Kingsley Forename

2,742nd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 380,009 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ghana

Kingsley Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller at the] royal meadow.

Kingsley Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria
100%
257,3421:690102
Ghana
99%
 
62,8721:42991
Malawi
100%
19,6931:869187
Zambia-7,9741:1,988374
Cameroon
100%
5,5371:3,903656
Sri Lanka-4,9361:4,214718
United States
94%
 
3,8721:93,6304,240
England
100%
3,2591:17,0611,141
South Africa
100%
1,6831:32,4023,856
Gambia-1,2301:1,566270
Papua New Guinea
99%
 
1,1621:7,016735
Jamaica-1,1071:2,605552
Togo-9891:7,3201,126
Kenya
100%
9721:47,6413,302
Australia-8471:16,1251,237
Canada
100%
8141:40,7042,899
Poland-8011:47,4751,298
Botswana
100%
4221:5,176864
India
100%
2901:4,189,234170,286
New Zealand-2591:17,5141,455
Saudi Arabia-2331:132,24312,172
Philippines
100%
2311:458,91515,747
Zimbabwe
100%
2301:67,0605,394
Egypt-1951:471,28712,924
Namibia-1641:14,6601,516
Wales
98%
 
1531:20,2241,126
Spain
100%
1521:306,1185,020
Kuwait-1331:28,4612,834
Bahamas-1291:3,096596
Germany
100%
1281:755,2966,673
Malaysia
100%
1171:260,25613,868
China-981:13,939,34559,938
Iceland-961:3,813505
Liberia
97%
 
961:45,9592,506
Scotland
100%
961:55,7331,681
Solomon Islands
100%
941:6,180712
Netherlands
100%
881:192,0697,382
Tanzania
100%
791:668,20716,776
Brazil
100%
781:2,746,61752,279
Qatar
100%
771:30,7744,184
Ireland
100%
761:61,0991,828
Hong Kong-671:115,7122,893
Barbados-641:4,528724
Bahrain-591:22,8593,234
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
591:1,891367
Dominican Republic-561:186,2737,851
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
561:24,3112,719
Haiti
100%
511:210,3329,504
Singapore
100%
481:130,9807,803
Sweden
100%
481:205,3737,085
Thailand
100%
461:1,523,17047,664
Belgium
100%
391:294,6165,997
Guyana
100%
391:19,5712,427
Grenada
100%
311:3,488631
Italy
100%
271:2,261,55915,068
Rwanda-251:454,8571,393
Sudan-251:1,512,2793,324
Saint Lucia
100%
231:7,7311,158
Russia
100%
221:6,556,07728,980
Antigua and Barbuda-201:4,970915
France
100%
191:3,498,43916,478
Ivory Coast-181:1,281,99634,985
Denmark-171:332,3236,094
Senegal-171:857,7278,623
Switzerland
100%
171:483,1477,811
Norway
100%
161:320,7716,812
Belize
100%
141:25,3082,585
Benin
100%
131:813,52622,290
Bermuda-131:4,987816
Turks and Caicos Islands-121:2,892588
Cayman Islands-101:6,130975
Saint Kitts and Nevis-101:5,486913
Bangladesh-91:17,717,93019,122
United Arab Emirates-91:794,66624,808
Belarus
100%
81:1,185,2986,117
Finland
75%
 
71:783,3127,794
Hungary
100%
71:1,398,8243,444
Indonesia-71:36,851,953740,105
South Korea-71:792,06015,859
Vietnam-71:13,231,8734,411
Ecuador-61:2,954,48613,743
Oman-61:684,7785,486
Ukraine-61:7,583,31811,559
Venezuela
100%
61:5,033,64967,876
Austria-51:1,702,8409,344
Greece-51:2,186,91011,382
Japan-51:25,597,21150,433
Mauritius-51:259,5574,811
Mexico
100%
51:24,828,88553,479
Taiwan
100%
51:4,753,93676,486
Angola-41:6,741,6524,704
DR Congo
100%
41:18,456,90195,891
Fiji-41:223,0942,508
Gabon-41:470,8342,822
Madagascar-41:5,907,3524,093
Morocco-41:8,587,15911,086
Mozambique-41:6,810,8393,114
Pakistan
50%
 
41:48,589,420158,924
Sierra Leone-41:1,772,166913
Suriname-41:138,2032,927
Northern Ireland
100%
31:614,3822,910
Afghanistan-31:10,874,50540,253
Burkina Faso
100%
31:6,126,49060,119
Iran-31:26,165,62345,792
Lebanon-31:1,875,85711,580
Macau-31:202,7361,370
Montserrat-31:1,625276
Cambodia-21:8,136,66551,498
Israel
100%
21:4,201,45930,777
Nicaragua
100%
21:3,009,16824,322
Peru
67%
 
21:15,895,72774,652
Uganda
100%
21:20,478,46091,660
Abkhazia
100%
11:243,4223,525
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Anguilla-11:13,2551,687
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Cape Verde-11:529,1516,361
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Congo
100%
11:5,009,20537,978
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Czechia
100%
11:10,656,16211,509
Dominica-11:75,4711,341
East Timor-11:1,218,375811
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Equatorial Guinea-11:1,137,6891,044
Faroe Islands
100%
11:49,1272,467
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Gibraltar-11:34,138985
Guernsey-11:63,331901
Guinea-11:11,858,6477,978
Guinea-Bissau-11:1,728,218422
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Jordan-11:8,826,77411,126
Kazakhstan
100%
11:17,746,84544,366
Lesotho-11:2,039,99747,971
Libya-11:6,221,3093,060
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Niger-11:19,183,99477,442
Northern Cyprus-11:318,1333,044
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha-11:5,829386
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
11:191,9975,295
Seychelles-11:92,6701,891
Slovenia-11:2,458,7586,723
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493

Kingsley (44,410) may also be a surname.

Kingsley Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller at the] royal meadow.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Kingsley Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Kingsley Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kingsley in the Russian language
Кингслейkingslej-

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