Given name & surname
Kimble
“chief of the warriors; possessing royal boldness”·“one who leads warriors”
Kimble is a variant of Kimball. Interpretations include “chief of the warriors; possessing royal boldness” (English) and “one who leads warriors” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kimble is a variant of Kimball. Interpretations include “chief of the warriors; possessing royal boldness” (English) and “one who leads warriors” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kimble is a variant of Kimball. An origin associated with Kimball is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kimble through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 833
- 601 boys · 232 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 52 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 32 in 1966. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 732 as a first name in 2020; 17,349 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.
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 Kimble
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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