as a First Name
Transferred use of the mainly Scottish surname, in origin a local name for someone who came ‘from the island’ (Anglo-Norman de l'isle). (The island in question would in many cases have been an area of higher, dry ground in a marsh or fen, rather than in a sea or river.) There may have been some confusion with Lyall.
| 831st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 46,202
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 50,533
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Lyle per capita
- 1918
- marked the height of its popularity
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