Kimberley

Kimberley: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“Cyneburga's meadow”
Origin
English
Say it
KIM-ber-lee · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Variant spelling of Kimberly, from an English place name. The place name combines the Old English personal name Cyneburh with leah 'woodland, clearing, meadow'.

How popular is Kimberley?

20247.8 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Kimberley in 202426

Peak year1967

Total US babies since 188038,256

Kimberley is fading: recent use is about 39% of its level ten years before.

Names like Kimberley

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • KimberlyCyneburg's meadow · Old English
  • KimCyneburg's meadow · English
  • KimberleeCyneburg's meadow · English
  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English
  • Violetviolet flower · English
  • Hazelhazel tree · English

Kimberley questions

What does the name Kimberley mean?

Kimberley means "Cyneburga's meadow". It comes from English. Variant spelling of Kimberly, from an English place name. The place name combines the Old English personal name Cyneburh with leah 'woodland, clearing, meadow'.

Is Kimberley a boy or girl name?

Kimberley is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Kimberley?

26 US babies were named Kimberley in 2024. Its peak year was 1967.

How do you pronounce Kimberley?

Kimberley is usually pronounced KIM-ber-lee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.