Kyle (name)

Kyle is a male and, more rarely, female given name . In the USA the name occurs mainly as a male given name, in Great Britain and Ireland mainly as a female first name. Kyle is also a family name .

Origin and meaning

The first name Kyle is a subordinate; Originally Kyle was a family name of Scottish origin, derived from the Gaelic caol , meaning strait, estuary. The name may first have appeared in the historic Kyle District of Ayrshire in Scotland.

Name bearer

Male first name

• Kyle Bailey (* 1982), American basketball player
• Kyle Baker (born 1965), American cartoonist
• Kyle Baun (* 1992), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kyle Brodziak (* 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kyle Bruckmann (* 1971), American jazz musician and composer
• Kyle Busch (* 1985), American racing driver
• Kyle Calder (* 1979), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kyle Chalmers (* 1998), Australian swimmer
• Kyle Chandler (born 1965), American actor
• Kyle Cook (* 1975), American musician
• Kyle Cooper (born 1962), American graphic designer
• Kyle Cumiskey (born 1986), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kyle Doyle (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kyle Eastwood (* 1968), American jazz musician, son of Clint Eastwood
• Kyle Eckel (born 1981), American football player
• Kyle Gallner (* 1986), American actor
• Kyle Gass (* 1960), American musician and actor
• Kyle Greentree (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kyle Gritters (* 1983), American racing cyclist
• Kyle Harrison (* 1982), American lacrosse player
• Kyle T. Heffner (born 1957), American actor
• Kyle Howard (* 1978), American actor
• Kyle Juszczyk (born 1991), American football player
• Kyle Korver (born 1981), American basketball player
• Kyle Lafferty (* 1987), Northern Irish soccer player
• Kyle Lightbourne (* 1968), Bermuda football and cricketer
• Kyle MacLachlan (born 1959), American actor
• Kyle Massey (* 1991), American actor and rapper
• Kyle McLaren (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kyle Mills (born 1966), American thriller writer
• Kyle Naughton (* 1988), English football player of Irish descent
• Kyle Okposo (* 1988), American ice hockey player
• Kyle Petty (* 1960), American NASCAR racing driver
• Kyle Poole (* ≈1990), American jazz musician
• Kyle Quincey (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kyle Rasmussen (* 1968), American ski racer
• Kyle Sabihy (born 1983), American actor
• Kyle Schmid (* 1984), Canadian actor
• Kyle Secor (born 1957), American actor
• Kyle Shewfelt (* 1982), Canadian gymnast
• Kyle Sullivan (* 1988), American actor
• Kyle Swann (born 1990), American actor
• Kyle Tress (* 1981), American skeleton pilot
• Kyle Turris (* 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kyle Vanden Bosch (* 1978), American football player
• Kyle Visser (born 1985), American basketball player
• Kyle Walker (* 1990), English soccer player
• Kyle Wamsley (* 1980), American racing cyclist
• Kyle Wellwood (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kyle Wilson (basketball player) (born 1983), American basketball player

Female first name

• Kyle Chavarria (born 1995), American actress
• Kyle Zimmer , founder of First Book, a nonprofit that distributes books to children in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Colombia

Fictional character

• Kyle Broflovski , animated character from the American television series South Park
• Kyle Reese , character in the Terminator feature film series.

family name

• Aaron Kyle (born 1954), American football player
• Alexandra Kyle (* 1988), American actress
• Bill Kyle (ice hockey player) ( William Miller Kyle ; 1924–1968), Canadian ice hockey player
• Bill Kyle (musician) ( William T. Kyle ; 1946-2016), Scottish musician
• Billy Kyle (1914–1966), American jazz pianist
• Chris Kyle (1974-2013), American sniper and entrepreneur
• Christopher Kyle (* 19 **), American screenwriter
• David A. Kyle (1919–2016), American science fiction writer and member of the Futurians
• Doug Kyle (born 1932), Canadian long-distance runner
• Jack Kyle (1926-2014) Irish rugby player
• James H. Kyle (1854–1901), American politician
• Jeremy Kyle (born 1965), British television presenter
• John Kyle (politician) (born 1951), Northern Irish politician
• John Curtis Kyle (1851–1913), American politician
• Kaylyn Kyle (* 1988), Canadian soccer player
• Kevin Kyle (* 1981), Scottish football player
• Maeve Kyle (* 1928), Irish-British sprinter and middle distance runner
• Marquard von dem Kyle (15th century), Lübeck councilor
• Peter Kyle (soccer player) (1878–1957), Scottish soccer player
• Peter Kyle (politician) (* 1970), British politician
• Thomas B. Kyle (1856–1915), American politician
• Wallace Kyle (1910–1988), Australian officer in the United Kingdom Air Force

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kyle (male) on www.vornamen-weltweit.de
2. ↑ Kyle (female) on www.vornamen-weltweit.de
3. ↑ Kyle at www.behindthename.com (English)
4. ↑ Kyle at www.thinkbabynames.com (English; however, the meanings given here are incorrect!)