Kyle (given name)

Kyle
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Meaning	from a surname
Other names
Related names	Kylie, Kyla

Kyle is a unisex English-language given name, derived from the surname Kyle, which is itself from a placename (from the Gaelic caol "narrow, strait").

The feminine given name Kyle has been superseded by the more modern Kyla.^[1]

People

• Kyle (Australian singer), Australian R&B singer
• Kyle Abbott, former professional baseball player
• Kyle Abraham, American choreographer
• Kyle Adams, American football tight end for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL)
• Kyle Alcorn, American track and field athlete
• Kyle Allison, Scottish professional goalkeeper
• Kyle Altman, former American soccer player
• Kyle Amor, English professional rugby league footballer
• Kyle Alandy Amor, American visual artist, commercial model, singer, and actor of Filipino descent
• Kyle Anderson (disambiguation)
• Kyle Andrews, American songwriter and performer
• Kyle Arrington, American football cornerback
• Kyle Asante, English footballer
• Kyle Baker, American writer and illustrator of comic books
• Kyle Barone, American basketball player
• Kyle Bartley, English footballer
• Kyle Basler, American football punter
• Kyle Bass, founder and principal of Hayman Capital Management, L.P.
• Kyle Beach, Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Kyle Beckerman, American soccer player
• Kyle Bekker, Canadian soccer player
• Kyle Bell, American football fullback agent
• Kyle Benedictus, Scottish footballer
• Kyle Bennett (disambiguation)
• Kyle Bibb, English rugby league footballer
• Kyle Bishop, member of the rock band The Black Maria
• Kyle Blanks, American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman
• Kyle Boller, American football quarterback
• Kyle Bornheimer, American actor
• Kyle Bosworth, American football outside linebacker
• Kyle Bradford, American gay pornographic actor
• Kyle Bradley, American mixed martial artist
• Kyle Brady, former professional American football player
• Kyle Brandt, executive producer
• Kyle Harrison Breitkopf, American child actor
• Kyle Briggs, English rugby league player
• Kyle Brodziak, Canadian ice hockey player
• Kyle Brown (disambiguation)
• Kyle Bruce, Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Kyle Bruckmann, American composer and oboist
• Kyle Bunting, American product designer based in Texas
• Kyle Burkhart, American football tackle
• Kyle Burns, member of the pop punk band Forever the Sickest Kids
• Kyle Busch (born 1985), NASCAR racer
• Kyle Bushee, American professional ice hockey defenceman
• Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player
• Kyle Calloway, American football offensive tackle
• Kyle Carlson, fashion model, twin brother of Lane Carlson
• Kyle Carpenter, United States Marine Corps Corporal
• Kyle Carter American football tight end
• Kyle Cassidy, American photographer
• Kyle Cave, professor of psychology at UMass Amherst
• Kyle Cease, American actor, comedian, and motivational speaker
• Kyle Cerminara, American Olympic wrestler
• Kyle Chandler, American actor
• Kyle Chapman, former national director of the New Zealand National Front
• Kyle Chavarria, American teen actress
• Kyle Cheney, Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League
• Kyle Chipchura, Canadian professional ice hockey centre
• Kyle Christener, American former rock band member of Linkin Park
• Kyle Christy, American college football player
• Kyle Clement, American football defensive tackle
• Kyle Clemons (born 1990), American track and field sprinter
• Kyle Clifford, Canadian ice hockey winger
• Kyle Clifton, American football linebacker
• Kyle Clinton, American soccer player
• Kyle Coetzer, Scottish cricketer
• Kyle Collins, International footballer
• Kyle Coney, Irish Gaelic footballer
• Kyle Cook, member of rock band Matchbox Twenty
• Kyle Cooper, designer of motion picture title sequences
• Kyle Corning, pseudonym of American lawyer and author Erle Stanley Gardner
• Kyle Cranmer, American physicist and a professor at New York University
• Kyle Creed, American musician and banjo luthier of 20th-century Appalachia
• Kyle Crick, American professional baseball pitcher
• Kyle Critchell, English footballer who plays for Weymouth as a defender
• Kyle Cumiskey, Canadian ice hockey defenceman
• Kyle Dake (born 1991), former American collegiate wrestler at Cornell University
• Kyle Davies (disambiguation)
• Kyle Davis (actor), American actor
• Kyle Davis (American football), former American football center
• Kyle Davisson, American football wide receiver
• Kyle De Laurell, American ice hockey player
• Kyle De Silva, English professional football
• Kyle Denney, former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Kyle DeVan, American football guard
• Kyle DiFulvio, American singer-songwriter and musician
• Kyle Dinkheller, sheriff and murder victim
• Kyle Dixon (disambiguation)
• Kyle Downes, Canadian-American actor
• Kyle Drabek, American professional baseball pitcher
• Kyle Bobby Dunn, composer, arranger, and live performer of modern and neo-classical based drone music
• Kyle Dunnigan, American comedian
• Kyle Eastmond, English professional rugby union and former rugby league player
• Kyle Eastwood, American jazz musician
• Kyle Eckel, American football fullback
• Kyle Edmund, South African-born British tennis player
• Kyle Even, American member of rock band Breathe Carolina
• Kyle Exume, Canadian professional Canadian football running back
• Kyle Falconer, Scottish musician, leading vocalist of the band The View
• Kyle Farnsworth, Major League Baseball pitcher
• Kyle Fawcett, Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
• Kyle Fiat, American professional lacrosse player
• Kyle Fischer, American member of emo band Rainer Maria
• Kyle Flanagan, American professional ice hockey player
• Kyle Flood, American football head coach and former player
• Kyle Fogg, American professional basketball player
• Kyle Foggo, Republican and former American government intelligence officer
• Kyle Fowler, American stock car racing driver
• Kyle Fraser-Allen, English football player
• Kyle Freadrich, professional ice hockey player
• Kyle Froman, American dancer of the New York City Ballet
• Kyle Gabler, American founder of 2D Boy Development
• Kyle Gallner, American actor
• Kyle Gann, American composer
• Kyle Garrett, pseudonym of American comic book artist Gary Reed
• Kyle Gass, American musician
• Kyle Gibson, American professional baseball pitcher
• Kyle Godwin, Australian rugby union footballer
• Kyle Graham, Major League Baseball pitcher
• Kyle Greathouse, American professional basketball player
• Kyle Greentree, Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Kyle Greig, American soccer player
• Kyle Gunther, lead vocalist for Michigan heavy metal band Battlecross
• Kyle Hagel, Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Kyle Hamilton, Canadian rower
• Kyle Justin Hamm, American rock musician
• Kyle Hardingham, Australian rules footballer
• Kyle Harrison, professional American lacrosse player
• Kyle James Hauser, American songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and singer
• Kyle Hawkins, American lacrosse head coach
• Kyle Haynes, English footballer
• Kyle Hebert, American voice actor and podcaster
• Kyle T. Heffner
• Kyle Helms, Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Kyle Helton, American soccer player
• Kyle Henry, American independent filmmaker
• Kyle Higgins, American comic book writer and film director
• Kyle Hill, American professional basketball player
• Kyle Hines, American professional basketball player
• Kyle Hodnett, South African-born English cricketer
• Kyle Hodsoll, Bermudian cricketer
• Kyle Hoffer, American soccer player
• Kyle Hogg, English cricketer
• Kyle Hollinger, American member of rap metal band Crazy Town
• Kyle Hollingsworth, American rock keyboard player of The String Cheese Incident
• Kyle Horch, American classical saxophonist
• Kyle Hotz, American comic book writer and artist
• Kyle Howard, American actor
• Kyle Howarth, British speedway rider
• Kyle Hudson, American professional baseball outfielder
• Kyle Aaron Huff, Capitol Hill massacre mass murderer
• Kyle Hughes, British motorcycle speedway rider
• Kyle Hunter, American TV host and meteorologist
• Kyle S. Hunter, American art director and comic book artist
• Kyle Hutton, Scottish association footballer
• Kyle Irion, American blogger and writer
• Kyle Israel, American starting college football quarterback
• Kyle Jacobs, American country music songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, and pianist
• Kyle Janek, Republican member of the Texas Senate
• Kyle Jarrow, American writer and rock musician
• Kyle Jarvis, Zimbabwean cricketer
• Kyle Jason, American singer, songwriter, musician and performer
• Kyle Jean-Baptiste, American Broadway singer
• Kyle Jeffery, Canadian sprint canoer
• Kyle Jensen, outfielder of the Miami Marlins
• Kyle Johansen, Republican Majority Leader in the Alaska House of Representatives
• Kyle Johnson (disambiguation)
• Kyle Jones (disambiguation)
• Kyle Justin (disambiguation)
• Kyle Juszczyk, American football fullback
• Kyle Kalis, American football player
• Kyle Kaplan, American actor
• Kyle Kavanagh, American model on the America's Next Top Model television series
• Kyle Kendrick, American professional baseball pitcher
• Kyle Kennedy, Irish singer on the television talent show The Voice of Ireland
• Kyle Kenyon, American Republican politician
• Kyle Killen, American television writer and producer
• Kyle Killion, American football linebacker
• Kyle Kinane, American stand-up comedian
• Kyle Kingsbury, American mixed martial artist
• Kyle Klubertanz, professional American ice hockey defenseman
• Kyle Knotek, American soccer player
• Kyle Koch, professional Canadian football offensive linemen
• Kyle Korver (born 1981), NBA basketball player currently playing for the Atlanta Hawks
• Kyle Kosier, American NFL football player with the Dallas Cowboys
• Kyle Krisiloff, American race car driver
• Kyle Krone, American rock band member of The Shys
• Kyle Kupecky, American member of the Christian group Anthem Lights
• Kyle Kuric (born 1989), American basketball player
• Kyle Labine, Canadian actor
• Kyle Lafferty, Northern Irish association footballer
• Kyle Lake, American pastor of University Baptist Church
• Kyle Landas, American fine art artist
• Kyle Lander, Scottish professional footballer
• Kyle Landry, Canadian professional basketball player
• Kyle Larson (disambiguation)
• Kyle Lawson, American professional ice hockey defenseman
• Kyle Legault, Canadian speedway rider
• Kyle Lehning, American record producer
• Kyle Letheren, Welsh professional footballer
• Kyle Leuluai, New Zealand professional rugby league footballer
• Kyle Lightbourne, former Bermudian footballer
• Kyle Lindsay, American member of rock band Camera Can't Lie
• Kyle Lobstein, American minor league baseball pitcher
• Kyle Logue, American professional baseball pitcher
• Kyle D. Logue, American law professor
• Kyle Long, American football offensive guard
• Kyle Lotzkar, Canadian minor league baseball pitcher
• Kyle Love, American football defensive end
• Kyle Lowder, American actor
• Kyle Lowry, American professional basketball player
• Kyle Loza, FMX freestyle motocross rider
• Kyle H. Mabson, American member of rock band XBXRX
• Kyle Macaulay, former Scottish professional footballer
• Kyle MacDonald, Canadian blogger
• Kyle Mackey, former arena football League player
• Kyle MacKinnon
• Kyle MacLachlan, American actor
• Kyle Macy, American basketball broadcaster
• Kyle Majors, founder of CockyBoys
• Kyle Manscuk, American soccer player
• Kyle Marsh, Australian actor
• Kyle Martin, musician, piano player and singer
• Kyle Martino, American soccer player
• Kyle Massey, American actor
• Kyle Dean Massey, American theatre performer
• Kyle Orlando Massey
• Kyle Matsutake
• Kyle Maxwell
• Kyle Mayers
• Kyle Maynard
• Kyle McCallan
• Kyle McCarter
• Kyle McCarthy
• Kyle McClellan
• Kyle McCulloch
• Kyle McDonald (disambiguation)
• Kyle McFadzean
• Kyle McKee
• Kyle McLaren, Canadian ice hockey player
• Kyle McNeely
• Kyle McPherson
• Kyle E. McSlarrow, former Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Energy; Congressional candidate
• Kyle Medvec
• Kyle Miller (disambiguation)
• Kyle Mills, New Zealand cricketer
• Kyle Minor
• Kyle Mitchell
• Kyle Moore
• Kyle Moore-Brown
• Kyle Moran
• Kyle Mosher
• Kyle Muir
• Kyle Muntz
• Kyle Myers
• Kyle Nakazawa
• Kyle Naughton
• Kyle Neeley
• Kyle Nelson
• Kyle Newacheck, American filmmaker and actor
• Kyle Newman, American director, writer, producer and editor
• Kyle Nissen, Canadian freestyle skier
• Kyle Nix, Australian-born English footballer
• Kyle Noke, Australian mixed martial artist
• Kyle Nunataks
• Kyle Danielle Ocampo
• Kyle O'Donnell
• Kyle O'Gara
• Kyle Okposo
• Kyle Onstott
• Kyle O'Quinn
• Kyle O'Reilly
• Kyle Orton, NFL quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs
• Kyle O'Shea
• Kyle Ozman
• Kyle Padron
• Kyle Palmieri
• Kyle Park
• Kyle Parker
• Kyle Parrott
• Kyle Pascoe
• Kyle Patrick
• Kyle Patterson
• Kyle Pennington
• Kyle Perry
• Kyle Peschel
• Kyle Peterson
• Kyle Petterson
• Kyle Pettey
• Kyle Petty, NASCAR racer
• Kyle Phillips
• Kyle Meredith Phillips, Jr.
• Kyle Pierce
• Kyle Polak
• Kyle Pontifex
• Kyle Porter
• Kyle Prandi
• Kyle Prater
• Kyle Pruett, physician and author
• Kyle Puccia
• Kyle Quincey
• Kyle Quinlan
• Kyle Rae
• Kyle Ranch
• Kyle Rank (disambiguation)
• Kyle Rankin
• Kyle Rasmussen
• Kyle Ratcliffe
• Kyle Rating
• Kyle Rau
• Kyle Reed
• Kyle Reese, NBA basketball player, currently playing for the Utah Jazz
• Kyle Reid
• Kyle Reifers
• Kyle Reimers
• Kyle Reynish
• Kyle Riabco
• Kyle Riabko, Canadian musician
• Kyle Richards, former child actress and current star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
• Kyle Richardson
• Kyle Richmond
• Kyle Riker
• Kyle Rogers
• Kyle Ross, professional lacrosse player
• Kyle Rossiter
• Kyle Rote (1927–2002), American football player
• Kyle Rote, Jr. (born 1950), American soccer player
• Kyle Rowley
• Kyle Rubisch
• Kyle Rudolph
• Kyle Russell
• Kyle Ryder
• Kyle Salyards
• Kyle Sampson
• Kyle Sandilands, Australian radio presenter
• Kyle Saylors
• Kyle Scherzer
• Kyle Schickner
• Kyle Schlesinger
• Kyle Schmid
• Kyle Schroeder
• Kyle Schuneman
• Kyle Schwartz
• Kyle Seager, American MLB baseball player with the Seattle Mariners
• Kyle Secor
• Kyle Seeback
• Kyle Segebart
• Kyle Shanahan
• Kyle Shewfelt
• Kyle Shotwell
• Kyle Shutt
• Kyle Singer
• Kyle Singler
• Kyle Skipworth
• Kyle Sleeth
• Kyle E. Smalley, American amateur astronomer
• Kyle Smith, American critic, novelist and essayist
• Kyle Snyder
• Kyle Sokol
• Kyle Soller
• Kyle Sorensen
• Kyle Spencer
• Kyle Stack
• Kyle Stanford
• Kyle Stanger
• Kyle Stanley
• Kyle Stewart
• Kyle Stone
• Kyle Sullivan
• Kyle Sweeney
• Kyle Switzer
• Kyle Swords
• Kyle Testerman
• Kyle Thomas
• Kyle Thompson, American photographer
• Kyle Thousand
• Kyle Tonetti
• Kyle Townsend
• Kyle Traynor (born 1986), Scottish rugby union player
• Kyle Tress
• Kyle Trout
• Kyle Tudge
• Kyle Turley, American football player for the Kansas City Chiefs
• Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player
• Kyle Uyehara
• Kyle Valenti
• Kyle Van Noy
• Kyle Vanden Bosch
• Kyle Vander Kuyp
• Kyle Vanderkuyp
• Kyle Vashkulat
• Kyle Velasquez
• Kyle Veris
• Kyle Vincent
• Kyle Visser
• Kyle Wachholtz
• Kyle Wailes
• Kyle Waldrop
• Kyle Walker
• Kyle Wanvig
• Kyle Ward (disambiguation)
• Kyle Watson
• Kyle Wealleans
• Kyle Weaver, American professional basketball player
• Kyle Web
• Kyle Weems
• Kyle Weiland
• Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player
• Kyle Whipp
• Kyle Whittingham
• Kyle Wieche
• Kyle Wilber
• Kyle Wilkie
• Kyle Williams (disambiguation)
• Kyle Wilson (disambiguation)
• Kyle Wiltjer
• Kyle Winterstein
• Kyle Wood
• Kyle Woodring
• Kyle Wren (born 1991), American baseball player
• Kyle Wright
• Kyle Yamada, Canadian soccer player
• Kyle Zenoni
• Kyle Zimmer
• Kyle Zirpolo

Fictional characters

• Kyle (Suikoden), character in the video game Suikoden
• Kyle Abbot, villain in Detective Comics
• Kyle Baker, character in Cheaper by the Dozen and its sequel
• Kyle Baldwin, character in The 4400
• Kyle Bateman, character in Instant Star
• Kyle Bloodworth-Thomason from the animated Nickelodeon series Fanboy and Chum Chum
• Kyle Blueman, character in the CHERUB series
• Kyle Boone, character in NCIS
• Kyle Braxton, character in Home and Away
• Kyle Brody, character in Charmed
• Kyle Broflovski, main character in South Park
• Kyle Butler, character in Dexter series
• Kyle Canning, character in Neighbours
• Kyle Gibney, known as Wild Child, character appearing in Marvel Comics
• Kyle Hadley, character in the 1956 movie Written on the Wind, played by Robert Stack
• Kyle Harmon, character in CSI: Miami series
• Kyle Hirons, character in 50/50 film
• Kyle Katarn, main character of the Jedi Knight series of Star Wars games
• Kyle Kingsbury, the main character from the book and film Beastly
• Kyle Rayner, DC Comics character also known as Green Lantern
• Kyle Reese, character from the Terminator film series
• Kyle Richmond, or Nighthawk (Supreme Power), superhero from Marvel Comics' Supreme Power series
• Kyle Singer, supporting character from the series 24
• Kyle Trager, the main character in Kyle XY TV series
• Kyle Travers, character in Final Fight games
• Kyle Vlaros, the main character of the video game Blackthorne

See also

• Kyle (disambiguation)
• Kjell, related but looks like

References

1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 160, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.