Kingsley.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
The name of various geographical places: A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5574).
The name of various geographical places: A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7838).
The name of various geographical places: A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0146).
The name of various geographical places: A rural municipality (Rural Municipality of Kingsley No. 124) in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada.
The name of various geographical places: A number of places in the United States: A city in Plymouth County, Iowa.
The name of various geographical places: A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
The name of various geographical places: A number of places in the United States: A village in Paradise Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
The name of various geographical places: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Wasco County, Oregon, named after author Charles Kingsley.
The name of various geographical places: A number of places in the United States: A township in Forest County, Pennsylvania.
The name of various geographical places: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Harford Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
The name of various geographical places: A suburb of Perth in the City of Joondalup, Western Australia.
Where this word comes from
"The king's wood or clearing", from Old English cynges, genitive of cyng (“king”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).
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