Meaning and Origin of: Kimber

The name Kimber is from American origins for "Zany"

Girl name origins & meanings

  • American : Zany
  • English : Leader

Girl name variations

Kember
Kem
Kemmie
Kim
Kimball
Kimberly
Kimberley

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : probably a habitational name from East and West Kimber in the parish of Northlew in Devon, so named from Old English cempa ‘warrior’ (or the Old English personal name Cempa) + bearn ‘grove’, ‘wood’. It may also be an altered form of Kimbrough.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Kinberg.

Famous people who gave their babies this name

Clint Eastwood