Lyle

Proper noun

Lyle (plural Lyles)

1. A Scottish habitational surname from Old French from Old French l'isle (“the island”).
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
   • 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.1850, Dinah Craik, Olive, Chapman and Hall, page 147
   • Lyle Morrison Creelman died in 2007 at the age of 98, but U of G history professor Susan Armstrong-Reid interviewed her a few years previously and says, "She was a woman of strong character until the end."2015 February 27, University of Guelph, “Book by U of G History Professor Tells the Story of Prolific Nurse Lyle Creelman”, in News
3. An unincorporated community in Decatur County, Kansas.
4. A minor city and township in Mower County, Minnesota; named for politician and farmer Robert Lyle.
5. A census-designated place in Klickitat County, Washington; named for postmaster and landowner James O. Lyle.