Given name
Lysle
“from the island”
Lysle is a variant of Lyle. One English interpretation is “from the island.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lysle is a variant of Lyle. One English interpretation is “from the island.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lysle 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 1901. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lysle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 440
- 440 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 20 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 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 223 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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