Kimberley
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Person from Kimberley, one of several English places; variously Cyneburg’s glade, Cynemær’s glade, etc
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈkɪmbɝɫi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kimberley is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Singapore it is the 47th most common given name.
- CNChina≈1 in 346as Kimberly(inferred from the name graph)
- IEIreland≈1 in 352as Kimberly
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 458as Kimberly
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kimberley itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #144 (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 635 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 346 (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,000,000 named Kimberly, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
China, est., as Kimberly
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Kimberly in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Person from Kimberley, one of several English places; variously Cyneburg’s glade, Cynemær’s glade, etc.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kimberley counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈4,000,000 est. | ≈1 in 346 | — | Kimberly | 43 |
| US United States | #56 | 696,165as Kimberly | 1 in 478 | 695K | Kimberly | 635 |
| GB United Kingdom | #101 | ≈120,000 est. | ≈1 in 545 | 3 | Kimberly | 254 |
| EG Egypt | #464 | ≈94,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Kimberly | 25 |
| PH Philippines | #334 | ≈80,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Kimberly | 156 |
| CA Canada | #74 | ≈72,000 est. | ≈1 in 522 | 4 | Kimberly | 279 |
| IE Ireland | #51 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 352 | — | Kimberly | 56 |
| SG Singapore | #47 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 552 | — | Kimberly | 98 |
| NZ New Zealand | #377 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 458 | 12 | Kimberley | 109 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kimberley is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, From the English place name, originally 'Cyneburg's meadow' in Old English.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In English, from Kimberley, Norfolk/Nottinghamshire/Warwickshire; first attested William de Chineburlai 1161 P
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, Any of several places:
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Origine anglaise; signifie « prairie royale ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In English, Old English; boy/girl
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kim Dealb. 1961USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer-songwriter; alternative rock musician
- Kimberley Katesb. 1969USAmerican actress and film producer
- Kim Wilkinsb. 1970AUnot in their usual nameAustralian writer (born 1966)
- James Cordenb. 1978GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actor, comedian, singer and television host (born 1978)
- Kimberley Walshb. 1981GBBritish singer and actress
- Kimberley Nixonb. 1985GBBritish actress
- Kim Crowb. 1985AUnot in their usual nameAustralian rower
- Emma Twiggb. 1987NZnot in their usual nameNew Zealand rower (born 1987)
- Kimberley Bosb. 1993NLskeleton racer from the Netherlands
- Kimberley MotleyUSAmerican lawyer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 81 sources across 42 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 33K | #1,189 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 119 | #1,189 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 21 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 2012 | 10 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2023 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1974 | 6 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2016 | 3 | #440 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2016 | 3 | #798 |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2022 | 2 | #1,469 |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kimberley mean, and where does it come from?
- Person from Kimberley, one of several English places; variously Cyneburg’s glade, Cynemær’s glade, etc. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- What are other forms of the name Kimberley?
- In the etymology graph, Kimberly, Kimberlee and Kimberleigh are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Kimberley have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.0 million people named Kimberly in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- How do you pronounce Kimberley?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɪmbɝɫi/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Kimberley a male or female name?
- Kimberley is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Kimberley?
- In the United States, the national register counted 696,165 people named Kimberly in 2020, about 1 in 478 residents.
- How common is Kimberley compared with other names?
- In Singapore, Kimberley is the 47th most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Kimberley?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kimberleyThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kimberley” — the 47th most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.