Ancient Greek K Names for Girls

And now for the "K" (kappa) names! 

Kappa is the tenth letter of the Ancient Greek alphabet, which sounded pretty much the same as out hard K in English. Many Greek K names are more familiar to us beginning with a C, however, thanks to the way they were commonly transliterated into Latin. 

All the names below were used for women in Ancient Greek society. Most of the names have been taken from inscriptions and grave stele (like the one of a lady named Kalliarista, right).

As usual, I've opted for the more unusual choices, omitting the likes of Kassandra, Kleopatra, Kalliope and Kallisto.

The first nine letters can be found in these previous posts: 

A  B/G  D  E  Z  H  TH  I 

 

Kabeiro / Kabiro 
Of the Kabeiros deities or of Mount Kabeiros.

Kalareta 
kalos "beautiful, beauty" + aretê "excellence, virtue, courage"

Kallianassa
kalos "beautiful, beauty" + anassa "queen"

Kalliarista
kalos "beautiful, beauty" + aristos "best, very good, noble"

Kallibia
kalos "beautiful, beauty" + bios "life"

Kallidika 
kalos "beautiful, beauty" + dikê "justice"

Kallikleia
kalos "beautiful, beauty" + kleos "glory, fame, praise"

Kallikrateia
kalos "beautiful, beauty" + kratos "power"

Kallinikê / Kallinika / Kallippis
kalos "beautiful, beauty" + nikê "victory"

Kallippê / Kallippa 
kalos "beautiful, beauty" + hippos "of horses"

Kallithea 
kalos "beautiful, beauty" + podos "foot"

Kallithea 
kalos "beautiful, beauty" + thea "goddess"

Kallis 
kalos "beautiful, beauty"

Kallo / Kallio
kalos "beautiful, beauty"

Kalisthena / Kallistheneia / Kallisthenia
kalos "beautiful, beauty" + sthenos "strength"

Kallistaretê / Kallistareti / Kallistareta
kallistos "most/very beautiful" + aretê "excellence, virtue, courage"

Kallistokleia 
kallistos "most/very beautiful" + kleos "glory"

Kallistomakhê / Kallistomachi
kallistos "most/very beautiful" + machê "battle"

Kallistonassa 
kallistos "most/very beautiful" + anassa "queen"

Kallistrata / Kallistratê
kalos "beautiful, beauty" + stratos "army"

Kallitykhê / Kallitycha 
kalos "beautiful, beauty" + tyche "fortune, luck"

Kallo
kalos "beautiful, beauty"

Kathara
katharos "clean, pure, unstained"

Kephisia 
of Kephisos (the river)

Kephisodora
Kephisos (the river) + doros "gift"

Kleainetê / Kleaineti
kleos  "glory" + ainetos "praiseworthy"

Kleareta 
kleos "glory" + aretê "excellence, virtue, courage"

Klearista
kleos  "glory" + aristos "best, very good, noble"

Kleito 
kleos  "glory"

Kleo 
kleos  "glory"

Kleodora 
kleos  "glory" + doros "gift"

Kleokrateia
kleos  "glory" + kratos "strength, might"

Kleolais 
kleos "glory" + laos "the people"

Kleonika 
kleos "glory" + nikê "victory"

Kleophanta 
kleos "glory" + phantos "visible, revealed"

Kleotima 
kleos "glory" + timê "honour, respect"

Klymenê / Klymenis
klymenos "fame"

Kosmia
kosmos "order, the world, the universe, ornament, adornment"

Krateia
kratos "power"

Kratesiklea / Kratesikleia 
krastistos "strongest, most noble"" + kleos "glory"

Kratista
krastistos "strongest, most noble"

Kyriakê
kyriakos "of the Lord"

Kyrilla
kyria "lady"

 

All of the names above would be spelt with a C in Latin.