Names

Variant of Kistler.

Occupational name meaning “chest maker, cabinetmaker” from Middle High German kiste.

Nickname meaning “small” in Hungarian.

From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning “beach, shore, bank” and 本 (moto) meaning “base, root, origin”.

Variant of Kiss.

From northern Middle English kirk meaning “church”, from Old Norse kirkja (cognate of Church). A famous fictional bearer is the starship captain James Kirk from the Star Trek television series (1966-1969), and subsequent films.

Derived from Middle High German kirchenaere meaning “sexton”.

German cognate of Church.

From numerous towns in northern England named Kirby or Kirkby, derived from Old Norse kirkja “church” and býr “farm, settlement”.

Means “king” in Hungarian, of Slavic origin (a cognate of Król).