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KEIL : Means "wedge shaped" in German. It was used to denote a person who owned a wedge-shaped piece of land.

KEIR : Variant of KERR.

KEITH : From a place name which is probably derived from the Brythonic element cet meaning "wood". This was the surname of a long line of Scottish nobles.

KELEMEN : Derived from the given name KELEMEN.

KELLER : From Middle High German këller meaning "cellar". This is either an occupational name for a cellarer or a name for a person who lived in a cellar.

KELLEY : Variant of KELLY (1).

KELLOGG : From the Middle Ages, a name for a butcher meaning "killer of hogs".

KELLY (1) : Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ceallaigh meaning "descendant of CEALLACH".

KELLY (2) : From a Scottish place name derived from coille "grove".

KELSEY : From an English place name meaning "Cenel's island", from the Old English name Cenel "fierce" in combination with eg "island".

KEMP : Derived from Middle English kempe meaning "champion, warrior".

KEMPF : German form of KEMP. In order to Americanize the name, some people dropped the letter f, altering the name to the English version.

KEMÉNY : Means "firm, hard, tough" in Hungarian.

KENDAL : Variant of KENDALL.

KENDALL : Derived from the town of Kendale in England, and was so called from the river Kent, on which it is situated, and dael "valley, dale". Therefore, it me...

KENDRICK (1) : From the Old English given names CYNERIC or CENRIC.

KENDRICK (2) : Derived from the given name CYNWRIG.

KENDRICK (3) : Variant of MCKENDRICK.

KENNARD : Derived from the given names CYNEWEARD or CYNEHEARD.

KENNEDY : From the Irish name Ó Cinnéidigh meaning "descendant of CENNÉTIG". This surname was borne by assassinated American president John F. Kennedy (1917-...

KEREKES : Meaning "wheel-maker, wheeler" from the word kerék meaning "wheel" in Hungarian.

KERMIT : Derived from the given name DIARMAID.

KERMODE : Derived from the given name DIARMAID.

KERNER : Derived from German kern "seed". It is an occupational name for one who sold or planted seeds.

KERPER : Variant of GERBER.

KERR : From Scots kerr meaning "rough wet ground", ultimately from Old Norse kjarr.

KERRY : Variant of KENDRICK (1).

KERSEY : From an English place name meaning "watercress island".

KERTÉSZ : Occupational surname meaning "gardener" in Hungarian.

KERWAR : Variant of GERBER.