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♂ Lyle
What does Lyle mean?
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)
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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)
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.
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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