Lyle
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Lyle (plural Lyles)
- A Scottish habitational surname from Old French from Old French l'isle (“the island”).
- 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.
- A locale in the United States.
- A city in Minnesota; named for politician and farmer Robert Lyle.
- A census-designated place in Washington; named for postmaster and landowner James O. Lyle.
- An unincorporated community in Kansas.