English Explanatory Dictionary

Kinsley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. A female given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A placename:
  4. A city, the county seat of Edwards County, Kansas, United States, named after E. W. Kinsley.
  5. A village in Hemsworth civil parish, City of Wakefield district, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4114).

Word forms

Kinsley Kinsleys

Etymology

From Old English Cyne (“Royal (a man's name)”) + -s (“'s”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

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