Lyle
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Lisle
Etymology
From Middle English and Old French (del) isle (“island”). In some cases from the place names Lisle and Lille in France.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laɪl/, /ˈlaɪəl/
- Rhymes: -aɪl, -aɪəl
Proper noun
Lyle (plural Lyles)
- A surname.
- A male given name.
- 1850 Dinah Craik, Olive, Chapman and Hall, page 147:
- By this means she learnt their Christian names, Robert, and Lyle — the latter of which she admired very much, and thought it exactly suited the pretty, delicate younger brother.
- 1850 Dinah Craik, Olive, Chapman and Hall, page 147:
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