Kyle

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See also: kyle and kýle

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kyle (countable and uncountable, plural Kyles)

  1. (countable) A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. (countable) A unisex given name
    1. A male given name transferred from the surname.
      • 2005, Joyce Carol Oates, Missing Mom, Ecco, →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.
    2. (uncommon) A female given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A placename
    1. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada
    2. A census-designated place in South Dakota, United States
    3. A city in Texas, United States

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Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Kyle

  1. a male given name from English

Quotations

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