kyle

kyle · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*skey-“to dissect; to split”
2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*koilos“thin”
3. Old Irish · derived fromcoíl“narrow, slender”
4. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromcaol“narrow; thin; firth, narrows, strait, kyle; narrow part of something”
5. English todaykyle

From Scottish Gaelic caol (“narrow; thin; firth, narrows, strait, kyle; narrow part of something”) (genitive singular form caoil), from Old Irish coíl (“narrow, slender”), from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect; to split”).

Kyle · proper noun²

From several places in Scotland and Northern Ireland, derived from Gaelic caol (“narrows”).

Words from the same roots