Meaning and Origin of: Kingsley

Kingsley is of Old English origin meaning "Ruler."

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Ruler
  • English : Royal nature

Boy name variations

King
Kingston
Kingswell
Kings
Kingslea
Kingslee
Kingsleigh
Kingsly
Kins

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from any of the places so called, in Cheshire, Hampshire, and Staffordshire. These are all named in Old English as cyningeslēah ‘the woodland clearing (Old English lēah) of the king (cyning)’.