Given name & surname
Kimberlin
“of the royal fortress”
Kimberlin is a variant of Kimberly. One English interpretation is “of the royal fortress.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kimberlin is a variant of Kimberly. One English interpretation is “of the royal fortress.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kimberlin is a variant of Kimberly. An origin associated with Kimberly is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kimberlin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,155
- 0 boys · 1,155 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 67 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 10 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 67 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,017 as a first name in 2020; 2,238 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kimberlin’s family of names
Kimberlin has a related form in Kimberly.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kimberlin
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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