Given name
Kimbra
“of the royal fortress”
Kimbra is a variant of Kimberly. One English interpretation is “of the royal fortress.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kimbra is a variant of Kimberly. One English interpretation is “of the royal fortress.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kimbra 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 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kimbra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,226
- 0 boys · 1,226 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 68 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 68 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,172 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kimbra’s family of names
Kimbra has a related form in Kimberly.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kimbra
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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