Kez

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A diminutive of the female given name Kerry

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/kɛz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Kez is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 999Kas Kes(measured from records)
  • FRFrance≈1 in 898K
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 1.4M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kez itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

451 named Kes, 2007

Sources
152 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 898K (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

KesLatin(measured from records)

Locally spelled Kes in US United States, NL Netherlands, NG Nigeria and 1 more and Keş in TR Türkiye.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A diminutive of the female given name Kerry.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kez counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kez is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands451as Kes1 in 38K451Kes28
US United States333as Kes1 in 999K338Kes152
NG Nigeria≈150 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Kes18
FR France≈76 est.≈1 in 898K6—1
TR Türkiye≈60 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Keş13
IN India441 in 30M44Kes18
CZ Czechia14as Kes1 in 764K14——
HR Croatia11as Keš1 in 384K13——

451 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; MVČR — living population register 2017; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kez is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Ķéź, Kęz

  • Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Philippines, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Kéz, Kēz, Kêz

  • Arabic given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United Kingdom

    Also written Kéz, Kęž, Kęz

  • Russian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Кез, Кезь, Кэз

  • Polish name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Kiez

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Kez is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Turkish, time, occasion (an instance or occurrence)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Basque, instrumental indefinite of ke

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Polish, synonym of gdzie

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Kez
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—16#22,173
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—16#13,459
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20125—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19945—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kez mean, and where does it come from?
A diminutive of the female given name Kerry. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Kez?
A machine transcription gives /kɛz/ (IPA) for English.
Is Kez a male or female name?
Kez is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Kez have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 451 people named Kes, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Kez?
In India, the national register counted 44 people named Kez, about 1 in 30 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kez”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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