Kinsley Family History
Kinsley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Kinsley in Yorkshire. The placename derives from the Old English personal name Cyne (genitive Cynes) + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Probably also an altered form of various like-sounding German names such as Kinzler Kinseli Kienzle Künzli or Künzle (see Kuenzli ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022