Definition of "Lyle"

Lyle

/laɪl/

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