Kingsley is a girl's name of English origin meaning “king and wood, clearing.” In 2024 it was given to 122 girls in the United States.
Kingsley belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “king and wood, clearing” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Kingsley first appears in Social Security records in 1977. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1051 in 2020, and in 2024 122 babies received the name — 2,042 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Kingsley means “king and wood, clearing” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Kingsley is a girl name. In 2024, 122 babies received the name in the US.
Kingsley comes from the English & American tradition.
Kingsley first appears in US records in 1977. Its best-ever ranking was #1051 in 2020, and 122 babies were given the name in 2024.
Kingsley is pronounced /ˈkɪŋzli/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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