Kinsey

English
"king's victory"

Kinsey Origin and Meaning

The name Kinsey is a girl's name of English origin meaning "king's victory".

Kinsey enjoyed popularity blip thanks to similarity to Lindsay, and because of Sue Grafton's alphabet mysteries heroine, Kinsey Millhone. Now, Kinsley has become more popular than Kinsey.

# 839 in the US

Kinsey Rank in US Top 1000

Popularity of the name Kinsey

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Famous People Named Kinsey

  • Kinsey Lea Schofield
    American journalist and reality TV personality
  • Kinsey Wilson
    American male journalist and digital media executive
  • Angela Kinsey
    American actress
  • Alfred Kinsey
    American biologist and surveyor of human sexual behaviour

The name Kinsey in Pop Culture

  • The Kinsey Scale
    developed by Alfred Kinsey, a scale used to place where you sit in terms of your sexuality. 0 being completely heterosexual up to 6 being completely homosexual
  • Kinsey Millhone
    main character in Sue Grafton's "alphabet mystery" series
  • "Kinsey
    " British TV series about main characters Neil and Judy Kinsey
  • "Kinsey
    " film about Alfred Kinsey
  • The surname comes from the medieval personal name Kynsey
    a descendant of Old English Cynesige, literally "royal victory."

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