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Kimberley (female)

Diminutive(s):Kim (F)
Can be spelt:Kimberleigh (F) Kimberly (F)
Masculine form:Kimberley (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes: English. Derived from the place-name in South Africa, itself derived from Lord Kimberley who was named for a place-name in England. There are several such places named in Old English after one of a number of personal names + "wood".

Kimberley was originally used as a male name it is now mostly female. The diminutive Kim occurs as an occasional male name, but is also more often a female name.