Kinsley: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced KINZ-lee · 2 syllables

Kinsley means “king's meadow”, from English.

From Old English Cyne (“Royal (a man's name)”) + -s (“'s”) + leah (“woodland clearing”).

How popular is Kinsley?

Kinsley was the #93 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,683 babies. It’s rising: up 55% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Kinsley in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Kinsley are older than 21; most are between 18 and 36. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

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Kinsley means “king's meadow”. It comes from English.

Kinsley is pronounced KINZ-lee.

Kinsley was the #93 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,683 babies. It’s rising: up 55% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Kinsley are older than 21. Most are between 18 and 36.