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Lyall

What does Lyall mean?

Lyall Pronunciation of Lyall as a boys' name is of Old Norse origin, and the meaning of Lyall is "wolf". Scottish surname. Also form of Lisle. Also form of Lyle.

STARTS WITH Ly-

ASSOCIATED WITH norse, wolf, scottish, surname

Variations

VARIANT Lyell

CREATIVE FORMS
(male) Leall, ..

(female) Lylu, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Lyall Elvin (L.E.), ..

How popular is Lyall?

Lyall is an uncommon first name for men but a very popular surname for both adults and children (#17395 out of 150436, Top 12%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Which version is better?

Lisle and Lyle (#950 A YEAR AGO) are the prominent varying forms of Lyall (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) listed in the Top 2000. These forms of Lyall reached the top of their popularity in the 1920s (AVERAGE #1077) and are now significantly less conventional, with the version Lyle becoming less trendy. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Lisle, Lyle in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Lyle outside U.S.

Similar Names

Lyall is pronounced similarly to Lale, Lowel, Lowell, Loyal and Loyall. Other recommended sound-alike names are Beall, Byll, Gall, Hall, Lallo, Lalo, Lyam, Lydell, Lyndall, Lysle, Neall, Niall, Odall (see Odell), Pall, Peall, Royall and Udall. These names tend to be more frequently used than Lyall.

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