Kinnley
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 30 babies a year in the US.
Kinnley by the numbers
Kinnley was given to 30 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 35 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Kinnley
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kinnley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Kinley1,019 in the US (2017)
- Kinzley222 in the US (2017)
- Kennley15 in the US (2017)
- Kensleyfrom the king's meadow; a modern respelling of Kinsley657 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleefrom the king's meadow; a feminine form of Kingsley454 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kinnley
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