Name Kingsley

Origin:

From Old English words for king and wood, clearing, meadow

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Name info:

About the name Kingsley in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
US 2021 rank:	#705 ... 703:Cason, 704:Quinton, 705:Kingsley, 706:Chaim, 707:Alfredo ... Full US 2021 list
Similarly written:	Kinsley, Ainsley, Kensley, Kinley, Kinsey, Kinslee, Tinsley Details

Group info:

About Kingsley, the group of names with the same origin as Kingsley

Language of origin:	Old English
Info about origin:	from a family name which derives from a place name
Words:	cyning = the king Old English
	leah = the wood (in the sense of forest), the clearing (open place within a wood), the meadow Old English
Topics:	Family name, Geographic name
Variants' top ranks:	584:Kingsley USA 2016
Old/original forms:	Cyningesleah Old English

Popularity:

Popularity lists that contain the name Kingsley

Series	Graph	Rankings
USA yearly	Graph	2023 848, 2022 739, 2021 705, 2020 629, 2019 643, 2018 644, 2017 654, 2016 584, 2015 745, 2014 758, 2013 924, 2012 864, 2011 986, 2010 970