Kimber

== English == === Alternative forms === Kymber === Etymology === From the name of a 7th-century English female saint, Kyneburga or Cyneburg, from Old English cyne- (“royal”) + burh (“fortress”). English: probably a habitational name from East and West Kimber in the parish of Northlew in Devon, so named from Old English cempa (“warrior”) (or the Old English personal name Cempa) + bearn (“grove/wood”). It may also be an altered form of Kimbrough. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kinberg. === Proper noun === Kimber A surname originating as a matronymic. A female given name from Old English of modern usage, transferred back from the surname. ==== Related terms ==== Kimberley === References === == German == === Alternative forms === Zimber (dated in this sense) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Κίμβρος (Kímbros). Introduced to distinguish from Zimber (“speaker of a Bavarian variety in Italy”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === Kimber m (weak, genitive Kimbern, plural Kimbern, feminine Kimberin) (history) a Cimbrian, one of the Cimbri (ancient tribe) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== kimbrisch