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