Kimberly

English

Etymology

Variant spelling of Kimberley.

Proper noun

Kimberly (countable and uncountable, plural Kimberlys)

1. A surname.
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.
   • 1988, Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs, page 210:

     What was her name? Kimberly. ( - - - ) Jesus, everybody was named Kimberly, four in her class. Three guys named Sean. Kimberly with her soap opera name tried to fix herself, punched all those holes in her ears trying to look pretty, trying to decorate herself.

3. Any of several places in the US named for persons with the surname:
   1. A city in Jefferson County, Alabama.
   2. A sparsely populated incorporated town in Pike County, Arkansas.
   3. A city in Twin Falls County, Idaho.
   4. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Aitkin County, Minnesota.
   5. An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Missouri.
   6. A ghost town in White Pine County, Nevada.
   7. An unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon.
   8. A ghost town in Piute County, Utah.
   9. A census-designated place in Fayette County, West Virginia.
   10. An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
   11. A village in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.

Translations

unisex given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金伯利 (Jīnbólì)

• Esperanto: Kimberli
• Hebrew: קימברלי f (kimberli)
• Japanese: キンバリー (Kinbarī)
• Russian: Ки́мберли (ru) f (Kímbɛrli)

See also

• Kimberley

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Kimberly.

Proper noun

Kimberly

1. a female given name from English