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Kimberly (also Kimberley [1] or Kimberlee) is a unisex 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 .
However, several such places have differing etymologies. For example, the Kimberly in Norfolk is derived from two Old English elements: the first is the feminine personal name Cyneburg; the second element is lēah, meaning "wood" or "clearing". [2] The Kimberly in Nottinghamshire is similarly derived, although the personal name is Cynemær.
A notable use of the name was the fictional street urchin Kimball O'Hara in Rudyard Kipling's book Kim, published in 1901. The name is also found in the opening of Edna Ferber 's 1926 novel Show Boat , whose female protagonist, Magnolia names her baby daughter Kim; the name was inspired by the convergence of the three states Kentucky, Illinois ...
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As a given name it is actually probably currently used most in the USA, where there are a number of places called Kimberly (different spelling - but essentially same name) - none of them named after the South African place, in fact most probably after one of two places in England. This is thoroughly muddleheaded. This article is about the given ...
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