Girl name origins & meanings Old English : Chief Girl name variations Kim Kym Kimmi Kimmey Kimmy Kimball Kimbell Kemble Boy name origins & meanings Old English : Chief Boy name variations Kim Kym Kimmi Kimmey Kimmy Kimball Kimbell Kemble Family name origins & meanings English : variant spelling of Kimball.English : habitational name from Great or Little Kimble in Buckinghamshire, named in Old English as ‘the royal bell’ (cynebelle), referring to the shape of a local hill.Americanized spelling of German Gimbel (see Gimble) or Kimbel.