ters in Kea. D. Gilbert mentions Kilter in St. Keverne as the birthplace of, and as probably belonging to, the Kilter family. The name may come from kil-dour, the neck of land or promontory by the water.
KILVERT. From killy-verth, the whitethorn grove.
KILWARBY. From kil-war-vy, the grove upon (i. e. by) the water. There was a Robert Kilwarby, archbishop of Canterbury, temp. Wm. I.
KIMBER, KYMBER (KEMBER?). From South Kimber; from kûm-ber, the little valley, defile, or pass. Kûm-ver would mean the great valley.
KINGDON (KINGDOM?). A family which has flourished in Cornwall and Devon for some centuries. The name would appear to have been borrowed from Kingdon, an estate near Sharrow, in the former county. (Lower.) Doubtless the same name as Congdon, q. v.
KISTLE. See Kestle.
KITE. See Keat.
KITTO, KITTOW. Cornish forms of Kit, for Christopher.
KIVELL, CHIVELL, CHIVEL. From kevel, a horse. Keevil, Caval, and Cavall would seem to be the same name. Cf. Nankivel and Penkevil.
KIVERN. See Kevern.
or NAVA. Hals gives the British words nave, nava, nawe, knawe, and he seems to think the name may have meant "a servant, steward, ambassador, minister, or messenger of God, Christ, his king, prince, or other master," and he says, "it is a name of office of one that is a substitute or viceregent, and acts under another." Cf. the A. S. cnapa, cnafa (Plat. D. knaap, G. knabe), a boy, young man.
