Kimber

Where Kimber comes from

* From the name of a 7th-century English female saint, Kyneburga or Cyneburg, from Old English cyne- (“royal”) + burh (“fortress”). * English: probably a habitational name from East and West Kimber in the parish of Northlew in Devon, so named from Old English cempa (“warrior”) (or the Old English personal name Cempa) + bearn (“grove/wood”). It may also be an altered form of Kimbrough. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kinberg.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kimber
  • Old English
Kimber through the years
  1. 1951
    First appearance
    #4,833 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1952
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1988
    Kimber James born
    American transsexual pornographic actress
  4. 2016
    Peak, #592
    516 babies named Kimber, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Old English of modern usage, transferred back from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Kimber James · American transsexual pornographic actress, born 1988

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.