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The baby name kas is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /kæs/ (English, rhymes with "mass") or Dutch /kɑs/ (one syllable, "kahs").

kas is Dutch in Origin.

Gender: Male
Syllables: 1.0
Origin: Dutch
Pronunciation: /kæs/ (English, rhymes with "mass") or Dutch /kɑs/ (one syllable, "kahs")

What is the meaning of the name kas ?

The baby name kas is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /kæs/ (English, rhymes with "mass") or Dutch /kɑs/ (one syllable, "kahs").

kas is Dutch in Origin.

Kas is most commonly a short form of Kasper/Casper/Caspar, names that trace back to Middle Persian ganzabar “treasurer, bearer of treasure,” attached in medieval Europe to one of the Magi. Through Latin and German, the Gaspar/Caspar family spread widely across Christian Europe, yielding regional forms such as Kacper (Polish), Gaspard (French), and Gaspar (Spanish/Portuguese). In these traditions, Kas inherits the sense of “treasure-bearer.”

As a given name on its own, Kas is seen in the Netherlands and Scandinavia, and in the English-speaking world as a brisk, modern, often unisex nickname. It can shorten Kasper, Kassandra or Cassandra, and Kassidy/Cassidy, and sits alongside close variants Cas and Kass. Note that Turkish Kaş (with ş) is an unrelated homonym meaning “eyebrow” and the name of a coastal town; it has different pronunciation and origin.

kas has the following similar or variant Names

kas – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
ET Boys 0 #27 1 678
BN 0 #32 1 2,297
ID 0 #39 1 2,238
AO 0 #76 2 2,729
LT 0 #88 1 949
BN Girls 0 #106 9 5,459
QA 0 #106 1 7,011
OM 0 #121 1 6,215
EE Boys 0 #125 1 2,087
IQ 0 #132 2 3,533
BN Boys 0 #134 6 6,332
LT Boys 0 #142 13 2,166
BW Girls 0 #150 2 4,216
BW Boys 0 #154 1 4,685
RS Boys 0 #154 1 2,277
SI Girls 0 #177 1 2,769
MT Boys 0 #179 1 4,064
LT Girls 0 #195 6 1,904
PL 0 #211 2 2,600
IR 0 #231 1 4,221
MO Boys 0 #234 1 5,842
BD 0 #235 7 5,992
AO Boys 0 #243 7 5,568
EC Boys 0 #246 1 3,322
GH 0 #248 1 5,396
PT 0 #250 1 4,161
NA Boys 0 #252 2 6,830
TW Boys 0 #255 2 7,111
MO Girls 0 #262 2 7,056
NG 0 #271 2 5,926
AF Boys 0 #272 3 3,535
SG 0 #281 2 11,010
TW Girls 0 #286 4 8,139
KZ Boys 0 #287 10 6,578
JM Boys 0 #292 2 6,876
AL Boys 0 #302 2 5,122
SA 0 #312 1 10,560
DK Girls 0 #328 2 7,429
PE 0 #329 1 6,350
DK Boys 0 #330 3 7,401
CN Boys 0 #331 1 9,639
KZ Girls 0 #332 1 5,862
GH Girls 0 #337 1 6,973
JO Girls 0 #339 1 7,570
PL Boys 0 #340 1 6,459
PL Girls 0 #350 36 5,096
MY 0 #353 2 12,352
HK 0 #355 3 8,483
SD Girls 0 #357 2 7,678
GH Boys 0 #361 1 8,138
MU Boys 0 #366 4 8,477
PT Boys 0 #380 2 7,951
JO Boys 0 #386 4 7,057
YE 0 #393 6 8,639
BD Girls 0 #399 8 8,413
PH Boys 0 #402 7 11,440
EG 0 #410 3 6,387
OM Girls 0 #415 10 15,987
PH Girls 0 #426 4 13,098
MX 0 #444 2 8,339
SD Boys 0 #458 9 10,523
ZA 0 #472 3 14,421
GT Boys 0 #499 1 7,625
PA Boys 0 #505 1 9,305
CO 0 #510 1 7,768
CR Boys 0 #510 1 10,188
RU Boys 0 #510 19 12,621
RU Girls 0 #520 4 11,913
IQ Girls 0 #522 4 11,303
GT Girls 0 #541 1 7,500
PS Girls 0 #547 1 10,981
HK Boys 0 #553 5 12,905
LY 0 #555 5 12,703
IR Boys 0 #556 10 10,162
KW Girls 0 #558 4 19,177
CM Girls 0 #559 2 11,671
PS Boys 0 #560 2 10,655
CM Boys 0 #574 2 12,054
BH 0 #583 5 17,937
AE Girls 0 #588 10 20,968
BD Boys 0 #598 8 10,045
SG Girls 0 #612 21 18,916
BO Boys 0 #622 1 9,244
IL Boys 0 #625 1 10,983
HK Girls 0 #640 11 16,104
IL Girls 0 #643 3 11,648
IN Girls 0 #653 2 13,121
IQ Boys 0 #673 43 13,071
LB 0 #684 7 13,263
CL Boys 0 #699 2 13,390
SG Boys 0 #717 27 17,960
QA Boys 0 #737 7 18,093
SY 0 #761 7 11,684
KW Boys 0 #795 12 18,755
NG Girls 0 #817 10 15,093
TN 0 #844 23 13,765
EG Boys 0 #895 69 15,035
OM Boys 0 #903 20 17,948
CL Girls 0 #915 1 14,098
PE Boys 0 #924 3 14,506
NG Boys 0 #974 38 16,906
CO Boys 0 #978 4 15,656
SA Girls 0 #983 35 25,931
BR Girls 0 #992 1 12,708
EG Girls 0 #1,000 10 14,742
PE Girls 0 #1,006 5 14,861
MY Girls 0 #1,013 123 24,821
MX Boys 0 #1,024 10 16,355
IN Boys 0 #1,032 8 16,750
AE Boys 0 #1,120 25 22,615
MY Boys 0 #1,129 107 25,439
CO Girls 0 #1,151 2 16,140
MA 0 #1,158 74 20,986
DZ 0 #1,189 94 20,130
ZA Girls 0 #1,217 20 25,928
TR 0 #1,226 33 19,440
ZA Boys 0 #1,226 54 25,619
MX Girls 0 #1,240 30 17,781
SA Boys 0 #1,634 152 28,008

kas is popular in 64 countries — most recent births per country:

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People also ask about kas

kas is predominantly a boy's name.
kas is a one syllable name, pronounced /kæs/ (English, rhymes with "mass") or Dutch /kɑs/ (one syllable, "kahs").
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Cas, Kaas, Kaspar, Kasper, Caspar and Casper.
kas is a name of Dutch origin, traditionally used in the Netherlands. It doesn't appear in the major international birth registries we track, but it is an established name within the Netherlands and its diaspora communities.