Kyle

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//kaɪl//
//ˈkaɪ.əl//

A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

proper noun

1
A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2
A unisex given name. A male given name transferred from the surname.
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.
The Auschwitz Memorial Museum slammed Kyle Langford, Republican candidate for Governor of California, after his antisemitic remarks, calling out his actions as a “profound moral failure.”
3
A unisex given name. A female given name transferred from the surname.
4
A placename A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
5
A placename A census-designated place in South Dakota, United States.
6
A placename A city in Texas, United States.

Etymology

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

Forms

plural: Kyles

Kwan · A surname from Chinese.Kwon · A surname from Chinese.kyle · A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the…

Kyle · A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

kylie · A boomerang.Kylie · A female given name originating as a coinage; variant forms…Kyoko · A female given name from Japanese.

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