Kimberly History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Of all the Anglo-Saxon names to come from Britain, Kimberly is one of the most ancient. The name is a result of the original family having lived in the parish of Kimberley located in the counties of Norfolk and Nottinghamshire.
Early Origins of the Kimberly family
The surname Kimberly was first found in Nottinghamshire, where evidence suggests they held a family seat before the Norman Conquest.
Early History of the Kimberly family
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Kimberly Spelling Variations
The first dictionaries that appeared in the last few hundred years did much to standardize the English language. Before that time, spelling variations in names were a common occurrence. The language was changing, incorporating pieces of other languages, and the spelling of names changed with it. Kimberly has been spelled many different ways, including Kimberly, Kimberley, Kynmerley, imberle, Kymberly and many more.
Early Notables of the Kimberly family
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Kimberly Ranking
In the United States, the name Kimberly is the 14,276th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
Kimberly migration to the United States +
Thousands of English families in this era began to emigrate the New World in search of land and freedom from religious and political persecution. Although the passage was expensive and the ships were dark, crowded, and unsafe, those who made the voyage safely were rewarded with opportunities unavailable to them in their homeland. Research into passenger and immigration lists has revealed some of the very first Kimberlys to arrive in North America:
Kimberly Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
- Thomas Kimberly, aged 21, who landed in Maryland in 1684 2
Kimberly Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- D. Kimberly journeyed to San Francisco in 1853
Kimberly migration to Australia +
Emigration to
Australia followed the
First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:
Kimberly Settlers in Australia in the 18th Century
Contemporary Notables of the name Kimberly (post 1700) +
- Rear Admiral Lewis Ashfield Kimberly (1830-1902), American officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War, eponym of the USS Kimberly (DD-80), a Wickes-class destroyer and the USS Kimberly (DD-521), a Fletcher-class destroyer
- Kayton Kimberly (b. 1969), American author, entrepreneur and businessman, best known for his debut book Repossess Your Life!
- Oliver Kimberly, American business executive
- George Douglas Kimberly, prominent American physician
- Renee Kimberly Flavell (b. 1982), New Zealand badminton player
- Colonel Kimberly Siniscalchi, American Chief of the AF Nurse Corps
- Sherman Kimberly Ives (b. 1902), American Republican politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1952-53 3
- Kimberly Harne, American actress, known for Snatcher, Snatcher CD-ROMantic (1992) and M.U.G.E.N (1999)
- Dr. Kimberly A Brydle, American anesthesiologist in Tucson, Arizona
- Kimberly Margaret Tarvis, American researcher at the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University
Citations +
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html