| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin | 
|---|
| Katherine | Pure. Used since third century A.D. Early Latin forms Katerina and Caterina became Katharine and Catherine. French Cateline and English Catlyn came into wider use during medieval period when variants multiplied.
 | Female | Greek | 
| Kathleen | Innocent
 | Female | Anglicized | 
| Kaya | my elder sister | Female | Native | 
| Keith | wood, wind; wood-dweller | Male | Scottish | 
| Kel |  | Unisex | Hebrew | 
| Kelsey | Ceol's island, beautiful island; from the ship's island, shipping harbor | Female | English | 
| Ken | Male Barbie Doll. | Male | English | 
| Kenan | possession | Unisex |  | 
| Kevin | handsome | Male | Irish | 
| Kim | chief | Male | English | 
| Klara | Clear, Bright | Unisex | Scandinavian | 
| Kristen | Anointed, Follower Of Christ | Female | Danish | 
| Kyle | A place-name referring to the narrows: a wood or a church.
 | Male | Scottish | 
| Kym | Royal Meadow | Unisex | English | 
| Larry | Abbreviation of Lawrence or Laurence often used as an independent name.
 | Male | English | 
| Lars | after the Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich | Male | Scandinavian | 
| Laura | bay laurel | Female | Latin | 
| Laurel | Laurel
 | Female | Latin | 
| Lauren | bay laurel | Female | English | 
| Lea | weary or meadow | Female | English | 
| Lee | Healer
 | Male | English | 
| Leif | heir, descendant | Male | Scandinavian | 
| Leigh | meadow | Female | English | 
| Lena | Alluring, Temptress, Light | Female | Greek | 
| Lennon | small cloak or cape | Male | Irish |