Given name

Kymberly

“of the royal fortress”

Kymberly is a variant of Kimberly. One English interpretation is “of the royal fortress.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Kymberly is a variant of Kimberly. One English interpretation is “of the royal fortress.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Kymberly 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 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Kymberly through the years

Babies since 1880
3,046
0 boys · 3,046 girls
Most popular year
1987
109 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−53%
Cooling
0204060801960198020002025Highest share 19870.0
Kymberly in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1955–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 109 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,433 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.

Kymberly’s family of names

Kymberly has a related form in Kimberly.

Walk Kymberly’s family in the name graph

KymberlyKimberlyKymmberlyKymberllyKimberleyKimberlee

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

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