The girl's name Kimberly \k(i)-mber-ly, kimb(e)-rly\, also used as boy's name Kimberly, is pronounced KIM-ber-lee. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "Cyneburg's field". Place name and surname: Cyneburg was an Old English personal name meaning "royal forest". Masculine use of the name can be traced back to the Boer War, when English soldiers were fighting in the South African town of Kimberley. Judge Kimba Wood.

ORIGIN
Old English

MEANING
Land belonging to Cyneburg

A surname and place name for a city in South Africa named for English statesman John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley. Used as both a boy's and girl's name around the middle of the 20th century. The boy's name faded in 1980 while the girl's continued to thrive, peaking in 1966 and 1967 at No. 2.

VARIATIONS
Kimball Kim

ALTERNATIVES
Kimberlie Kymberly Kimberlee Kimberleigh Kimberley Kimberlea Kymberleigh Kymberlee Kimberli Kymberley

NICKNAMES
Kim Kimber Kimmy

FAMOUS Kimberlys
Kimberly Williams (actress) Kimberley Locke (American Idol finalist)

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