Dog Names That Start With K

A modern alternative to Shelby.

Kantuta is the Quechua name for the national flower of both Bolivia and Peru, which is known for flowering around Christmas time. With its vivid green foliage and extremely bright red bell-shaped flowers, the plant encapsulates many traditional Christmas symbols, making Kantuta one of the great unique names for Christmas babies.

All names connected with royalty have become increasingly popular in recent years, and King variation Kyng is no exception. Some parents may feel that the Kyng spelling makes it more of a name and less of a royal title, but both names sound the same and have identical meanings, so why endlessly complicate spelling and pronunciation?

Khalani debuted on the US Top 1000 in 2020 thanks to the influence of Khalani Simon — known as Lani Love — a child model and budding star.

Popular in Hawaii in the first decades of the 20th century, this name also means "rock" in Māori.

Kouki is an uncommon choice in Japan today, but it's been used for several anime characters.

Kasey was a modestly popular choice among Millennial babies, particularly girls.

Now that Kimberly is no longer one of the top girl names, Kim or long form Kimball feel more gender neutral.

Kaimana is one of

Karita and Karitas are the Icelandic spins on Charity, also found as Carita and Caritas throughout Scandinavian. While to the English speakers these names may feel like a Latinate endearment, they are popular names in their own right.

One of the most adaptable of the Middle Eastern names, partly because of its similarity to the western Camilla.

This simple but alluring name — some might associate it with the Kama Sutra — was chosen by heavy metal rocker Sammy Hagar for his daughter.

Common Japanese name for second sons. Kenjiro Shirabu is a character in the anime series Haikyu!!, and Kenjiro Tsuda is a well-known voice actor who has lent his talents to numerous anime series.

One of the few K names that sounds middle-aged.

Actress Kirstie Alley popularized this short form that's been off the popularity register for a decade.

More common for girls in Japan, thanks to the prevalence of the related name Keiko.