# Kimberley

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkɪmbə(ɹ)li/ · frequency rank #26,140

## Definitions
1. Any of several places:
2. Any of several places:
3. Any of several places:
4. Any of several places:
5. Any of several places:
6. Any of several places:
7. Any of several places:
8. A habitational surname from Old English.
9. A male given name transferred from the surname or place name (site of a battle in the Boer Wars).
10. A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kimberly, popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.

## Etymology
English place name "wood or clearing of Kyneburga (a seventh century female saint)", from Old English cyne- (“royal”) + burh (“fortress”) + lēah (“leigh, clearing”).

## Easily confused with
- **Kimberly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kimberley-vs-kimberly)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ikmberley`, `kibmerley`, `kimbberley`, `kimbelrey`, `kimberely`, `kimberleyy`, `kimberlley`, `kimberlye`, `kimberrley`, `kimbreley`, `kimebrley`, `kimmberley`, `kkimberley`, `kmiberley`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kimberley