Kingsley (surname)

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A glade (woodland clearing) in the Olympic Mountains, United States

Kingsley is an English surname. Written in Old English as Cyningesleah, this locational surname roughly means "from the king's wood, glade or meadow," and derives from the Old English words Cyning (King) and leah (woodland clearing). [1]

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People with the surname "Kingsley" include

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  1. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press