The kimberley Surname
kimberley Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from any of three places so named, in
Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire, and Norfolk. The one in
Nottinghamshire, Chinemarelie in Domesday Book, is ‘woodland
clearing of Cynem?r’, from an Old English personal name composed
of the elements cyne- ‘royal’ + m?r ‘fame’, with
leah ‘clearing’. The one in Warwickshire, recorded in 1311
as Kynebaldeleye, is ‘Cynebald’s clearing’ (see Kemble).
The one in Norfolk, Chineburlai in Domesday Book, is
‘Cyneburh’s clearing’ (see Kimbrough).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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