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♀ Kimberley (girl)
What does Kimberley mean?
Kimberley 
▼ as a girls' name (also used as boys' name Kimberley) has its root in Old English, and the name Kimberley means "Cyneburg's field". Kimberley is an alternate spelling of Kimberly (Old English).
ASSOCIATED WITH old english
Variations
VARIANTS Kymberly, Kymberlie, Kymberley, Kymberleigh, Kymberlee, Kimberlyn, Kimberlin, Kimberlie, Kimberli, Kimberleigh, Kimberlee▼
OTHER FORM VIA KIMBERLY Kimber▲
MASCULINE FORM Kimberly
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Kimberley Hailie (K.H.), ..
How popular is Kimberley?
Kimberley is a very prominent first name for females (#592 out of 4276, Top 14%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#45403 out of 150436, Top 30%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Kimberley entered the list in 1950-1959 and reached its top position of #213 in the U.S. in the 1960s, but is not ranked at the moment. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Popular alternative forms of Kimberley rated in the Top 2000 are Kimber (#597 VIA LATEST LIST), Kimberlee, Kimberli, Kimberlie, Kimberly (#170), Kimberlyn and Kymberly. Other variants, like Kymberley, are seldom used. Adoption of these forms of Kimberley was at its most widespread 5 decades ago (ADOPTION OF 1.6%) and is now much reduced (ADOPTION 0.1%, DOWN 92%), with forms like Kimberly becoming less trendy. Kimberly is the all-time favorite, although Kimber appears to be gaining popularity too.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Amberlea, Amberlee, Amberley, Amberly, Beverley▼, Kaeley, Kameren, Karley, Kealey, Keeley▼, Kelley▼, Kempley, Kerrey, Keyley, Kiley▼, Kimblyn (see Kimberly), Kinneret, Kymbrely, Perley, Silverey, Tierney and Waverley. These names tend to be less commonly used than Kimberley.
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