Kimball (given name)

Kimball is a relatively common English language surname – it is also a given name, although relatively rare. It is Old Welsh for "war chief," Old Celtic for "leader of men," and Anglo-Saxon for "leader of the warriors." Rudyard Kipling reports it as Old English for "kin bold, brave king." As a given name, Kimball is often contracted to "Kim."

Kimball may refer to:

Fictional characters

Kimball Cho, agent in the hit television show The Mentalist
Kimball Kinnison, hero of E. E. Smith‘s Galactic Patrol, the first novel in the Lensman series
Kimball O'Hara, the protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's novel Kim

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