Kimbra as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kimbra

What is the meaning of the name Kimbra ?

The baby name Kimbra is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈkɪmbrə/ (KIM-bruh).

Kimbra is English in Origin.

Kimbra is a modern English feminine given name, most often treated as a variant of Kimber or Kimberly/Kimberley. Kimberly derives from the English place-name Kimberley, built from Old English Cyneburh (a woman’s name meaning “royal fortress,” from cyne ‘royal’ + burh ‘fortified place’) and lēah ‘woodland clearing, meadow.’ Thus the underlying sense associated with Kimbra is “Cyneburh’s clearing” or, by extension, “from the royal fortress meadow.”

In use as a standalone since the mid-20th century in the United States and other English-speaking countries, Kimbra remains uncommon but familiar; its profile rose in the 2010s via New Zealand singer Kimbra. Variant forms and related names include Kimber, Kimberly, Kimberley, Kimberlee, Kimberleigh, and Kimberli; short forms Kim and Kimi are shared across the family. Less typical spellings such as Kimbrah also occur. The name is largely English-language in use and carries a breezy, contemporary feel while rooted in Old English toponymy.