Meaning and Origin
What does the name Ka mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Ka
User Submitted Origins
Egyptian
33%
Hebrew
25%
Vietnamese
25%
Chinese
17%
User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from South Dakota, U.S., the name Ka means "Brave; lovable; beautiful angel".
- According to a user from Alaska, U.S., the name Ka is of Chinese origin and means "It is a Chinese character that can mean 'add, increase, flower, blossom, fragrant, splendid, illustrious, flowery, Chinese, good, auspicious, beautiful, summer, great, grand, bird', an Egyptian word meaning 'soul', Sanskrit affix meaning 'little' or a Hawaiian word meaning 'the'".
- A submission from the United Kingdom says the name Ka means "Family".
International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Ka
An unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma.
noun ka
A spiritual aspect of the individual, living within the body during life, and surviving the body after death. It was believed to be one of two spirits inhabiting the body, the other being the ba, which deserts teh body at death.
Other Dictionary Sources
- Unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma
Wiktionary
From Egyptian k3.
- A spiritual part of the soul in Egyptian mythology, which survived after death.
Origin uncertain.
ka was also found in the following language(s): Translingual, Acehnese, Albanian, Amanab, Chuukese, Dutch, Estonian, Ewe, Finnish, French, Haitian Creole, Hawaiian, Ido, Japanese, Javanese, Latin, Latvian, Lojban, Mandarin, Mapudungun, Min Nan, Norwegian, Pali, Pitjantjatjara, Portuguese, Rapa Nui, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tuvaluan, Veps, and Volapük