Entry № 3050 · English origin

Kinsley Kinsley — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KINZ-lee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"King's meadow"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 79
First recorded
Surname: medieval

A name that means "king's meadow".

Kinsley comes from an Old English surname meaning "king's meadow" — from cyne (king) and lēah (clearing, meadow). Kinsley is a village in Yorkshire, England. The name was originally a surname.

Kinsley emerged as a girl's first name in the 2000s and rose rapidly. It now sits in the U.S. top 80 — part of the broader wave of two-syllable surname-as-first-name choices (Hadley, Riley, Quinn, Brinley).

King's meadow. A modern name with old roots.

The name in its native script.

Kinsley
Transliteration
Kinsley
Pronunciation
/ ˈkɪnz.li /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kinsley stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 79 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 64 in 2020
Babies named Kinsley · last year
3287 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
2009
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · №64 NOW · №79

Kinsleys before her.

Real people
Kinsley Holiness
American social media personality.
born 2014
In fiction
Kinsley
Common contemporary character name.

Names connected to Kinsley.

The number behind Kinsley.

1

The Pioneer

Kinsley reduces to one — the number of independence.

Why families chose this name.

"Strong, modern, with a soft ending. Kinsley felt right."
Megan · Mother of one · Houston