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Kinley

Kinley proper noun: a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Proper noun

Kinley

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. A female given name transferred from the surname.

Origin of Kinley

Shortened from McKinley.

Questions about Kinley

What does Kinley mean?
Kinley means a surname from Scottish Gaelic.
What part of speech is Kinley?
Kinley is a proper noun.

Words near Kinley in the dictionary

  1. Kinlaws
  2. Kinleith
  3. kinless
  4. kinlessness
  5. Kinlet
  6. Kinley
  7. Kinloch
  8. Kinlocheil
  9. Kinlochewe
  10. Kinlochleven
  11. Kinloid

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