| Surname | Variant 1 | Variant 2 | Variant 3 | Linguistic Origin | Meaning | |||||||
| 451 | Khali | Kali | Khalish | Kalio | Turkish | Derives from ‘hali’ = carpet | ||||||
| 452 | Khalio | See: Khali | ||||||||||
| 453 | Khalish | See: Khali | ||||||||||
| 454 | Khara | Kharano | Khora | Greek | Joy; Probably a translation of the Hebrew Simha or Sasson. | |||||||
| 455 | Kharano | See: Khara; includes the Italian suffix 'no' for the adjective form of 'Khara' | ||||||||||
| 456 | Kherkov | Turkish | Derives from ‘herkes’ = everyone and Bulgarian suffix ov | |||||||||
| 457 | Khobesh | Khubesh | Kobesh | Hebrew | Dressed, covered, wrapped | |||||||
| 458 | Khora | Turkish | See: Khara | |||||||||
| 459 | Khubesh | See: Khobesh | ||||||||||
| 460 | Khulu | Turkish | Derives from ‘hulu’ = ancient; synonym of the Hebrew: Kadmon | |||||||||
| 461 | Kimkhi | See: Kamkhi | ||||||||||
| 462 | Kioso | Bulgarian | Derives from kiose = beardless; a nickname | |||||||||
| 463 | Kiustendilski | Bulgarian | Toponym ofe Kiustendil, Bulgaria and Russian suffix ski | |||||||||
| 464 | Kiutshuk | Turkish | Derives from kuçuk = Short, small | |||||||||
| 465 | Kobesh | See: Khobesh | ||||||||||
| 466 | Koen | Kohenov | Cohen | Hebrew | Priest [in the Great Temple] and Bulgarian suffix ov | |||||||
| 467 | Kohenov | See: Koen | ||||||||||
| 468 | Kokashvili | Hebrew and Georgian | Derives from Koka- Georgian diminutive of Yaakov and Georgian suffix shvili = son of | |||||||||
| 469 | Korah | Hebrew (Bible: Lev.16:1) | Baldness; Biblical name of the head of Levi tribe who revolted against Moshe | |||||||||
| 470 | Kutshuk | Kutshukov | Turkish | Spelled Kuçuk = bosom | ||||||||
| 471 | Kutshukov | See: Kutshuk and Bulgarian suffix ov | ||||||||||
| 472 | Kuyumdjiiski | Turkish | Derives from ‘kuyumcu’ (pronounced kuyumdju) = goldsmith and Russian suffix 'ski' for son of ; After making his aliya, someone changed his name into: Shemtov, another into Kay | |||||||||
| 473 | Kuzi | French or Turkish or Spanish | 1. Toponym of Cuzy, Saone et Loire, France or of Coucy, Aisne, France. 2.. Derives from kuzu = lamb. 4. Surname found as Cosy in Avila, Spain in 1449 (Reference: Archivo del Natario Rodriguez Daza, Avila. CAHJP) | |||||||||
| 474 | Laron | Italian | Derives from larron = thief; a nickname | |||||||||
| 475 | Lazarov | Diminutive of Elazar and Bulgarian suffix ov; see Elazar | ||||||||||
| 476 | Lebel | Catalan | Derives from Lobell= [makes] it beautiful. Suname found in Valencia, Spaian in 1299 (Ref.: The Jews in the Crown of Aragon : regesta of the Cartas reales in the Archivo de la Corona de Aragon, compiled by Ma. Cinta Mañé and Gemma Escribà ; stylistic editing by Raquel Ibáñez-Sperber. Jerusalem : Hispania Judaica : Ginzei Am Olam : Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1993-1995., v.4, p. 35 | |||||||||
| 477 | Leon | Leonov | Spanish | Toponym of Leon, a city and a region in Spain Surname found as De Leaon, the name of the famous Mosse De Leon (ca1250-1305, cabalist and author of the Zohar in Guadalajara (Ref.:Baer, Yitzhak. Historia de los judios en la Espana cristiana. Madrid, 1981.v.2, p.199) | ||||||||
| 478 | Leonov | See: Leon and Bulgarian suffix ov | ||||||||||
| 479 | Lereov | See: Lereya and Bulgarian suffix ov | ||||||||||
| 480 | Lereya | Delareya | Delereya | Lereov | Toponym of Larraya, province of Navarra, Spain | |||||||
| 481 | Levi | Leviev | Hebrew (Bible: Gen.29:34) | Associated; Name of one of the Patriarch Yaakov’s 12 sons. | ||||||||
| 482 | Leviev | See: Levi and Bulgarian suffix ev | ||||||||||
| 483 | Lidji | Liggi | Spanish | Toponym of Laha (Ladje) (according to Shlomo Rosanes:) | ||||||||
| 484 | Liggi | See: Lidji | ||||||||||
| 485 | Lilo | Spanish | Toponym of Lilo, a locality near Toledo, Spain | |||||||||
| 486 | Liyatshev | Hebrew and Bulgarian | Derives from Liatchi, Bulgarian diminutive form of the Biblical given name Eliahu, and Bulgarian suffix ev.. | |||||||||
| 487 | Lobanov | Hebrew (Bible: Gen,24:29) | Derives from Laban =White; Name of the Patriarch Yaakov's father-in-law and Bulgarian suffix ov; During the British Mandate of Eretz Israel, someone so called changed his name into:Lebanon | |||||||||
| 488 | Loya | Spanish | Toponm of Loya, Navarra, Spain | |||||||||
| 489 | Luna | Spanish | 1. Toponym of Luna, Zagora province, Spain; 2. Luna means in Spanish 'moon' but it is unprobable that this surname derives from that second explaination as many are called De Luna= from Luna. | |||||||||
| 490 | Lupo | Latin | Derives from lupus = Wolf; Surname of particuliarly found in Romania | |||||||||
| 491 | Madjar | Madjarov | Turkish | Derives from ‘macar’(pronounced ‘madjar’) = Hungarian; nickname/surname given to Jews who expelled from Hungary in the 14th century and found refuge in Bulgaria; During the British Mandate of Eretz Israel, one person so called changed his name into:Magyar | ||||||||
| 492 | Madjarov | See: Madjar and Bulgarian suffix ov | ||||||||||
| 493 | Maestro | Italian | Teacher; translation of the Hebrew word Melamed | |||||||||
| 494 | Maev | See: Demayo | ||||||||||
| 495 | Magreso | See: Magriso | ||||||||||
| 496 | Magrezo | See: Magriso | ||||||||||
| 497 | Magriso | Magreso | Magrezo | Italian | Derives from magrezza = thinness; Probably a nickname. | |||||||
| 498 | Mairov | See: Mayer and Bulgarian suffix ov | ||||||||||
| 499 | Malakon | Greek | Soft; probably for an easy temper | |||||||||
| 500 | Malki | Arabic or Aramaic or Spanish | 1. Private ownership 2. Derives from “Malka” = king. 3. Toponym of Malaga, Spain; Surname found in 1440 in Sagunto, Spain (Ref.: Sefarad, 1957, 17,2: 352-373) |