Kynslee is a modern American respelling of Kinsley, an English surname taken from a place name that is usually explained as "king's meadow" or "king's clearing". The -lee ending and the y in place of i follow the same pattern as Paisley and Kinslee. Kynslee has never reached the top 1000 in the United States; it peaked at number 1195 in 2018 and sits at number 2181 in 2025 with 85 girls given the name.