kyle

plural kyles

1. ScotlandA narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands.

   [T]hough remote / From the main ocean many a mile / Inflooded past cape, creek, and kyle, / The sea-loch flanked by precipice walls, / With ever-lessening murmur crawls, / Till 'neath the Pass he lies subdued / By the o'er-aweing solitude; […]

   1877 January, [John Campbell] Shairp, “The Clearing of the Glens”, in Alexander Mackenzie, editor, The Celtic Magazine: A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad, volume II, number XV, Inverness, Inverness-shire: A. & W. Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, canto IV (The Home by Lochburn), stanza IV, page 104

   Synonyms: firth, narrow, sound, strait

plural Kyles

1. countableA habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. A unisex given name.
   1. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.

      The Auschwitz Memorial Museum slammed Kyle Langford, Republican candidate for Governor of California, after his antisemitic remarks, calling out his actions as a “profound moral failure.”

      2025 July 27, “California governor candidate calls Auschwitz 'solution for homelessness,' sparks critisism”, in The Jerusalem Post, archived from the original on 20 Feb 2026

      1 more example

      Wally Szalla was the least discomforting of men, nothing like the pushy arrogant guys I was always meeting, or who were always meeting me. Guys with names like Dale, Brock, Kevin, Kyle. Guys with names nothing like Wally.

      2005, Joyce Carol Oates, Missing Mom, Ecco, →ISBN, page 110

   2. countableuncommonuncountableA female given name transferred from the surname.
3. A placename
   1. countableuncountableA town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
   2. countableuncountableA census-designated place in South Dakota, United States.
   3. countableuncountableA city in Texas, United States.