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Kyle (girl)

What does Kyle mean?

Kyle Pronunciation of Kyle as a girls' name (also used more generally as boys' name Kyle) is of Scottish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Kyle is "narrow, straight". From "caol". Place name: the Kyle of Lochalsh leads to the Isle of Skye. Also form of Kelila.

STARTS WITH Ky-

ASSOCIATED WITH scottish, gaelic

Variations

VARIANTS Kyall, Kyel

SEE ALSO Kylie, Skyler

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Kyle Celina (K.C.), ..

How popular is Kyle?

Kyle is a very popular first name for females (#1588 out of 4276, Top 37%) and also a very popular last name for both adults and children (#1861 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Kyle was first listed in 1950-1959 and reached its apex position of #734 in the U.S. in the 1980s, but is not found in the list at the moment. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

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

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

Which version is better?

Kylie (#124 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) and Skyler (#404) are the popular variation forms of Kyle. Adoption of these relations of Kyle reached its most widespread in 2003 (AVERAGE #776) and is somewhat lower today (#842, 48.6%), with the version Kyle becoming less in vogue.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Kyle, Kylie, Skyler in U.S.

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

Similar Names

Kyle is pronounced similarly to Cal, Cole, Kahle, Kalle and Kayle. Other recommended sound-alike names are Kala, Kalae, Kalea, Kalee, Kalei, Kaley, Kali, Kalie, Kaly, Kayla, Kaylea, Kaylee, Kaylei, Kayley, Kayli, Kaylie, Keyla, Keyley, Keylie, Khloe, Kilea, Kilee, Kiley, Klea, Kloe, Kyla, Kylah, Kylea, Kylee, Kylen, Kyley and Kyli. These names tend to be less frequently used than Kyle.

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