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Amberley is a feminine given name. As a given name, it is considered a variant of the name Amber , with a sound pattern influenced by the popular name Kimberly . [ 1 ] The surname might be derived from a combination of amer , an Old English word meaning bunting , combined with the Old English lēah , meaning clearing .
Amber is a feminine given name taken from amber, the fossilized tree resin that is often used in the making of jewelry.The word can also refer to a yellowish-orange color.
Amberley (given name) John Russell, Viscount Amberley (1842–1876), British politician and writer Viscount Amberley , a courtesy title attached to that of Earl Russell
An early record of the surname is de Chineburlai, in 1161; and de Kynmerley, in 1300. [4] The Earls of Kimberley derived their title from the place name in Norfolk. Their name gave rise to the like-named place Kimberley, in Northern Cape, South Africa. From this South African place name comes the modern given names Kimberley and Kimberly. [5]
Kimberley (surname) 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 .
An example is the German composer Johann Christian Bach, the "London Bach", who was known as "John Bach" after emigrating to England. [ 3 ] During the time in which there were large influxes of immigrants from Europe to the United States and United Kingdom during the 19th and 20th centuries, the given names and surnames of many immigrants were ...
One example of this process regarding surnames is the surname "Kneebone" which actually derives from the Cornish "Carn Ebwen" or the "tomb", "carn" of "Ebwen". The change must have occurred at a point when the original "k" at the beginning of the English word was still pronounced and thus suggests an early period in which it was anglicised.
Despite the clearly found words of pomme and roy in the name, meaning "apple" in French and "king" in Old French (French roi), the surname given to Radulphus is not linked with the Old French word roy, but is the common place-name Pommeraye, that means "orchard of apple-trees", Modern French word pommeraie [], from pommier "apple-tree" and old suffix -aye, now -aie, meaning "a collection of ...