lyle
/ˈlaɪəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A Scottish habitational surname from Old French from Old French l'isle (“the island”).
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A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
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A locale in the United States:
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Example Sentences
- "By this means she learnt their Christian names, Robert, and Lyle — the latter of which she admired very much, and thought it exactly suited the pretty, delicate younger brother."
- "Lyle Morrison Creelman died in 2007 at the age of 98, but U of G history professor Susan Armstrong-Reid interviewed her a few years previously and says, "She was a woman of strong character until the end.""