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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Kimberly

fem. proper name, apparently from the place or surname Kimberley. Not much known in U.S. before 1946; a top-10 name for girls born there 1964-1977.

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Kimberly, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama
Population (2000): 1801
Housing Units (2000): 699
Land area (2000): 4.022141 sq. miles (10.417296 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.022141 sq. miles (10.417296 sq. km)
FIPS code: 39856
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 33.771163 N, 86.795280 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 35091
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Kimberly, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho
Population (2000): 2614
Housing Units (2000): 965
Land area (2000): 0.820054 sq. miles (2.123931 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.820054 sq. miles (2.123931 sq. km)
FIPS code: 43570
Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
Location: 42.533169 N, 114.364022 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 83341
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Kimberly, ID
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Kimberly, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 6146
Housing Units (2000): 2593
Land area (2000): 1.881889 sq. miles (4.874070 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.145318 sq. miles (0.376371 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.027207 sq. miles (5.250441 sq. km)
FIPS code: 39650
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 44.268387 N, 88.337530 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 54136
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Kimberly, WI
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Wikipedia
Kimberly (given name)

Kimberly is a female given name of Old English origin. John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, a place in Norfolk, England, popularised the name by giving it to a town in South Africa and a region in Australia. The first element, Kimber, reflect various Old English personal names; in the case of the Earldom in Norfolk this first appeared as Chineburlai in 1086 and seems to mean "clearing of a woman called Cyneburg". The second element is the Old English leah or leigh "meadow, clearing in a woodland". A variant spelling of the name is Kimberley.

Usage examples of "kimberly".

She had Amanda and Kimberly to think about, and her daughters needed stability, some sort of sane suburban life where their father was not buzzed away from soccer games to look at corpses.

September, when her new teacher asked each child what her parents did for a living, Kimberly declared that her daddy was Superman.

I had Kimberly and Amanda to think about, and in all honesty, things had been rough for them.

Some nights he jerked awake, his heart hammering in his chest with the frantic need to call Kimberly and make sure she was okay, that he still had one daughter left.

He watched it for a long time, thinking of Kimberly, remembering Mandy.

Mandy was a big baby, and Kimberly was more than delighted to have an afternoon with her father all to herself.

Sometimes it was Mandy driving her Explorer while Kimberly tried desperately to grab the steering wheel.

That left Kimberly with a whole day to kill and a whole apartment to kill it in.

Her father stood gravely in front of her, accompanied by some woman Kimberly had never seen before.

Then she brewed a fresh pot of coffee and sat with Kimberly at the kitchen table.

He sat back, and for the first time, Kimberly noticed how troubled he appeared.

He looked right at her and Kimberly had to catch her breath all over again.

He took Kimberly into his arms, and for once, his stubborn, independent daughter did not protest.

Pacific standard time, Rainie and Kimberly were sitting side by side on the tiny sofa.

There, dressed up as kindly old Mother Paula herself, was none other than Kimberly Lou Dixon, the former Miss America runner-up.