Kinsley

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Kinsley

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

proper noun Kinsleys

  1. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. countable, uncountable A female given name transferred from the surname.
  3. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Edwards County, Kansas, United States, named after E. W. Kinsley.
  4. countable, uncountable A village in Hemsworth civil parish, City of Wakefield district, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4114).

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@misc{kinsley_2026,
  title = {Kinsley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kinsley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}