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Girl name origins & meanings
- French : From the island
Girl name variations
Boy name origins & meanings
- Old English : Carl's island
- Old French : Island
How Popular Is The Name Lyle
Family name origins & meanings
- Scottish and English (of Norman origin) : topographic name for someone who lived on an island, Old French, Middle English isle (Latin insula).
- Scottish, English (of Norman origin) and French : habitational name for someone from the French city of Lille, or from various localities called Lisle, in Dordogne, Loir-et-Cher, Meuse, and Tarn, all of which derive their names from Old French isle (see 1).
- Scottish : variant of Lyall.