Lyle

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Lisle, Lile, Lyall, Lyell

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɪl/, /ˈlaɪəl/
• Rhymes: -aɪl, -aɪəl

Proper noun

Lyle (plural Lyles)

1. A Scottish habitational surname from Old French from Old French l'isle (“the island”).
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   • 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.

3. A locale in the United States.
   1. A city in Minnesota; named for politician and farmer Robert Lyle.
   2. A census-designated place in Washington; named for postmaster and landowner James O. Lyle.
   3. An unincorporated community in Kansas.

Derived terms

• Lyle gun

 

Anagrams

• Yell, ye'll, yell