Kayle

A unisex name of Scottish origin, meaning narrow strait or channel; a modern respelling of Kyle.

Babies a year
43
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kayle by the numbers

Kayle was given to 43 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 190 babies in 2000, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Kyle

Like Kayle, each of these traces back to Kyle: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Kylenarrow strait or channel1,869 in the US (2017)
  • Kylanarrow strait; form of Kyle802 in the US (2017)
  • Kylennarrow strait or channel; respelling of Kyle226 in the US (2017)
  • Kylahnarrow strait; a feminine form of Kyle182 in the US (2017)
  • Kyleenanarrow strait; a form of Kylie or Kyle14 in the US (2017)
  • Kyliahnarrow strait; a form of Kylie or Kyle14 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kayle. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kalethe sea, ocean61 in the US (2017)
  • Kayde31 in the US (2017)
  • Kayler11 in the US (2017)
  • Kayse5 in the US (2017)
  • Kaleithe wreath or garland40 in the US (2017)
  • Kahlithe dark goddess; a form of Kali or modern spelling variant21 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kayle

Names that are said the same way as Kayle, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Calbald; a form of Caleb or Calvin157 in the US (2017)
  • Caledevotion to god; a form of Caleb57 in the US (2017)
  • Kal54 in the US (2017)
  • Kail13 in the US (2017)
  • Kayel3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Kayle

KalynTerriDustyHazeJavonteVeeraCallowayChauncey

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