Kes as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kes

What is the meaning of the name Kes ?

The baby name Kes is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /kɛs/ ("KES", rhymes with "less"),/keɪs/ (Dutch variant spelled "Kees", pronounced "kays").

Kes is Dutch, English, Hindi, Sanskrit in Origin.

Kes is a compact, unisex name used mainly in English, typically arising as a familiar short form. In Scotland and northern England it truncates Kester - the regional form of Christopher - while in wider English use it can shorten Keziah/Kezzie, the biblical name from Hebrew qetsi’ah “cassia.” In modern Hebrew circles, Kes also occurs as a clipped form of Keshet, “rainbow,” giving it a bright, nature-inflected sense.

As an independent given name, Kes appears in Britain from the late 20th century, its profile boosted by the 1969 film Kes (about a trained kestrel) and later by the Star Trek: Voyager character. Meanings therefore vary by source: “bearer of Christ” (via Christopher/Kester), “cassia/spice” (via Keziah), or “rainbow” (via Keshet). Related variants and nicknames include Kess, Kez, Kezzie, Kester, Keziah, and Keshet; the spelling is sometimes doubled as Kess.