Baby Boy Names - Beginning with K

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Kane: From the Celtic meaning either ‘dark’ or ‘little battler’. The name is also spelled Kain.

Keith: From a Celtic place name in East Lothian meaning ‘wood’. It became a Scottish surname before being adopted as a first name.

Kendall: From the surname that derived from either Kendal in Cumbria, or from Kendale which got its name from the Old Norse word meaning ‘spring’.

Kennedy: From the Irish Gaelic name meaning ‘ugly head’. As such, quite possibly a name to avoid.

Kerry: A fairly recent name that is probably taken from the Irish county. The name of the county ultimately means ‘country of the dark children’.

Kevin: From the Irish meaning ‘beautiful or ‘handsome’.

Kingsley: From the Old English surname meaning ‘king’s wood’.

Kirk: Originally a surname given to someone who lived near, or worked in a church.

Kit: Either a pet name form of Christopher.

Kyle: A Scottish surname taken from a place name meaning either ‘church’ or ‘narrow’. 

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