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Lyle

What does Lyle mean?

Lyle Pronunciation of Lyle as a boys' name is pronounced LYE-el. It is of Old French origin, and the meaning of Lyle is "the island". May also derive from Lisle, the name of a city in France.

STARTS WITH Ly-

Variations

VARIANTS Lisle, Lyall, Lyell, Lysle

SEE ALSO Loyal

FEMININE FORM Lyla

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Lyle Eder (L.E.), ..

How popular is Lyle?

Lyle is a very popular first name for males (#328 out of 1220, Top 27%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#2570 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Lyle reached its apex rank of #155 in the U.S. during the years 1920-1929, and is at #950 presently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Lyle name in U.S.

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

Which version is better?

Popular varying forms of Lyle (#950 VIA LATEST LIST) ranked in the Top 2000 are Lisle, Loyal and Lysle. Usage of these forms of Lyle was at its apex 98 years ago (ADOPTION OF 0.1%) and has become much diminished since (ADOPTION 0.01%, 87.9%), with the version Lyle falling out of fashion.



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

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

Similar Names

Lyle is alike in pronunciation to Lale, Lowel and Loyall. Other recommended sound-alike names are Able, Bale, Cale, Cayle, Cole, Coyle, Dale, Dayle, Doyle, Erle, Eryle, Gale, Gayle, Hale, Hayle, Jule, Kale, Kayle, Kile, Kyle, Ladle, Lake, Lalo, Lane, Layne, Le, Lee, Lige, Lleu, Lowe, Luce, Luke, Lyam, Lyn, Lynley, Lynn, Lyon, Nile, Ole, Olle, Royle, Vale, Vyrle, Wole, Yale, Yule, Zale and Zayle. These names tend to be less frequently used than Lyle.

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