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 A–C
Kyle (musician) (born 1993), American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor Kyle Abbott (disambiguation), multiple people Kyle Abeysinghe (born 2000), Sri Lankan swimmer Kyle Abraham (born 1977), American choreographer Kyle Adams (born 1988), American football tight end Kyle Adnam (born 1993), Australian basketball player Kyle Alcorn (born 1985), American track and field athlete Kyle Alessandro (born 2006), Norwegian singer Kyle Alexander (born 1996), Canadian basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Kyle Allen (born 1996), American football quarterback Kyle Allison (born 1990), Scottish professional goalkeeper Kyle Altman (born 1986), American soccer player Kyle Amendt (born 2000), American baseball player Kyle Amor (born 1987), English professional rugby league footballer Kyle Alandy Amor, American visual artist, commercial model, singer, and actor of Filipino descent Kyle Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people Kyle Andrews (born 1982), American songwriter and performer Kyle Arrington (born 1986), American football cornerback Kyle Asante (born 1991), English footballer Kyle Austin (born 1988), American professional basketball player Kyle Bagwell (born 1961), American economics professor Kyle Baker (born 1965), American writer and illustrator of comic books Kyle Balda (born 1971), American animator and film director Kyle Baldock (born 1991), Australian BMX rider Kyle Barker (born 2000), English footballer Kyle Barone (born 1989), American basketball player Kyle Barraclough (born 1990), American baseball player Kyle Bartsch (born 1991), American baseball player Kyle Bartley (born 1991), English footballer Kyle Basler (born 1982), American football punter Kyle Bass (born 1969), founder and principal of Hayman Capital Management, L.P. Kyle Baun (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player Kyle Beach (born 1990), Canadian professional ice hockey player Kyle Beckerman (born 1982), American soccer player Kyle Bekker (born 1990), Canadian soccer player Kyle Bell (born 1985), American football fullback Kyle Benedictus (born 1991), Scottish footballer Kyle Bennett (disambiguation), multiple people Kyle Berkshire (born 1996), American racing driver Kyle Bibb (born 1987), English rugby league footballer Kyle Biggar (born 1986), Canadian professor Kyle Bird (born 1993), American baseball player Kyle Blanks (born 1986), American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman Kyle Bochniak (born 1987), American mixed martial artist Kyle Boddy (born 1983), American baseball trainer Kyle Boller (born 1981), American football quarterback Kyle Bornheimer (born 1975), American actor Kyle Bosworth (born 1986), American football outside linebacker Kyle Bradish (born 1996), American baseball player Kyle Brady (born 1972), professional American football player Kyle Brandt (born 1979), American actor and TV presenter Kyle Bridgwood (born 1989), South African born Australian cyclist Kyle Briggs (born 1987), English rugby league player Kyle Brindza (born 1993), American football player Kyle Brnovich (born 1997), American baseball player Kyle Brodziak (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player Kyle Brown (disambiguation), multiple people Kyle Bruckmann (born 1971), American composer and oboist Kyle Burkhart (born 1986), American football tackle Kyle Burroughs (born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player Kyle Busch (1985–2026), American NASCAR racer Kyle Calder (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey player Kyle Calloway (1987–2016), American football offensive tackle Kyle Cameron (born 1997), English professional footballer Kyle Carlson (born 1978), American fashion model, twin brother of Lane Carlson Kyle Carpenter (born 1989), United States Marine Corps Corporal Kyle Carter (born 1992), American football tight end Kyle Cassidy (born 1966), American photographer Kyle Cave, professor of psychology at UMass Amherst Kyle Cease (born 1977), American actor, comedian, and motivational speaker Kyle Cerminara (born 1983), American Olympic wrestler Kyle Chalmers (born 1998), Australian swimmer Kyle Chandler (born 1965), American actor Kyle Chapman (disambiguation), multiple people Kyle Chen (born 2000), New Zealand boxer Kyle Cheney (disambiguation), multiple people Kyle Chipchura (born 1986), Canadian professional ice hockey centre Kyle Christy (born 1992), American football player Kyle Clement (born 1985), American football defensive tackle Kyle Clemons (born 1990), American track and field sprinter Kyle Clifford (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey winger Kyle Clifton (born 1962), American football linebacker Kyle Coetzer (born 1985), Scottish cricketer Kyle Coney (born 1990), Irish Gaelic footballer Kyle Cook (born 1975), member of rock band Matchbox Twenty Kyle Connor (born 1996), American ice hockey player Kyle Cooper (born 1962), designer of motion picture title sequences Kyle Corning (1889–1970), pseudonym of American lawyer and author Erle Stanley Gardner Kyle Cranmer (born 1977), American physicist and a professor at New York University Kyle Creed (1912–1982), American musician and banjo luthier of 20th-century Appalachia Kyle Crick (born 1992), American professional baseball pitcher Kyle Critchell (born 1987), English footballer Kyle Crutchmer (born 1993), American professional mixed martial artist Kyle Culbertson (born 1992), American soccer player Kyle Cumiskey (born 1986), Canadian ice hockey defenceman Kyle Curinga (born 1993), American soccer player
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Kyle Dake (born 1991), American wrestler Kyle Davis (disambiguation), multiple people Kyle Davies (disambiguation), multiple people Kyle De Silva (born 1993), English footballer Kyle De'Volle (born 1989), British fashion designer Kyle Denney (born 1977), Major League Baseball pitcher Kyle Dempsey (born 1995), English professional footballer Kyle DeVan (born 1985), American football guard Kyle Diamantas (born 1987), American attorney and government official Kyle DiFulvio (born 1975), American singer-songwriter and musician Kyle Dinkheller (died 1998), sheriff and murder victim Kyle Dixon (disambiguation), multiple people Kyle Dowdy (born 1993), American baseball player Kyle Downes (born 1983), Canadian-American actor Kyle Drabek (born 1987), American professional baseball pitcher Kyle Dubas (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey manager Kyle Dugger (born 1996), American football player Kyle Duncan (born 1997), American soccer player Kyle Bobby Dunn (born 1986), composer, arranger, and live performer of modern and neo-classical based drone music Kyle Dunkley (born 2000), Australian football player Kyle Dunnigan (born 1971), American comedian Kyle Eastmond (born 1989), English professional rugby union and former professional rugby league footballer Kyle Eastwood (born 1968), American jazz musician Kyle Echarri (born 2003), Filipino actor and singer Kyle Eckel (born 1981), American football fullback Kyle Edmund (born 1995), South African-born British tennis player Kyle Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people Kyle Efford (born 2003), American football player Kyle Egan (born 1998), English footballer Kyle Emanuel (born 1991), American football player Kyle Even (born 1985), American member of rock band Breathe Carolina Kyle Exume (born 1987), Canadian professional Canadian football running back Kyle Falconer (born 1987), Scottish musician Kyle Farmer (born 1990), American baseball player Kyle Farnsworth (born 1976), Major League Baseball pitcher Kyle Fawcett (born 1979), Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Kyle Feldt (born 1992), Australian professional rugby league footballer Kyle Fiat (born 1983), American professional lacrosse player Kyle Filipowski (born 2003), American basketball player Kyle Finch (born 1998), English professional squash player Kyle Finn (born 1998), Irish football player Kyle Finnegan (born 1991), American baseball player Kyle Fisher (born 1994), American soccer player Kyle Flanagan (disambiguation), multiple people Kyle Flood (born 1971), American football head coach and former player Kyle Fogg (born 1990), American professional basketball player Kyle Foggo (born 1954), Republican and American government intelligence officer Kyle Fowler (born 1992), American stock car racing driver Kyle Fraser-Allen (born 1990), English football player Kyle Freadrich (born 1978), Canadian professional ice hockey player Kyle Freeland (born 1993), American baseball player Kyle Froman (born 1976), American dancer of the New York City Ballet Kyle Fuller (disambiguation), multiple people Kyle Funkhouser (born 1994), American professional baseball player Kyle Gallner (born 1986), American actor Kyle Gann (born 1955), American composer Kyle Garlick (born 1992), American baseball player Kyle Garrett (1956–2016), pseudonym of American comic book artist Gary Reed Kyle Gass (born 1960), American actor and musician Kyle Gibson (born 1987), American professional baseball pitcher Kyle Gibson (basketball) (born 1987), American basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Kyle Gilmour (born 1988), Canadian rugby union flanker Kyle Godwin (born 1992), Australian rugby union footballer Kyle Goldwin (born 1985), Gibraltarian footballer Kyle Good (born 1991), Irish hockey player Kyle Gookins (born 1982), American soccer coach Kyle Gourlay (born 1998), Scottish professional footballer Kyle Graham (1899–1973), Major League Baseball pitcher Kyle Graves (born 1989), Canadian soccer player Kyle Greentree (born 1983), Canadian professional ice hockey player Kyle Greig (born 1990), American soccer player Kyle Greaux (born 1988), Trinidad and Tobago sprinter Kyle Gupton (born 1990), American basketball player Kyle Gurrieri (born 1998), American soccer player Kyle Guy (born 1997), American basketball player Kyle Hagel (born 1985), Canadian professional ice hockey player Kyle Justin Hamm (born 1975), American rock musician Kyle Hardingham (born 1988), Australian rules footballer Kyle Harris (born 1986), American actor Kyle Harrison (baseball) (born 2001), American baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants Kyle Harrison (lacrosse) (born 1983), professional American lacrosse player Kyle Hartigan (born 1991), Australian professional football player Kyle Hartzell (born 1985), American lacrosse player