Meaning: Its source is Cyneburg leah, an Old English name meaning "Cyneburg's field."

Nicknames: Kim

Alternative Spellings: Kimberly

Narrative: Cyneburg (meaning ''royal forest'') was an Old English personal name. In time, the place name identifying Cyneburg's holdings evolved into its present form of Kimberley.

The British family that took it for a surname gave it to yet another place in South Africa. When that location came into the news during the Boer War at the end of the 19th century, Kimberley (in its various spellings and shortened forms) became a popular first name in Britain, and eventually in America.

Meaning: Its source is Cyneburg leah, an Old English name meaning "Cyneburg's field."

Popularity: The name Kimberley ranked 592nd in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

Though this name has fluctuated in use, it has been quietly present throughout the last century.

Narrative: Cyneburg (meaning ''royal forest'') was an Old English personal name. In time, the place name identifying Cyneburg's holdings evolved into its present form of Kimberley.

The British family that took it for a surname gave it to yet another place in South Africa. When that location came into the news during the Boer War at the end of the 19th century, Kimberley (in various spellings and shortened forms) became a popular first name in Britain, and eventually in America.