Kyle

From several places in Scotland and Northern Ireland, derived from Gaelic caol ("narrows").

• IPA^(key): /kaɪl/
• Rhymes: -aɪl
• Homophones: chyle, kile, kyle

Kyle (plural Kyles)

1. A habitational surname​.
2. A male given name, transferred from the surname.
   • 2005 Joyce Carol Oates: Missing Mom. Ecco 2005. →ISBN page 110:

     Wally Szalla was the least discomforting of men, nothing like the pushy arrogant guys I was always meeting, or who were always meeting me. Guys with names like Dale, Brock, Kevin, Kyle. Guys with names nothing like Wally.

3. (uncommon) A female given name, transferred from the surname
4. A town in Saskatchewan
5. A census-designated place in South Dakota
6. A city in Texas

• Lyke, lyke, yelk

From English Kyle, from Scottish Gaelic caol, from Old Irish cáel, from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”).

Kyle

1. a male given name

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Kyle.