Pronunciation /ˈkɪmbər/ KIM-bər Word/name Old English | Gender Male and Female Related names | |
Meaning "Cyneburg's field" "Diamond" | ||
This is for the given name Kymber
Kymber (Is always spelled as Kymber, never Kimberley), originally used as an English surname, is both a male and female given name.
Origin and Meaning
It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is Cyneburg's field and is commonly used as a place name and also a surname. Other proposed origins include forest and from the meadow/fortress. The Old English meaning is 'the wood of Cynemaer' and the Modern English meaning is 'diamond'.
Kymber is interesting both historically and eytmologically. It comes from the Old English words 'cyne' meaning royal and 'maer' meaning fame, which together made the name 'Cynemaer'. An early person named Cynemaer gave his name to a 'lea' (a wood, grove, clearing, hill, lea or meadow) which them named a town in Nottinghamshire Kimberley. This town was originally called Chinemarelie. Another Cynemaer named his town in Norfolk Chineburlai, which is Kimberley today.
From the naming of these towns, the town name began its use as a byname, which is an early type of surname. It was then used as the modern surname.