| 词条 | Kimberly (given name) |
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| name = Kimberly | image = Kimberley-001.jpg | image_size = | caption = Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa | pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɪ|m|b|ər|l|i}} {{IPAc-en|k|ɪ|m|ˈ|b|ɛər|l|i}} | gender = Masculine and Feminine | language = English | language origin = Old English | origin = Combination of Kimber and leigh | meaning = "From the meadow of the royal fortress" | variant = Kimberlee, Kimberleigh, Kimberley[1] | shortform = Kim, Kimmie or Kimmy | petname = | derivative = | seealso = Kimberley (surname) }}Kimberly (also Kimberley[1]) is a male and 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 (Cyneburga in Latin)". The second element is the Old English leah or leigh "meadow, clearing in a woodland".[2] Origin of the given nameThe given name Kimberley is derived from place of Kimberley, in Northern Cape, South Africa. This South African place name was named after a Lord Kimberley in the 19th century.[1] At the end of the 19th century, this place was the scene of fighting and a British victory during the Second Boer War, and consequently the given name was popularised in the English-speaking world. The name of Lord Kimberley's title is derived from Kimberley, in Norfolk, England. This place name is derived from two Old English elements: the first is the feminine personal name Cyneburg, which means "royal fortress";{{citation needed|date=December 2010}} the second element is lēah, which means "woodland" or "clearing".[1][6] The place name roughly means: the "woodland clearing of the royal fortress." This place name was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Chineburlai.[3] VariantsKimberly is a given name with many variants. Kimberley is used for males and females, while Kimberlee, Kimberleigh, and Kimberli are common feminine variant forms.[1] The common Korean surname Kim is not related to Kimberley. People
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References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{citation |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Hardcastle |authorlink1=Patrick Hanks |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |edition=2nd |series=Oxford Paperback Reference |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |page=159 }} {{given name}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kimberly (Given Name)}}2. ^Kimberley, Online Etymology Dictionary 3. ^1 {{citation |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Kimberley.html |title=Kimberley |publisher=Encyclopedia.com |accessdate=8 December 2010}} which cited: {{citation |author=Mills, A. D. |title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2003 }} 2 : English-language feminine given names|English-language unisex given names |
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