Kinsley

Kinsley: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “king's meadow”
Origin: English
Say it: KINZ-lee · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

From an English surname and place name, usually derived from Old English cyning 'king' and leah 'meadow, clearing.' The modern given name use follows surname-style naming.

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How popular is Kinsley?

2024883 per million US babies

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.

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Babies named Kinsley in 20242,940

2024 rank#85 girls

Peak year2021

Total US babies since 188047,526

Kinsley is rising: use over the last five years is 2.2× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Kinsley

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Kinsleemodern spelling of Kinsley · American (modern coinage)
Kinsleighking's meadow · English
Kinzleyvariant of Kinsley · American (modern coinage)
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Averyruler of elves · English
Violetviolet flower · English

Kinsley questions

What does the name Kinsley mean?

Kinsley means "king's meadow". It comes from English. From an English surname and place name, usually derived from Old English cyning 'king' and leah 'meadow, clearing.' The modern given name use follows surname-style naming.

Is Kinsley a boy or girl name?

Kinsley is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Kinsley?

2,940 US babies were named Kinsley in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.

How do you pronounce Kinsley?

Kinsley is usually pronounced KINZ-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.