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'''Kennedy'''. Kennedy is used as a forename, middle name and a surname. It is of Scottish Gaelic or Irish origin, meaning "misshapen head".<ref>https://www.popular-babynames.com/name/kennedy</ref> In the United States, Kennedy is a feminine-leaning first name but in Brazil it is masculine-leaning.<ref>https://namecensus.com/first-names/kennedy-meaning-and-history/</ref><ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/K/KE/KENNEDY/index.html</ref> Keywords: Feminine-inclined, surnames, Irish, Scottish. | '''Kennedy'''. Kennedy is used as a forename, middle name and a surname. It is of Scottish Gaelic or Irish origin, meaning "misshapen head".<ref>https://www.popular-babynames.com/name/kennedy</ref> In the United States, Kennedy is a feminine-leaning first name but in Brazil it is masculine-leaning.<ref>https://namecensus.com/first-names/kennedy-meaning-and-history/</ref><ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/K/KE/KENNEDY/index.html</ref> Keywords: Feminine-inclined, surnames, Irish, Scottish. | ||
'''Kentucky'''. American English. From the place name of the US State, from the Native American Iroquois word, meaning "Prairie," or from Native American Ojibwe, meaning "Land of our fathers."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/kentucky [https://web.archive.org/web/20220706134127/https://babynames.com/name/kentucky Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>{{cite | '''Kentucky'''. American English. From the place name of the US State, from the Native American Iroquois word, meaning "Prairie," or from Native American Ojibwe, meaning "Land of our fathers."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/kentucky [https://web.archive.org/web/20220706134127/https://babynames.com/name/kentucky Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761554924/Kentucky.html |title=Kentucky |access-date=February 25, 2007 |website=Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030052538/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761554924/Kentucky.html |archive-date=October 30, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Nichols, John & Nyholm, Earl. ''Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe'', 1994.</ref> | ||
'''Kenwood'''. English. Meaning "Royal guardian" in Old English (''Cyneweard'').<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/kenwood [https://web.archive.org/web/20220817192423/https://babynames.com/name/kenwood Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Keywords: nobility, two syllables | '''Kenwood'''. English. Meaning "Royal guardian" in Old English (''Cyneweard'').<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/kenwood [https://web.archive.org/web/20220817192423/https://babynames.com/name/kenwood Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Keywords: nobility, two syllables | ||
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'''Knight'''. English. From the surname. Meaning "Warrior."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/knight [https://web.archive.org/web/20230130203452/https://babynames.com/name/knight Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> US SSA data shows about 218 people with this given name.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/K/KN/KNIGHT/index.html</ref> Keywords: nobility, occupation, one syllable | '''Knight'''. English. From the surname. Meaning "Warrior."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/knight [https://web.archive.org/web/20230130203452/https://babynames.com/name/knight Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> US SSA data shows about 218 people with this given name.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/K/KN/KNIGHT/index.html</ref> Keywords: nobility, occupation, one syllable | ||
'''Kole'''. Slavic, English, and German. Meaning "victory of the people" or "charcoal." | |||
'''Kona'''. Hawaiian, Celtic - Gaelic, English, Old Norse. Meaning "World rule", "leeward" (a wind direction) or "woman, wife" in Hawaiian, "world rule" in Gaelic, derived from a word meaning "woman, wife" in Old Norse,<ref>https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Kona</ref> or as a nickname for "Donald" in English.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/kona</ref> <ref>https://www.everything-birthday.com/name/f/kona</ref> In the US, Kona is used as a boy's name 70% of the time, with 30% being girls. Kona is also the name of a brand of mountain bikes, a variety of coffee and a model of car.<ref>https://www.kona.com</ref><ref>https://babynames.com/name/Kona</ref><ref>https://nameberry.com/babyname/kona/girl</ref> Keywords: neutral-inclined, American, Hawaiian, Celtic, Gaelic, English, Norse, Scandinavian, diminutive, nature, direction, two syllables, sport | '''Kona'''. Hawaiian, Celtic - Gaelic, English, Old Norse. Meaning "World rule", "leeward" (a wind direction) or "woman, wife" in Hawaiian, "world rule" in Gaelic, derived from a word meaning "woman, wife" in Old Norse,<ref>https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Kona</ref> or as a nickname for "Donald" in English.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/kona</ref> <ref>https://www.everything-birthday.com/name/f/kona</ref> In the US, Kona is used as a boy's name 70% of the time, with 30% being girls. Kona is also the name of a brand of mountain bikes, a variety of coffee and a model of car.<ref>https://www.kona.com</ref><ref>https://babynames.com/name/Kona</ref><ref>https://nameberry.com/babyname/kona/girl</ref> Keywords: neutral-inclined, American, Hawaiian, Celtic, Gaelic, English, Norse, Scandinavian, diminutive, nature, direction, two syllables, sport | ||