Given name & surname
Lile
“from the island”
Lile is a variant of Lyle. One English interpretation is “from the island.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lile is a variant of Lyle. One English interpretation is “from the island.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lile is a variant of Lyle. An origin associated with Lyle is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lile through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 121
- 31 boys · 90 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,200 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,200 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 260 as a first name in 2020; 2,486 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.
Lile’s family of names
Lile has a related form in Lyle. In Macedonian usage, Lile is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Лиле. In French usage, Lile as a surname has a related form in Lisle.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lile has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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