Kimball (given name)
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Kimball (variants: Kembal, Kembel, Kembell, Kemble, Kembold, Kembolde, Kemple, Kimbal, Kimball, Kimbel, Kimble) is a relatively common English language surname – it is also a given name, although relatively rare. It is Old Welsh for "war chief," Old Celtic for "leader of men," and Anglo-Saxon for "leader of the warriors."[1]
Rudyard Kipling reports it as Old English for "kin bold, brave king."[citation needed] As a given name, Kimball is often contracted to "Kim."
Kemball is also a place in Hitcham, Suffolk, England where the family originates from around the 14th Century. The Scottish variant Kemble refer to a place (of origin) that means "beautiful field".
Fictional characters[edit]
- Kimball Cho, agent in the hit television show The Mentalist
- Kimball Kinnison, hero of E. E. Smith's Galactic Patrol, the first novel in the Lensman series
- Kimball O'Hara, the protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's novel Kim
References[edit]
- ^ Reaney, P. H.; Wilson, R. M. (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames (Third ed.). London: Routledge. pp. 1821–1822. ISBN 0-203-99355-1. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
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