Kiki
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Kiki is a given name, surname or nickname; for example, in Spanish, Kiki, Kike (key-kay), or Kiko are forms of a nickname for Enrique (Henry), or Kika for the female Enriqueta (Henrietta). In Greek it is a shortening of Vasiliki (ki-key). Other spellings include Quiqui, Quique. In English, however, Kiki almost exclusively refers to a female.
Kiki may refer to:
Kiki may refer to:
Music
- Kiki CarterKiki CarterKiki Carter born Kimberli Wilson is an environmental activist, organizer, musician, songwriter, and columnist.-Personal life:...
, activist, singer/songwriter, and columnist - Kiki DeeKiki DeeKiki Dee is an English singer with a career spanning more than 40 years....
, British singer/songwriter - Kiki DjanKiki DjanKiki Djan was a Ghanaian musician who was the keyboardist with the band Osibisa, once popular in the 1970s. Djan's career peaked when he went solo and recorded "24 Hours in a Disco" which hit the charts in the United States and the U.K...
, Ghanaian musician who was the keyboardist with the band Osibisa - Kiki DuRane, of the fictitious cabaret act Kiki and HerbKiki and HerbKiki and Herb are an American drag cabaret duo. Bond portrays Kiki DuRane, an aging, alcoholic, female lounge singer...
, played in drag by Justin Bond - Kierra SheardKierra SheardKierra "Kiki" Sheard is an American gospel recording artist. She is the daughter of gospel singer Karen Clark Sheard and the granddaughter of gospel choral director Mattie Moss Clark.-Early life:Born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in the suburb of West Bloomfield, Sheard spent her formative years...
, gospel artist nicknamed Ki Ki
Sports
- Kiki CutterKiki CutterChristina "Kiki" Cutter was a world class alpine skier from the United States. She was the first American to win a World Cup skiing event by placing first in the World Cup slalom race in 1968 in Oslo, Norway....
, American alpine skier - Kiki CuylerKiki CuylerHazen Shirley "Kiki" Cuyler was a Major League Baseball right fielder from 1921 until 1938. He was born in Harrisville, Michigan.Cuyler broke into the big leagues in 1921 with the Pittsburgh Pirates and became a fixture in the lineup in 1924...
, American baseball player; unlike others, his name is pronounced cuy-cuy from his surname. - Kiki MusampaKiki MusampaKizito "Kiki" Musampa is a former Congolese-born but Dutch-nationalised footballer who earned over 25 caps representing the Netherlands at the U20 and U21 level.-Ajax & Bordeaux:...
, Dutch footballer who currently plays for FC Seoul - Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player and sports analyst
Other fields
- "Kiki", nickname of Enrique CamarenaEnrique CamarenaEnrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar (Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico July 26, 1947 - c. (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, February 9, 1985) was an undercover agent for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration who was abducted on...
, undercover agent for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration - "Kiki de Montparnasse", or "Kiki" pseudonym/nickname of the French artist, writer and model Alice PrinAlice PrinAlice Ernestine Prin , nicknamed Queen of Montparnasse, and often known as Kiki de Montparnasse, was a French artist model, nightclub singer, actress, memoirist, and painter. She flourished in, and helped define, the liberated, early 1920s culture of Paris.- Early life :Alice Prin was born in...
- Kiki DimoulaKiki DimoulaKiki Dimoula is an acclaimed Greek poet. She worked as a clerk for the Bank of Greece. She was married to the poet Athos Dimoulas , with whom she had two children...
, Greek poet - Kiki Håkansson, nickname for Kerstin Håkansson, the winner of the first Miss World beauty pageant in 1951
- Kirin Kiki, Japanese actress
- Kiki KogelnikKiki KogelnikKiki Kogelnik was an Austrian painter, sculptor and printmaker. Born in a small town in southern Austria, she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and moved to New York in 1961....
, Austrian painter, sculptor and filmmaker - Katherina "Kiki" Kosinski (neé von Fraunhofer), wife of novelist Jerzy KosinskiJerzy KosinskiJerzy Kosiński , born Józef Lewinkopf, was an award-winning Polish American novelist, and two-time President of the American Chapter of P.E.N.He was known for various novels, among them The Painted Bird and Being There...
- Kiki of ParisKiki of ParisKiki of Paris is the pseudonym for a French photographer and artist born in Paris in 1945.-Biography:Kiki studied humanities and social sciences before turning towards drawing and painting. In Montparnasse, he was introduced by the actor Michel Simon to Henry Miller who advised him to devote...
, Parisian photographer - Kiki (Kimberly) Cosemans, Belgian - Filipino Ergotherapist Student
- Kiki PrestonKiki PrestonKiki Preston, née Alice Gwynne was an American socialite, a member of the infamous Happy Valley set, and the alleged mother of a child born out of wedlock with Prince George, Duke of Kent, fourth son of King George V of the United Kingdom...
, American socialite and alleged mother of a son born out of wedlock with HRH Prince George, Duke of Kent - Kiki Sanford, American research scientist in neurophysiology
- Kiki ShepardKiki ShepardChiquita Renee "Kiki" Shepard is an American television host, best known as the longtime co-host of It's Showtime at the Apollo. Ms. Shepard religiously guards the date of her birth, but she is a native of Tyler, Texas...
, African-American television host - Kiki SheungKiki SheungKiki Sheung Tin Ngoh is a Hong Kong TVB actress. Kiki was originally with TVB, but moved over to rival station ATV in 1995, moving back to TVB once again in 2002...
, Hong Kong actress - Kiki SmithKiki SmithKiki Smith is an American artist classified as a feminist artist, a movement with beginnings in the twentieth century...
, American feminist artist
Fictional characters
- Kirsten CohenKirsten CohenKirsten Cohen is a fictional character on the FOX television series The O.C., portrayed by Kelly Rowan. Kirsten is the wife of Sandy Cohen, mother to Seth Cohen, and the adoptive mother of Ryan Atwood...
, a character nicknamed "Kiki" in The O.C. TV series - Kiki, the name of the main character in the Japanese animation Kiki's Delivery ServiceKiki's Delivery Serviceis a 1989 Japanese animated fantasy film produced, written, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was the fourth theatrically released Studio Ghibli film.The film won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize in 1989...
- Kiki Strike, one of the main characters in the Kiki StrikeKiki StrikeThe Kiki Strike series by Kirsten Miller is a series of novels revolving around the adventures of six girls in Manhattan, and currently consists of two books .Five delinquent Girl Scouts,...
book series by Kirsten Miller. - Kiki, Rolf Liechti's Griffon Bruxellois dog in the film Gosford Park
- Kiki, the name of a minor character in Saint Seiya, a Japanese manga series
- Kiki, the youngest of the Twin Stars, Sanrio characters
- Kiki Flores, the name of a main character in The Puzzle PlaceThe Puzzle PlaceThe Puzzle Place is an American children's television series produced by KCET in Los Angeles, California and Lancit Media in New York City, New York...
, a TV series - Kiki, one of the four main characters of the Nickelodeon Network children's TV show The Fresh Beat BandThe Fresh Beat BandThe Fresh Beat Band is a children TV show with original pop songs produced for Nick Jr.. The Fresh Beats are Shout, Twist, Marina, and Kiki, described as four best friends in a band who go to music school together and love to sing and dance...
. - Kiki, a cockatoo in The Adventure SeriesThe Adventure SeriesThe Adventure Series by Enid Blyton, a prolific English children's author, is a series of eight children's novels. These books feature the same child characters: Philip, Jack, Dinah, and Lucy-Ann, along with several adult characters...
novels - Kiki, a ferret character in the Sluggy Freelance webcomic
- Kiki the Hyperactive Monkey of Sentosa is the former mascot of SentosaSentosaSentosa, which translates to peace and tranquility in Malay , is a popular island resort in Singapore, visited by some five million people a year...
in SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
.He makes his first animated debut in Magical SentosaMagical SentosaFor the information on the show`s structure see Sentosa Musical Fountain.This article is about the former Sentosa attraction. For its soundtrack see Magical Sentosa Soundtrack....
. - Kiki the frog in Hector's house - children's programme of 1960's
- Kiki Harrison, the name of Julia Roberts character in America's SweetheartsAmerica's SweetheartsAmerica's Sweethearts is a 2001 romantic comedy film, directed by Joe Roth, starring Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, John Cusack, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. The film also stars Keri Lynn Pratt, Hank Azaria, Stanley Tucci, Seth Green, Alan Arkin, and Christopher Walken, and features a cameo appearance...
movie.
Films, books, magazines
- Kiki, the collective name for the two most prominent texts, KojikiKojikiis the oldest extant chronicle in Japan, dating from the early 8th century and composed by Ō no Yasumaro at the request of Empress Gemmei. The Kojiki is a collection of myths concerning the origin of the four home islands of Japan, and the Kami...
and Nihon ShokiNihon ShokiThe , sometimes translated as The Chronicles of Japan, is the second oldest book of classical Japanese history. It is more elaborate and detailed than the Kojiki, the oldest, and has proven to be an important tool for historians and archaeologists as it includes the most complete extant historical...
, of Japanese mythology - Kiki (magazine)Kiki (magazine)Kiki Magazine is an interactive fashion magazine published quarterly for girls between the ages of 8 and 12. It was launched in Fall of 2007 by B-books, Ltd.....
, a magazine for young girls - Kiki (1926 film)Kiki (1926 film)Kiki is a 1926 silent comedy film directed by Clarence Brown. The film is based upon a 1920 novel of the same name by André Picard, which was later adapted by David Belasco and performed on Broadway to great success in 1921 by his muse Lenore Ulric....
, starring Norma Talmadge - Kiki (1931 film), a 1931 film starring Mary Pickford, a remake of the 1926 film
Places
- Ki Ki, South AustraliaKi Ki, South AustraliaKi Ki is a small village on the Dukes Highway , the main link between Adelaide and Melbourne in South Australia. It has a small post office, parking bay, town hall, engineering business "Ki Ki Engineering" and is surrounded by large pastoral properties...
- Near Łódź, Poland:
- Kiki, Łask County
- Kiki, Poddębice CountyKiki, Poddebice CountyKiki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wartkowice, within Poddębice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wartkowice, north of Poddębice, and north-west of the regional capital Łódź....
Radio stations
- KIKI (AM), a radio station (990 AM) licensed to Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
- KHJZKHJZKHJZ-FM, also known as "93.9 Jamz", is a rhythmic adult contemporary outlet based in Honolulu, Hawaii. The station, whose slogan is "Hawaii's Ol' Skool 4 UR Generation," broadcasts at 93.9 FM and operates at 100 kW, is owned by Clear Channel Communications. It is also transmitting on Oceanic...
, a radio station (93.9 FM) licensed to Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, formerly KIKI, which operates an HD channel named KIKI - KHVHKHVHKHVH is a news radio station licensed to Honolulu, Hawaii, and owned by Clear Channel Communications. It is also transmitting on Oceanic Time Warner Cable digital channel 881 for the entire state of Hawaii.-History:...
, a radio station (830 AM) licensed to Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, which held the call sign KIKI from 1973 to 1990
Other uses
- Bouba/kiki effectBouba/kiki effectThe Bouba/Kiki Effect is a non-arbitrary mapping between speech sounds and the visual shape of objects. This effect was first observed by German-American psychologist Wolfgang Köhler in 1929...
, an observed neurophysiological effect tying certain sounds to specific shapes