Given name & surname
Lisle
“from the island”
Lisle is a variant of Lyle. One English interpretation is “from the island.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lisle is a variant of Lyle. One English interpretation is “from the island.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lisle 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 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lisle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 564
- 543 boys · 21 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 21 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 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 410 as a first name in 2020; 1,673 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.
Lisle’s family of names
Lisle has a related form in Lyle. In French usage, Lisle as a surname has a related form in Lile. In French usage, Lisle as a surname has a related form in DELISLE.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Lylevariant
- Lilevariant · French
- Delislevariant · French
- Lîlevariant · French
- l'Îlevariant · French
- Îlevariant · French
- Ilevariant · French
- l'Ilevariant · French
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Lisle
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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