Kimberとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

• From the name of a 7th-century English female saint, Kyneburga or Cyneburg, from 古期英語 cyne- (“royal”) + burh (“fortress”).
• English: probably a habitational name from East and West Kimber in the parish of Northlew in Devon, so named from 古期英語 cempa (“warrior”) (or the 古期英語 personal name Cempa) + bearn (“grove/wood”). It may also be an altered form of Kimbrough. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kinberg.

固有名詞

Kimber

1. A surname originating as a matronymic.
2. A female given name from Old English of modern usage, transferred back from the surname.
   • 1990, Terry Brooks, The Scions of Shannara, Ballantine Books, page 14:

     When Brin Ohmsford had come into Darklin Reach three hundred years earlier, Hearthstone had been the home of Cogline and the child he claimed as his granddaughter, Kimber Boh.

関連する語

• Kimberley

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