_Kahn._ _Cean_, pronounced _kahn_, fondness, regard. Kahne, referable to
the same root.
_Kame._ _Ceim_, pronounced _kame_, step, grade, dignity.
_Kane._ _Cain_, reproach, chaste, undefiled.
_Kean._ _Ciuin_, pronounced _keeyuin_, calm, gentle.
_Kearney._ _Carn_, pronounced _karn_, a heap of stones; _cać_, an agent.
So also Karney.
_Keefe._ _Caoiḿ_, pronounced _kueev_, gentle.
_Keegan._ _Kee_, contraction of _Mac Aoid́_, son of Hugh; _gan_,
offspring. Descendant of the son of Hugh.
_Keenys._ _Ciuin_, gentle; _eas_, a termination expressive of quality.
Gentleness.
_Kelley._ _Cailleać_, a woman in a hood. The _calla_ was generally worn
by the old, and hence the term _cailleac_ came to signify an old woman, a
hag.
_Kenallay._ _Cineal_, pronounced _knawl_, a race, clan; _ać_, an
individual. A clansman; one who belongs to a clan.
_Kennard._ _Ceann_, pronounced _ken_, head; _ard_, top, summit. Top of
the head.
_Kenna._ _Ceanna_, genitive of _ceann_, belonging to the head.
_Kent._ _Ceantir_, compounded of _ceann_, head; _tir_, country. Head of
the country.
_Kehoe._ _Ceo_, pronounced _keogh_, darkness. Keogh, similarly derived.
_Keohne._ _Ceo_, darkness; _ain_, a circle, genitive _aine_, of a circle.
Darkness of the circle.
_Keonen._ _Mac Eonin_, from _Mac_, son, and _Eonin_, young Owen. Son of
young Owen.
_Kevin._ _Caoiḿǵein_, from _caoiḿ_, gentle, and _gein_, an offspring.
A gentle child.
_Kiernan._ _Ciaran_, from _ciar_, black; _an_, expressing personality,
and indicative of a noun derived from an adjective. A black person.
_Kilgore._ _Cill_, church; _gâir_ rejoicing, merriment.
_Kilbritain._ _Cill_, church; _Brith_, painted; _tain_, country. The
church of the country of the painted inhabitants.
_Kineal._ _Cin_, of the head, source; _al_, offspring. Clan; class; race;
progeny.
_Kincaid._ _Cionn_, affection, regard; _cead_, first. First love;
earliest affection.
_Kinkora._ _Cionn_, love; _cora_, genitive of _coir_, justice. Love of
justice.
_Kinnear._ _Cionn_, affection; _fear_, a man. An affectionate man.
_Kinney._ _Cionn_, pronounced _kin_, esteem, regard; _neać_, an
individual. A person of esteem. Kinnie, of like derivation.
_Kirin._ _Ciaran_, from _ciar_, black; _an_, implying person. A black
person.
_Kirwin._ _Ciard́ub́an_, a swarthy, black-haired person.
_Krean._ _Crion_, pronounced _kreen_, withered, palsied.
_Kueney._ _Ciuin_, gentle, mild; _neać_, an individual. A mild person.
_Kynett._ _Cionn_, pronounced in certain parts _kynn_, affection; _aid́_,
sign of a personal noun. An affectionate person.