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Kimberley (male)

Diminutive(s):Kim (M)
Can be spelt:Kimberleigh (M) Kimberly (M)
Feminine form:Kimberley (F)
   
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.