Given name
Kimathi
“a determined provider”
Kimathi is used as a given name. One African interpretation is “a determined provider.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “a determined provider.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kimathi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 24
- 24 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,613 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,613 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kimathi’s family of names
Kimathi has a related form in Kimathee. Kimathi has a related form in Kimathey. Kimathi has a related form in Kimathie.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Kymatheevariant
- Kymatheyvariant
- Kymathyvariant
- Kymathievariant
- Kymathivariant
- Kimatheevariant
- Kimatheyvariant
- Kimathyvariant
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