Names I Would Actually Use

• Kaia, Kaya: possibly derived from Old Norse kaða meaning 'hen' or might be the Scandinavian diminutive of Katarina; from the Greek name Aikaterine. The etymology of Katarina/Katherine is debated; possibly derived from the earlier Greek name Hekaterine which came from Hekateros 'each of the two', or from the name of the goddess Hecate, or be related to Greek Aikia 'torture', and lastly it could be from a Coptic name meaning 'my consecration of your name'.
• Kajsa: a Swedish diminutive of Katarina; from the Greek name Aikaterine. The etymology of Katarina/Katherine is debated; possibly derived from the earlier Greek name Hekaterine which came from Hekateros 'each of the two', or from the name of the goddess Hecate, or be related to Greek Aikia 'torture', and lastly it could be from a Coptic name meaning 'my consecration of your name'.
• Karolina, Karoline: the feminine form of Carolus which is the Latin form of Charles; from the Germanic name Karl which was derived from a Germanic word which means 'man'. However, an alternative theory states that it is derived from the common Germanic element hari meaning 'army, warrior. Pronunciation: CAR-o-LEE-na/-nuh.
• Kirsa: a Danish nickname name which coincidentally also is a Middle High German word for 'cherry'. Pronunciation: KEER-sa.
• Kyla: the feminine form of Kyle; a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic caol meaning 'narrows, channel, strait' - Kyla might possibly mean 'strait of water, beautiful'.
• Keely: from an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Caolaidhe meaning 'descendent of Caoladhe'. The given name Caoladhe is derived from the Gaelic word caol 'slender'.

Guilty Pleasure

• Karen: a Danish short form of Katherine; from the Greek name Aikaterine. The etymology of Katarina/Katherine is debated; possibly derived from the earlier Greek name Hekaterine which came from Hekateros 'each of the two', or from the name of the goddess Hecate, or be related to Greek Aikia 'torture', and lastly it could be from a Coptic name meaning 'my consecration of your name'. Pronunciation: CAR-ren.
• Katharine: from the Greek name Aikaterine. The etymology of Katarina/Katherine is debated; possibly derived from the earlier Greek name Hekaterine which came from Hekateros 'each of the two', or from the name of the goddess Hecate, or be related to Greek Aikia 'torture', and lastly it could be from a Coptic name meaning 'my consecration of your name'.
• Kayla: a combination of Kay and the popular name suffix la. A form of Katherine; from the Greek name Aikaterine. The etymology of Katarina/Katherine is debated; possibly derived from the earlier Greek name Hekaterine which came from Hekateros 'each of the two', or from the name of the goddess Hecate, or be related to Greek Aikia 'torture', and lastly it could be from a Coptic name meaning 'my consecration of your name'.
• Kendall: from a surname which comes from the name of the city of Kendale in northwest England meaning 'valley on the river Kent'.
• Kennedy: is an Irish surname name, an Anglicized form of Ó Cinnéidigh meaning 'descendent of Cennétig', with Cennétig meaning 'armoured head' or 'misshapen head'.
• Kensington: a geographical name; name of a borough in London, England. It means 'the town of cynsige's people'.
• Kiernan: from an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Thighearnáin which means 'son of Tighearnán' which again means 'little lord' from Irish Gaelic tigern 'lord' combined with a diminutive suffix.