Kimble Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Kimble is best understood together with Kimball: both are English spellings of a single family name. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Bold kinsman”. Kimble is listed among the recognised spellings of Kimball. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. The same family of names includes Kemble, Kimbel and Kimbell.

In the 2010 US Census, 18,040 Americans gave Kimble as their last name (rank 2,003).

Arms linked to Kimball and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Kimble report, with a museum-style coat of arms.