Lisle

Where Lisle comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lisle.

  • Vowel-ended
Lisle through the years
  1. 1885
    First appearance
    #936 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1896
    Peak, #778
    9 babies named Lisle, its best rank.
  3. 1899
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1943
    Lisle Wilson born
    actor
  5. 1951
    Lisle Ellis born
    composer
  6. 1976
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Lisle Wilson · actor, 1943–2010
  • Lisle Ellis · composer, born 1951

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.