Kimbrough Family History

English: from the female personal name Kynborough recorded in Suffolk, England as late as the 16th and 17th centuries. Although there is no Middle English evidence for it, this probably represents a survival of Old English female personal name Cyneburh composed of the elements cyne- ‘royal’ + burh ‘fortress’ ‘stronghold’.

This was the name of a daughter of the 7th-century King Penda of Mercia who, in spite of her father's staunch opposition to Christianity, was converted and founded an abbey serving as its head.

She was venerated as a saint and gave her name to the village of Kimberley in Norfolk. The surname is now almost extinct in England, but continues to flourish in the US.