Irish Girl Names Starting with K

Kaitlin in Irish is Caitlin. Say it KOIT-leen.

Not in Ireland's 2025 tables (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 2023.

The closest Irish name to Kalin is Caoilainn, meaning “slender and fair.” Caoilainn is said KAY-linn.

Rare in Ireland: fewer than three baby girls a year get the name.

The closest Irish name to Karan is Catriona, meaning “pure.” Catriona is said ka-TREE-na.

Not in Ireland's 2025 tables (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 1982.

The closest Irish name to Karen is Catriona, meaning “pure.” Catriona is said ka-TREE-na.

Not in Ireland's 2025 tables (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 2019.

Kathleen in Irish is Caitlin. Say it KOIT-leen.

No. 352 for girls in Ireland in 2025, with 11 baby girls.

Keela is a modern spelling usually linked with the Irish Cadhla, from the old adjective cadhla, “beautiful.” Irish dictionaries mark the word as literary, meaning it belongs to poetry and older writing rather than everyday speech. Cadhla was also an old personal name.

No. 885 for girls in Ireland in 2025, with 3 baby girls.

Keelin is an English spelling of Caoilainn, meaning “slender and fair.” Caoilainn is said KAY-linn.

No. 718 for girls in Ireland in 2025, with 4 baby girls.

Keera in Irish is Ciara, meaning “dark.” Say it KEE-ra.

Rare in Ireland: fewer than three baby girls a year get the name.

Keeva in Irish is Caoimhe, meaning “gentleness, beauty, grace.” Say it KEE-va.

No. 413 for girls in Ireland in 2025, with 9 baby girls.

Keira in Irish is Ciara, meaning “dark.” Say it KEE-ra.

No. 718 for girls in Ireland in 2025, with 4 baby girls.

Kerry comes from the name of County Kerry, in Irish Ciarraí, which means “Ciar’s people.” The county is named after the Ciarraige, an early people who traced their descent from Ciar, in legend a son of Fergus mac Róich and Queen Medb of Connacht.

Not in Ireland's 2025 tables (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 2020.

Keva in Irish is Caoimhe, meaning “gentleness, beauty, grace.” Say it KEE-va.

Not in Ireland's 2025 tables (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 2021.

Kira in Irish is Ciara, meaning “dark.” Say it KEE-ra.

No. 325 for girls in Ireland in 2025, with 12 baby girls.

Kyna is traced to the Irish word cion, which means “love, affection” and also “regard, esteem.” It is a modern name drawn from that word and spelled for English readers, rather than a traditional Gaelic personal name. It does not appear among the women’s names in Patrick Woulfe’s Irish Names and Surnames (1923), and the link to cion comes from modern name books rather than early records.

Not in Ireland's 2025 tables (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 2013.