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Kyle (given name)

Kyle is a unisex English-language given name. It is a transferred use of the Scottish surname Kyle or of place names such as Kyle, Ayrshire on the southwest coast of Scotland. Kyle is also a Scots word for a strait, derived from the Gaelic caol ("narrow").

History of usage

Kyle is predominantly masculine and has been in use as a given name at least since the 1800s. It has been among the top 1,000 names for American boys at various times since 1902, influenced by American football player Kyle Rote (1928–2002) and his son, soccer star Kyle Rote Jr. (born 1950), and later by the character Kyle Hadley played by Robert Stack in the 1956 film Written on the Wind and the character Kyle Reese played by Michael Biehn in the 1984 film The Terminator. The name peaked in usage for American boys in 1990, when it was in 18th place on the popularity chart.

Kyle also has a history of use as a name for women, with American model and game show panelist "Miss Television" Kyle MacDonnell (1922–2004) being a prominent example; she was at the height of her fame in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The name Kyle first appeared among the top 1,000 names for American girls in 1950 and peaked in usage in 1951, when it ranked 594th on the chart. It remained among the top 1,000 names for girls in the United States until 1990. The similar feminine names Kyla and Kylie, which can both also be derived from unrelated sources, are often grouped as variants of Kyle. These feminine names then became more popular than Kyle for girls.

The name has also been well used for boys in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Men

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I–M

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S–Z

Women

Fictional characters

  • Kyle, a wolf villager in the Animal Crossing series
  • Kyle, a character in the video game Suikoden V
  • Kyle, foster sister of Andy Barclay from the Child's Play franchise
  • Kyle, Gru's dog in the Despicable Me franchise
  • Kyle Abbot, a villain in Detective Comics
  • Kyle Baker, character in Cheaper by the Dozen and its sequel
  • Kyle Baldwin, a character in The 4400
  • Kyle Bateman, a character in Instant Star
  • Kyle Bloodworth-Thomason, a character from the animated series Fanboy & Chum Chum
  • Kyle Blueman, a character in the series CHERUB
  • Kyle Boone, a character in NCIS
  • Kyle Braxton, a character in Home and Away
  • Kyle Brody, a character in Charmed
  • Kyle Broflovski, one of the main characters in South Park
  • Kyle Bush, a character in Looped
  • Kyle Butler, a character in the television series Dexter
  • Kyle Canning, a character in Neighbours
  • Kyle Crane, the player character in Dying Light
  • Kyle Drako, a character in Milo Murphy's Law
  • Kyle Gibney, a Marvel Comics character also known as Wild Child
  • Kyle Graham, the main character in the 2006 TV drama film After Thomas
  • Kyle Garrick, a character in the Call of Duty franchise
  • Kyle Hadley, a character in the 1956 film Written on the Wind
  • Kyle Harmon, a character in the television series '
  • Kyle Hirons, character in the 2011 film 50/50
  • Kyle Katarn, the main character of the Star Wars: Jedi Knight series
  • Kyle Kingsbury, the main character in the book and film Beastly
  • Kyle Klim, a character from the visual novel game '
  • Kyle Merkulov, a character from the video game Astral Chain
  • Kyle Pascoe, a character from the British TV series Footballers' Wives
  • Kyle Pratt, the main character in the 2005 mystery thriller Flightplan
  • Kyle Rayner, a DC Comics character
  • Kyle Reese, a character from the Terminator franchise
  • Kyle Richmond, also known as Nighthawk, from Marvel Comics
  • Kyle Ryder, a character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks
  • Kyle Broflovski, a character in South Park
  • Kyle Singer, supporting character from the series 24
  • Kyle Trager, the main character in the television series Kyle XY
  • Kyle Travers, a character in the Final Fight game series
  • Kyle Valenti, a character from the book series Roswell High
  • Kyle Vlaros, the main character of the video game Blackthorne
  • Kyle Wilkins, a character from the animated series '

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