Kym
-
- [ KIM ]
- English (Rare)
Variant of KIM (1).
 | KIM (1) female & male English At the present it is usually considered a short form of KIMBERLY, but it in fact predates it as a given name. The author Rudyard Kipling used it for the title hero of his novel 'Kim' (1901), though in this case it was short for KIMBALL. In her novel 'Show Boat' (1926) Edna Ferber used it for a female character who was born on the Mississippi River and was named from the initials of the states Kentucky, Illinois and Mississippi. The name was popularized in America by the actresses Kim Hunter (1922-2002) and Kim Novak (1933-), both of whom assumed it as a stage name. | |||||||||||||||||||
| KIMBERLY female English From the name of the city of Kimberley in South Africa, which was named after Lord KIMBERLEY (1826-1902). The city came to prominence in the late 19th century during the Boer War. Kimberly has been used as a given name since the mid-20th century, eventually becoming very popular as a feminine name. | |||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| CYNEBURG female Anglo-Saxon Means "royal fortress" from Old English cyne "royal" and burg "fortress". Saint Cyneburga, a daughter of a king of Mercia, was the founder of an abbey at Gloucester in the 7th century. | |||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| KIMBALL male English From a surname which was derived from either the Welsh given name CYNBEL or the Old English given name CYNEBALD. | |||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||