Kyle

Etymology

The surname is derived from a placename, likely from Gaelic caol "narrow, strait" but there are other possible derivations.

The name of the Kyle District itself is traditionally attributed to the legendary king Coel Hen (there are actually no narrows or straights in Ayrshire's Kyle District; cf. Coylton).

On the geographical origin of those bearing the surname Kyle, by 1881 it occurred most densely in the county of Berwickshire, followed by Dumfries.

People

Aaron Kyle (born 1954), American football player

Alex Kyle (1907–1990), Scottish amateur golfer

Alexandra Kyle (born 1988), American actress

Andrew Kyle (born 1978), Northern Irish lawn and indoor bowler

Andy Kyle (Andrew Ewing Kyle) (1889–1971), Canadian baseball and ice hockey player

Anne Dempster Kyle (1896–1966), American children's writer

Archie Kyle (1883–1957), Scottish football player

Aryn Kyle (born 1978), American novelist and short story writer

Barbara Kyle (1909–1966), English librarian and information scientist

Barry Kyle (born 1947), English theatre director

Beatrice Kyle (1902–1970), American high diver

Ben Kyle (born 1981), Irish-American singer-songwriter and musician

Benjaman Kyle (born 1948), pseudonymous American with retrograde amnesia

Bert Kyle (1873–1955), New Zealand politician

Bill Kyle (William Miller Kyle) (1924–1968), Canadian ice hockey player

Billy Kyle (1914–1966), American jazz pianist

Bob Kyle (1870–1941), Irish association football manager

Bruce Kyle (born 1969), American politician and judge from Florida

Chris Kyle (1974–2013), United States Navy SEAL

Christiane Jacox Kyle (born 1950), American poet

Chuck Kyle (born 1950), American football coach and schoolteacher

Chuck Kyle (American football) (Charles Douglas Kyle) (born 1947), American football player

Cicely Kyle (born 1984), American weightlifter

Craig Kyle (born 1971), American comics writer

Dallas Kyle, American swimmer

Danny Kyle (1939–1998), Scottish folk singer-songwriter

Darwin K. Kyle (1918–1951), United States Army officer

David Kyle (1919–2016), American science fiction writer

Doug Kyle (1932–2023), Canadian long-distance runner and coach

Duncan Kyle, pseudonym of John Franklin Broxholme (1930–2000), English thriller writer

Edwin Jackson Kyle (1876–1963), American diplomat

Elisabeth Kyle, pseudonym of Agnes Mary Robertson Dunlop (1901–1982), Scottish journalist and writer

Euan Kyle (born 1997), Scottish curler

Fergus Kyle (1834–1906), American farmer and politician from Texas

Frances Kyle (1893–1958), Northern Irish barrister

Frank Kyle (1882–1929), American college football player and coach

George Kyle (1908–1998), Scottish footballer

Georgina Moutray Kyle (1865–1950), Northern Ireland painter

Gibson Kyle (1820–1903), English architect

Gunhild Kyle (1921–2016), Swedish historian

Gus Kyle (1923–1996), Canadian ice hockey player

Harry Macdonald Kyle (1872–1951), Scottish ichthyologist and pioneer of fisheries science

Hedi Kyle (born 1937), German-American book artist and educator

Howard Kyle (1861–1950), American actor and lecturer

Iris Kyle (born 1974), American bodybuilder

Jack Kyle (1926–2014), Irish rugby union footballer

Jada Kyle, Australian beauty pageant titleholder

James Kyle (bishop) (1788–1869), Scottish Roman Catholic bishop

James Kyle (cricketer) (1879–1919), Australian cricketer

James H. Kyle (1854–1901), American politician

Jason Kyle (born 1972), American football player

Jason Kyle (politician), American engineer and politician from Utah

Jayanthi Kyle (born c.1979), American gospel and soul singer-songwriter

Jeremy Kyle (born 1965), British TV and radio presenter

Jim Kyle (born 1950), American lawyer and politician from Tennessee

John Kyle (Northern Ireland politician) (born 1952), Northern Irish politician and physician

John C. Kyle (1851–1913), American attorney and politician from Mississippi

John Joseph Jolly Kyle (1838–1922), Scottish-born Argentine chemist

John W. Kyle (1891–1965), American politician and judge from Mississippi

Johnny Kyle (1898–1974), American football player

Jonathan Kyle (born 1982), American politician from West Virginia

Jordan Kyle, American music producer, songwriter and sound engineer

Joseph Kyle (1913–1962), Scottish footballer

Kaylyn Kyle (born 1988), Canadian soccer player

Keith Kyle (1925–2007), British writer, broadcaster and historian

Kevin Kyle (born 1981), Scottish footballer

Killer Kyle, ring name of American professional wrestler Mark Kyle

Léa Kyle (born 1995), French magician

Louisa Venable Kyle (1903–1999), American historian, author and journalist

Maeve Kyle (1928–2025), Irish track athlete and field hockey player

Mark Kyle (equestrian) (born 1973), Irish eventing rider

Maurice Kyle (1937–1981), English footballer

Mike Kyle (born 1980), American mixed martial artist and boxer

Mollie Kyle (1886–1937), American Osage woman

Patrick J. Kyle (1854–1929), United States Navy sailor

Penelope W. Kyle, American college president

Peter Kyle (born 1970), British politician

Peter Kyle (footballer) (1878–1957), Scottish footballer

Ranz Kyle (born 1997), Filipino actor, dancer and singer

Redvers Kyle (1929–2015), South African-British broadcaster, actor and composer

Richard Kyle (politician) (born 1960), American politician from Arizona

Richard G. Kyle, American academic, theologian and author

Richard H. Kyle (1937–2021), American judge from Minnesota

Robert Kyle (American football) (1913–2010), American football and minor league baseball player

Robert A. Kyle, American medical academic

Roberto Kyle, South African actor and vocalist

Roy Kyle (1897–1996), Australian soldier and diarist

Sam Kyle (1884–1962), Irish trade unionist and politician

Samuel Kyle (bishop) (1770–1848), Church of Ireland bishop

Samuel Kyle (priest) (1801–1890), Church of Ireland archdeacon

Sara Kyle (born 1952), American attorney and politician

Scott Kyle (born 1983), Scottish actor

Sissela Kyle (born 1957), Swedish actress, theater director and comedian

Syafiq Kyle (born 1992), Malaysian actor

Syd Kyle-Little (1918–2012), Australian army officer and businessman

Taya Kyle (born 1974), American author, political commentator and activist

Thomas B. Kyle (1856–1915), American lawyer and politician from Ohio

Tom Kyle (born 1959), Australian wheelchair basketball coach

Wallace Kyle (1910–1988), Australian Royal Air Force commander and Governor of Western Australia

Walt Kyle (born 1956), American ice hockey coach

Willie Kyle (1881–1959), Scottish rugby union footballer

Wood B. Kyle (1915–2000), United States Marine Corp officer

Fictional characters

Benjamin Kyle (Babylon 5), TV series character

Selina Kyle, better known as Catwoman