Given name & surname
Carlile
“from the fort at Luguvalium”
Carlile is a variant of Carlyle. One English interpretation is “from the fort at Luguvalium.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Carlile is a variant of Carlyle. One English interpretation is “from the fort at Luguvalium.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Carlile is a variant of Carlyle. An origin associated with Carlyle is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Carlile through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 15 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1931. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,396 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Carlile’s family of names
Carlile has a related form in Carlyle. Carlile has a related form in Carlisle.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Carlile
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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