Kyle Name Meaning & Origin
Kyle
Origin of the name Kyle:
Transferred use of the surname originating from the region of the same name in southwestern Scotland. Kyle, a topographical term referring to a narrow, straight, channel, is derived from the Gaelic caol (narrow, a sound, a strait).
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Kyle is sometimes translated from the Gaelic as "handsome."
Yiddish, "crowned with laurels" Related to the name "Kayla."
it means Chosen One.. "I chose myself for this power, Kyle?"
it means you named yourself, so it means doctor- Famous real-life people named Kyle
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