diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/DoubleMetaphone.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/DoubleMetaphone.java
index 3013c93451..59f4e3e675 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/DoubleMetaphone.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/DoubleMetaphone.java
@@ -132,8 +132,7 @@ public String doubleMetaphone(String value, final boolean alternate) {
                 index = handleJ(value, result, index, slavoGermanic);
                 break;
             case 'K':
-                result.append('K');
-                index = charAt(value, index + 1) == 'K' ? index + 2 : index + 1;
+                index = handleK(value, result, index);
                 break;
             case 'L':
                 index = handleL(value, result, index);
@@ -543,6 +542,25 @@ private int handleJ(final String value, final DoubleMetaphoneResult result, int
         return index;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Handles 'K' cases.
+     */
+    private int handleK(final String value, final DoubleMetaphoneResult result, int index) {
+        result.append('K');
+        if (charAt(value, index + 1) == 'K') {
+            index += 2;
+        } else if ((charAt(value, index + 1) == 'C')) { //-- in "Kirkcaldy", "kc" should be encoded "K" instead of "KK" --//
+            final DoubleMetaphoneResult nextCharResult = new DoubleMetaphoneResult(this.getMaxCodeLen());
+            int nextCharIndex = handleC(value, nextCharResult, index + 1);
+            if (nextCharResult.getPrimary().equals("K")) {
+                index = nextCharIndex;
+            }
+        } else {
+            index++;
+        }
+        return index;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Handles 'L' cases.
      */
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/DoubleMetaphone2Test.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/DoubleMetaphone2Test.java
index d088ec51f9..aba6e5f410 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/DoubleMetaphone2Test.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/DoubleMetaphone2Test.java
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ public class DoubleMetaphone2Test extends StringEncoderAbstractTest<DoubleMetaph
         {"King", "KNK", "KNK"},
         {"Kinsey", "KNS", "KNS"},
         {"Kirk", "KRK", "KRK"},
+        {"Kirkcaldy", "KRKL", "KRKL"},
         {"Kirton", "KRTN", "KRTN"},
         {"Kistler", "KSTL", "KSTL"},
         {"Kitchen", "KXN", "KXN"},