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  JOSSE:
    Middle English form of Norman French Josce, meaning
    "lord."
  JOTHAM:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Yowtham,
    meaning "God is perfect." In the bible, this is the
    name of several characters, including the youngest son of Gideon.
  JOYCE:
    English unisex form of Norman French Josce, meaning
    "lord." In the Middle Ages, this was a masculine name, now it is
    almost strictly feminine. 
    
  JUBAL:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Yuwbal, meaning "river,
    stream." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Lamech. 
  JUDA:
    Variant spelling of English Judah, meaning
    "praised." 
  
  JUDAH:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Yehuwdah, meaning "praised." In the bible, this is the
    name of many characters, including the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, the founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. 
  
  JUDD:
    Medieval pet form of English Jordan, meaning "flowing down."
  JUDE:
    Another Anglicized form of Hebrew Yehuwdah, meaning "praised." In the bible, this is the
    name of the brother of James. 
  JULES: 
    French form of Roman Latin Julius,
    meaning
    "descended from Jupiter (Jove)."
    In use by the English.
  
  JULIAN:
    Short form of Roman Latin Julianus,
    meaning
    "descended from Jupiter  (Jove)."
    In use by the English.
  
  JULYAN:
    English form of Roman Latin Julian,
    meaning
    "descended from Jupiter  (Jove)."
  
  JUNIOR:
    English pet name for a boy who has the same name as his father, derived from Latin junior,
    meaning "young." 
  
  JUSTICE:
    English unisex name derived from a Middle English and Old French byname for a fair-minded person, meaning "equity, justice."
  JUSTIN:
    English form of Roman Latin Justinus, meaning "fair,
just." 
  JUSTY:
    Unisex pet form of English Justin and Justine,
    both meaning "fair, just."
                
  
  KADE:
    Variant spelling of English Cade, "round and
    lumpy."
  KADEN:
    Variant spelling of English Caden, probably meaning
    "little battle." 
  KAE:
    Variant spelling of English Kay, meaning "lord."
    Compare with feminine Kae.
  KAM:
    Short form of English Kameron, meaning "crooked
    nose."
  KAMERON:
    English masculine form of Scottish unisex Cameron,
    meaning "crooked nose."
  KANE:
    Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Cathán,
    meaning "little battle."
    
  KAOLIN:
    Anglicized form of Gaelic Caolán, meaning
    "little slender one."
  KASEY:
    Variant spelling of English unisex Casey, meaning
                        "vigilant, wakeful." 
  KASPER: English
    form of Spanish Gaspar, meaning "treasure bearer." Early Christians assigned
    names to the three Magi ("wise men from the east") who visited the baby
    Jesus. They are
    mentioned but not named in the bible; Kasper is one of them, the
    other two are Balthasar
    and Melchior. Also spelled Casper and
    Jasper.
    Compare with another form of Kasper.
  
  KASSIDY:
    Variant spelling of English unisex Cassidy, meaning
    "curly(-headed)." 
  KAY: English form of Welsh
    Kai,
        meaning "lord." In Arthurian legend, this is the name of one of the first
         Knights of
the Round Table. He was the son of  Sir
    Ector, the foster brother of  King
    Arthur, and is noted for
having an acid tongue and boorish behavior, but mostly for trying to take credit
when Arthur pulled the sword from the stone. Compare with another form of Kay. 
  KEAN:
    Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Cian,
    meaning
                        "ancient, distant."
  KEANE:
    Variant spelling of English Kean, meaning
                        "ancient, distant." 
  KEARNEY:
    Irish surname transferred to forename use, from
    an Anglicized form of Gaelic  Ó Cearnaigh "descendant of Cearnaigh,"
    hence "victor, winner."
  KEATON:
    English surname transferred to forename
    use, probably from the place name Keaton in Ermington, Devon, composed of the Cornish word kee "bank, hedge" and Old
    English tun "settlement," hence "settlement on the
    bank."
  KEEFE:
    Irish surname transferred to forename
    use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic  Ó Caoimh "descendant of Caomh,"
    hence "beloved, comely."
  KEEGAN:
    Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an
    Anglicized form of Gaelic  Mac Aodhagáin "son of Aodhagán,"
    hence "tiny little fire."
  KEELAN:
    Irish surname transferred to unisex forename use, from a contracted form of
    the surname Keelahan, an Anglicized form of Gaelic  Ó Céileacháin,
    "descendant of Ceileachain," hence "little companion." 
  KEELIN:
    Variant spelling of English unisex Keelan, meaning "little
    companion." 
  KEENAN:
    Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Cianán, meaning
                        "little ancient one." 
  KEGAN:
    Variant spelling of English Keegan, meaning "tiny
    little fire."
  KEIR:
    Variant spelling of English Kerr, meaning "from
    the marshland."
  KEITH:
    Scottish surname transferred to forename use, probably derived from a Celtic word meaning "forest,
    wood."
  KELAN:
    Variant spelling of English unisex Keelan, meaning "little
    companion."
  KELCEY:
    Variant spelling of English unisex Kelsey, meaning "ship-victory."
  KELL:
    Short form of English unisex Kelly,
                        meaning "bright-headed." 
  
  KELLEY:
    Variant spelling of English unisex Kelly,
                        meaning "bright-headed."
    
  
  KELLY:
    Anglicized unisex form of Irish Gaelic Ceallach,
                        meaning "bright-headed."
    
  
  KELSEY:
    English surname transferred to unisex
    forename use, derived from the Old Anglo-Saxon personal name Céolsige,
    meaning "ship-victory."
    
  KELVIN:
    First used in the 1920s, this English name was derived from the name of a
    Scottish river, possibly meaning "friendly river." 
  KEMP:
    English occupational surname transferred to forename use, from the Middle
    English word kempe "athlete, wrestler," from Old
    English kempa, meaning "champion, warrior."
  KEN:
    Short form of English Kenneth,
        meaning both "born of fire" and "comely; finely
        made." Also used as a nickname for other names that begin with Ken-.
    Compare with another form of Ken.
  
  KENAN
    (קַינָן):
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Qeynan, meaning "possession." In the bible, this
    is the name of a son of Enosh. Also
    spelled Cainan. 
  
  KENAZ:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Qenaz, meaning "hunter." In the bible, this is the name of a
    son of Eliphaz and a brother of
    Caleb.
  
  KENDAL:
    Variant spelling of English unisex Kendall, meaning
    "exalted effigy." 
  KENDALL:
    English surname transferred to unisex forename use, derived from the Welsh
    masculine personal name Cynddelw, meaning
    "exalted effigy." 
    
  KENDRICK:
    English surname transferred to forename use, probably derived from the
    Middle English personal name Cenric,
    meaning "keen power." 
  KENELM:
    Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Cenhelm,
    meaning "keen protection." 
  KENITH:
    Variant spelling of English Kenneth, meaning both "born of
    fire" and "comely; finely made."
  KENNARD:
    English name probably derived from Anglo-Saxon Cyneweard,
    meaning "royal guard."
  KENNEDY:
    Irish surname transferred to unisex forename use in honor of the
    assassinated American president John F. Kennedy, derived from an Anglicized form of
    Gaelic Cinnéidigh,
    meaning "ugly head."
  KENNETH:JOEL:
    English form of Greek Ioel  (Hebrew Yowel),
    meaning "Jehovah
    is God" or "to whom Jehovah
    is God." In the bible, this is the name of many characters, including
    one of the minor prophets. JOEY:
    Pet form of English Joseph, meaning
    "(God) shall add (another son)." JOHANAN:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Yowchanan, meaning
    "God is gracious."JOHN: Anglicized
    form of Greek  Ioannes
    (Latin Johannes), meaning "God is gracious." In the bible, this is the name of many characters, including
    John the Baptist.
    JOHNATHAN:
    Variant spelling of English Jonathan, meaning "God has
    given."JOHNATHON:
    Variant spelling of English Jonathan, meaning "God has
    given."JOHNIE:
    Pet form of English John, meaning "God is gracious."JOHNNIE:
    English unisex pet form of John and Johnna,
    both meaning "God is gracious."JOHNNY:
    Pet form of English John,
    meaning "God is gracious."JOJO:
    Unisex pet form of English Joe  "(God) shall add
    (another son)" and Jo  "God
    is gracious."JOKTAN:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Yoqtan,
    meaning "small." In the bible, this is the name of a descendant of
    Shem.JOLYON:
    Medieval English variant spelling of Roman Latin Julian,
    meaning "descended from Jupiter 
    (Jove)." JON: Pet
    form of English Jonathan, meaning "God has
    given." Compare with other forms of Jon.
  JONA:
    Anglicized form of Latin Jonas (Greek
    Ionas),
    meaning "dove." JONAH:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Yonah,
    meaning "dove." In the bible, this is the name of a prophet who was swallowed by a great
    fish.JONATHAN:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Yownathan,
    meaning "God has given." In the bible, this is the name of the eldest son of Saul
    and a close friend of David.JONATHON:
    Variant spelling of English Jonathan,
    meaning
    "God has given." 
  JONNY:
    Variant spelling of English Johnny, meaning "God is
    gracious."JONTY:
    Pet form of English Jonathan,
    meaning
    "God has given." JOOLS:
    English form of French Jules,
    meaning
    "descended from Jupiter (Jove)."JOPHIEL:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Yophiel, meaning "beauty of God."
    In Jewish lore, this is the name of an archangel. JORAM:
    Anglicized form of Greek Ioram and Hebrew
    Yowram,
    meaning "God is exalted." In
    the bible, this is the name of several characters, including a king of Judah.  JORDAN:
    Anglicized form of Greek Iordanes
    and Hebrew unisex Yarden,
    meaning "flowing down." In the Old Testament bible, this is the name of
    a river in Palestine. In the New Testament, Jesus 
    was baptized in this river by John the Baptist.JORDI: Variant spelling of English unisex Jordie,
        meaning "flowing down." Compare with another form of Jordi.
  JORDIE:
    Pet form of English unisex Jordan,
    meaning "flowing down."JORDON:
    Variant spelling of
    English unisex Jordan, meaning "flowing
    down."JORDYN:
    Variant spelling of English unisex Jordan, meaning "flowing down." JOSAPHAT:
    Anglicized form of Greek Iosaphat, meaning "God
    has judged" or "whom God judges." In the bible, this is the
    name of a king of Judah.
    JOSEPH:
    Anglicized form of Greek Ioseph (Hebrew
    Yehowceph and Yowceph),
    meaning "(God) shall add (another son)." In
    the bible, this is the name of the husband of Mary
    the mother of Jesus, and the name of the
    eleventh son of Jacob who became an
    advisor to the pharaoh of Egypt.JOSES:
    Anglicized form of Greek Ioses, meaning
    "exalted." In the bible, this is the name of a brother of Jesus.JOSH:
    Short form of English Joshua, meaning "God is
salvation."JOSHAPHAT:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Yowshaphat, meaning "God
    has judged" or "whom God judges." In the bible, this is the
    name of a priest and the name of one of King David's
    warriors.JOSHAWA:
    Variant spelling of English Joshua, meaning "God is
salvation."JOSHUA:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Yehowshuwa, meaning "God is salvation." In the bible, this is the name of
    several characters, including
    the leader of the Israelites after Moses
    died. Jehoshua is another Anglicized
    form.JOSIAH:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Yoshiyah
    (Greek Josias), meaning
    "whom Jehovah
    heals." In
    the bible, this is the name of the sixteenth king of Judah. JOSS: 
    
    
Pet form of English unisex Jocelyn,
    meaning "Gaut."  Variant spelling of Middle English Josse,
        meaning "lord." 
      KENNITH:
    Variant spelling of
    English Kenneth, meaning both
    "comely; finely made" and "born of fire."  
  KENNY:
    Pet form of English Kenneth, meaning both
    "comely; finely made" and "born of fire." 
  KENRICK:
    Variant spelling of
    English Kendrick,
    meaning "keen power." 
  KENT: Compare
    with another form of Kent.
    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Cináed,
        meaning "born of fire." This was probably the first
        Anglicization.Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Cainnech,
        meaning "comely; finely made."  
      KENTIGERN:
    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Ceanntighern,
    meaning "head lord."
  KENTON:
    English surname transferred to forename use, composed of Old English Cena
    and tun "settlement," hence
    "Cena's settlement."
  KENYON:
    Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an
    Anglicized form of Gaelic  Mac Coinín "son of Coinín,"
    hence "little wolf."
  KENZIE:
    Short form of English unisex Mackenzie,
    meaning "comely, finely made."
  KERMIT:
    Anglicized
                        form of Irish Gaelic Diarmaid,
    meaning
                        "without envy."
    
  KERR:
    Scottish surname transferred to English forename use, meaning "from the
    marshland."
  KERRIE:
    Variant spelling of English unisex Kerry, meaning "Ciar's
    people." 
  KERRY:
    English unisex name derived from the name of an Irish county, Ciarraí,
    meaning "Ciar's
    people." Compare with strictly feminine Kerry.
  KESHAUN:
    Elaborated form of English Shaun, meaning "God is gracious."
  KESHAWN:
    Elaborated form of English Shawn, meaning "God is gracious."
  KEVAN:
    Variant spelling of English Kevin, meaning
    "little comely one."
  KEVIN:
    Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Caoimhín, meaning
    "little comely one."
  KEVYN:
    Variant spelling of English Kevin, meaning
    "little comely one."
  KIAN:
    Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Cian, meaning
    "ancient, distant."
  KIARAN:
    Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ciarán,
    meaning "little black one."
  KIERAN:
    Variant spelling of
    English Kiaran, meaning "little black
    one."
  KIERON:
    Variant spelling of
    English Kiaran, meaning "little black
    one."
  KILLEEN: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic
    
    Cillín, meaning "little warrior."
  KILLIAN: Variant spelling of English Killeen,
        meaning "little warrior." Compare with another form of Killian.
  
  KIM:
    Short form of English unisex Kimberley,
        meaning "King's City Meadow." Compare with another form of Kim.
  
  KIMBALL:
    English surname transferred to forename use, from the Middle English
    personal name Kimbel, meaning "royal courage."
  KIMBEL:
    Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Cynebeal,
    meaning "royal courage."
  KIMBERLEY:
    English surname transferred to unisex forename use, from the name of a South
    African town first brought to the public's notice by the Boer War in the
    19th century. The town was named for Lord Kimberley whose ancestors derived
    their name from a place in England composed of the Old English
    elements cyne "king," burg "city" and leah
    "meadow, pasture," hence "King's City Meadow."
    
  KING:
    English name derived from the vocabulary word, "king," from
    Old English cyning, probably meaning
    "family, race."
  
                      KINGSLEY:
    English surname transferred to unisex forename use, from the name of various
    places called  Cyningesleah, composed of the Old English elements cyne
    "king," and leah "meadow, pasture," hence "king's meadow." 
  KIP:
    Variant spelling of Middle English Kipp, possibly
    meaning "fat man." 
  KIPP:
    Middle English name, possibly originally a byname meaning "fat
    man," from the Germanic root kupp, meaning "to swell." 
  KIRBY:
    English surname transferred to forename use, from the name of numerous places
    composed of the Old Norse elements kirkja
    "church" and býr "settlement," hence
    "church settlement."
  KIRK:
    English surname transferred to forename use, originally an English
    and Scottish name for someone who "lives near a church," derived from the Old Norse
    word kirkja, meaning "church." 
  KIT:
    Pet form of English Christopher,
    meaning "Christ-bearer."
    Compare with another form of Kit.
  
  KNOX:
    English surname transferred to forename use, from Old English cnocc
    "round-topped hill," hence "lives on a
    hilltop."
  
  KODEY:
    Variant spelling of English unisex Kody,
    meaning "helper."
  KODY:
    Variant spelling of English unisex Cody, meaning
    "helper."
  KOHATH:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Qehath,
    meaning "assembly." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Levi and a grandson of
    Jacob.
    
  KOLBY:
    Variant spelling of English Colby, meaning "coal
    settlement."
  KOLE:
    Variant spelling of English Cole, meaning
    "coal-black, swarthy."
  KOLMAN: Variant spelling of English
    Colman,
        meaning "dove." Compare with another form of Kolman.
  
  KONNOR:
    Variant spelling of English Connor,
                        meaning "hound-lover." 
  
  KORAH:
    Anglicized form of Hebrew Qorach, meaning "bald"
    or "ice." In the bible, this is the name
    of a Levite who led a rebellion against Moses
    and Aaron.  
  
  KORBIN:
    Modern variant spelling of Middle English and Old French Corbin, meaning "little crow" or
                        "little raven."
    
  
  KOREY:
    Variant spelling of English Corey,
                        possibly meaning "deep hollow, ravine." 
  KORI:
    Variant spelling of English Korey,
                        possibly meaning "deep hollow, ravine." 
  KORTNEY:
    Variant spelling of English unisex Courtney,
    meaning "short nose."
  KORY:
    Variant spelling of English Korey,
                        possibly meaning "deep hollow, ravine."
    
  KOURTNEY:
    Variant spelling of English unisex Courtney,
    meaning "short nose."
  KRIS:
    English unisex short form of longer
    names beginning with Kris-.
    
  KRISTOPHER:
    Variant spelling of English Christopher,
                        meaning "Christ-bearer." 
  KURT: Short form of English Kurtis,
        meaning "courteous." Compare with another form of Kurt.
  
  KURTIS:
    Variant spelling of English Curtis, meaning
    "courteous."
  KYNASTON:
    English surname transferred to forename use,
    from the name of various places derived from Old English  Cynefriþestun, meaning "settlement of
    Cynefrið."
                
  
  KYRAN:
    Variant spelling of English Kieran, meaning "little black
    one."
                
  
  LAKE:
    English name derived from the vocabulary word, from Latin lacus, meaning
    "pond, lake."
  LAMBART:
    Variant form of English Lambert, meaning
    "land-bright."English surname transferred to forename
        use, meaning "from Kent."Short form of English Kenton,
        meaning "Cena's settlement."
        Also used as a short form of other names beginning with Kent-.  [
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