English

Proper noun

Kimberley ‎(plural Kimberleys)

1. Any of several places, notably a city in South Africa, noted for diamond mining.
2. A habitational surname​.
3. A male given name derived from the surname or the place name (site of a battle in the Boer Wars).
4. A female given name popular in the 1960s and the 1970s, more often spelled Kimberly.
   • 1991 Don DeLillo, Mao II, Viking, ISBN 0670839043, page 16

     It will take some getting used to, a husband named Kim. She has known girls named Kim since she was a squirt in a sunsuit. Quite a few really. Kimberleys and plain Kims.

Derived terms

• kimberlite