Kinsley is a girl's name of English origin meaning “royal clearing.” In 2024 it was given to 2,929 girls in the United States.
Kinsley belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “royal clearing” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Kinsley first appears in Social Security records in 1978. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #57 in 2021, and in 2024 2,929 babies received the name — 47,311 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Kinsley means “royal clearing” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Kinsley is a girl name. In 2024, 2,929 babies received the name in the US.
Kinsley comes from the English & American tradition.
Kinsley first appears in US records in 1978. Its best-ever ranking was #57 in 2021, and 2,929 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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