The meaning of the name Kinsley is ‘king’s meadow’ or ‘king’s field’. It is composed of two English words ‘kin’ meaning ‘king’ and ‘ley’ meaning ‘meadow’ or ‘field’.
Kinsley is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.
The first name Kinsley is one of the top 100 most popular girls names in the US – currently at #83 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Kinsley, accounting for approximately 0.20 % of all newborn girls. In the entire USA, approximately 40,153 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Kinsley. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.
The meaning of the name Kinsley is ‘king’s meadow’ or ‘king’s field’. It is composed of two English words ‘kin’ meaning ‘king’ and ‘ley’ meaning ‘meadow’ or ‘field’.
What is a meadow? A meadow is a type of grassland that is characterized by its lush, green grass and wildflowers. Meadows are typically found in low-lying areas, such as valleys or near rivers and streams.
Kinsley Scott Bingham (1808-1861) .
Bingham was a U.S. Representative, and a U.S. Senator. As the first Republican he was elected as11th govenor of Michigan in 1854. Two years later he was re-elected. People knew him as »the farmer-Governor of Michigan« as he established educational institutions such as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan (today, Michigan State University).
Craig Howard Kinsley (1954-2016)
The US-American psychologist taught as a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Richmond. He made a name for himself beyond professional circles by proving that maternal behavior is not controlled by instincts, but by hormones and social learning.
When you hear the name Kinsley, you might first think of a woman or a girl. But did you know that there are also places with the name Kinsley? Are you also called Kinsley? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
There is a city in Edwards County, Kansas, United States that is called »Kinsley«.
»Kinsley« is also the name of a village in the civil parish of Hemsworth, and the City of Wakefield district of West Yorkshire in England.
is a greyhound racing stadium that is located in Kinsley, West Yorkshire, England.
The name Kinsley may not be in the top rankings of the most popular girls’ names, but it is one of the few female given names, along with only 536 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Kinsley is apparently especially popular in South Carolina. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular women’s names here either, one in 1,786 women in South Carolina is called Kinsley. In total, that’s 1,233 women who feel addressed when the name Kinsley is shouted loudly across South Carolina and who ensure that their name makes it to #376 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common female names in this nice state. If you asked all women in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Kinsley as the answer a total of 40,148 times. This places Kinsley at #591 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular women’s names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living women across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Kinsley as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter K is a real popular first letter for girls' names. That’s because 7.5% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letters A, S and M are more common for girls' names.
With seven letters, the name Kinsley has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 7.5% of all girls' names start with a K, this initial letter occurs more than twice as often as all 26 letters on average. Interesting detail: of all the girls' names that begin with a K, Karen is the most common.
If your name is Kinsley and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Kinsley, you can simply say:
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Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
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Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Kinsley sounds like this:
