Kyle

/kaɪl/ · name

Meaning

A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
A unisex given name.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A female given name transferred from the surname.
A placename
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
A census-designated place in South Dakota, United States.
A city in Texas, United States.
A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands.

Etymology / origin

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

*skey-(ine-pro)→
*koilos(cel-pro)→
coíl(Old Irish)→
caol(Scottish Gaelic)→
*skey-(ine-pro)→
Kyle (English)
Relations: root, der, der, der, der

Related words

*skey-(ine-pro)caol(Scottish Gaelic)coíl(Old Irish)*koilos(cel-pro)Kyle(Cebuano)

Descendant words

Kyle(Cebuano) (der)

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