Lyle

Proper noun

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...
   • 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...
3. A locale in the United States:

   1. An unincorporated community in Decatur County, Kansas.

   2. A minor city and township in Mower County, Minnesota; named for politician and farmer Robert Lyle.

   3. A census-designated place in Klickitat County, Washington; named for postmaster and landowner James O. Lyle.