# Lyle (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lyle/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Scottish habitational surname from Old French from Old French l'isle (“the island”).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,192 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,731 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,404 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (12,951 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /laɪl/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Lisle, Lile, Lyall, Lyell |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lyle in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lyle in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Lyle

- Lauren Lyle, British actress
- Ron Lyle, American boxer (1941–2011)
- Adrienne Lyle, American equestrian

## Similar surnames

Lile, Lule, Lyall, Leal, Lilly, Lilley, Lowell, Lally, Lail, Lillie, Lal, Loyola.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.