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Around the globe, Kimball (Kimball , 金寶 , Cynbel ) is quite a rare principally masculine, but scarcely feminine forename. The first name Kimball is habitual in the United States, where it is a rare principally boy's, but very infrequently female name, Canada, where it is a rare male name, and Australia, where it is a very rare male name. More prevalently, Kimball is the last name as well as the forename.
Kimball is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Kimball Cho , the fictional character in American crime drama, The Mentalist.