Carlyle

Where Carlyle comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Carlyle.

  • From a surname
  • Vowel-ended
Carlyle through the years
  1. 1884
    Carlyle Blackwell born
    American silent film actor, director, and producer
  2. 1892
    First appearance
    #1,066 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1918
    Peak, #564
    115 babies named Carlyle, the most in any year.
  4. 1932
    Carlyle Glean born
    Grenadian politician
  5. 1934
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #853.
  6. 2009
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Carlyle Glean · Grenadian politician, 1932–2021
  • Carlyle Blackwell · American silent film actor, director, and producer, 1884–1955
  • Carlyle Smith Beals · Canadian astronomer, 1899–1979
  • Carlyle Tapsell · field hockey player, 1909–1975
  • Carlyle A. Luer · American botanist, 1922–2019

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.