538 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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- Kai
Origin:
Hawaiian, Frisian, ChineseMeaning:
"sea; warrior; triumph"
- Kieran
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"little black-haired one"
- Kit
Origin:
English, diminutive of ChristopherMeaning:
"bearer of Christ"
- Krishna
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"dark, black"
- Koa
Origin:
HawaiianMeaning:
"warrior; flowing tree native to Hawaii"
- Kit
Origin:
English diminutive of Katherine, GreekMeaning:
"pure"
- Killian
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"war strife or church"
- Kaya
Origin:
Scandinavian, English, Literature, JapaneseMeaning:
"pure; one who arranges rocks; perfume, incense; fruit, reward"
- Keegan
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"son of Egan"
- Kelly
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"war"
- Koda
Origin:
Japanese, SiouxMeaning:
"friend"
- Kitty
Origin:
English, diminutive of KatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Kyle
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"narrow spit of land"
- Kyler
Origin:
DutchMeaning:
"victory of the people"
- Kennedy
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"misshapen head"
- Kainoa
Origin:
HawaiianMeaning:
"the namesake; sea of freedom"
- Kiwa
Origin:
MaoriMeaning:
"Pacific ocean"
- Kimberly
Origin:
English surname and place nameMeaning:
"Cyneburga's meadow"
- Kona
Origin:
Hawaiian or NorseMeaning:
"leeward or woman, wife"
- Kairo
Origin:
Spelling variation of place-name Cairo, ArabicMeaning:
"the conqueror"