Kyle Forename
2,872nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 362,145 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar
Kyle Forename Definition:
A Gaelic name, meaning: A frith or channel.
Kyle Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 291,720 | 1:1,243 | 271 |
| Canada | 100% | 24,661 | 1:1,344 | 307 |
| England | 93% | 12,601 | 1:4,413 | 506 |
| South Africa | 99% | 7,328 | 1:7,442 | 1,352 |
| Australia | - | 4,929 | 1:2,771 | 468 |
| Philippines | 82% | 3,648 | 1:29,060 | 2,606 |
| Scotland | 95% | 1,874 | 1:2,855 | 352 |
| Northern Ireland | 98% | 1,772 | 1:1,040 | 216 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,546 | 1:2,934 | 510 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,508 | 1:46,463 | 5,117 |
| Wales | 93% | 1,397 | 1:2,215 | 380 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,171 | 1:1,163 | 211 |
| China | - | 912 | 1:1,497,868 | 39,084 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 583 | 1:52,852 | 6,182 |
| Kenya | - | 458 | 1:101,107 | 5,291 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 429 | 1:48,483 | 5,248 |
| Ghana | - | 393 | 1:68,667 | 3,308 |
| Poland | 100% | 377 | 1:100,868 | 2,190 |
| Japan | - | 313 | 1:408,901 | 10,038 |
| Malta | - | 295 | 1:1,455 | 306 |
| Namibia | - | 256 | 1:9,391 | 1,166 |
| Netherlands | 98% | 244 | 1:69,271 | 4,169 |
| Brazil | 100% | 241 | 1:888,947 | 24,236 |
| South Korea | - | 199 | 1:27,861 | 2,346 |
| Samoa | - | 183 | 1:1,067 | 329 |
| Egypt | 100% | 174 | 1:528,166 | 14,341 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 174 | 1:175,000 | 10,516 |
| Germany | 85% | 160 | 1:604,237 | 5,888 |
| Hong Kong | - | 148 | 1:52,383 | 2,532 |
| Kuwait | - | 123 | 1:30,775 | 2,974 |
| India | 100% | 96 | 1:12,654,979 | 350,673 |
| Singapore | 100% | 95 | 1:66,180 | 6,919 |
| Ireland | 100% | 88 | 1:52,767 | 1,694 |
| Spain | 100% | 82 | 1:567,439 | 6,746 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Russia | 100% | 74 | 1:1,949,104 | 13,269 |
| Sweden | 98% | 73 | 1:135,040 | 5,356 |
| Belize | 100% | 71 | 1:4,990 | 1,007 |
| Jamaica | - | 66 | 1:43,685 | 2,602 |
| France | 100% | 63 | 1:1,055,085 | 8,091 |
| Barbados | - | 57 | 1:5,084 | 773 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 56 | 1:186,273 | 7,851 |
| Qatar | 100% | 51 | 1:46,463 | 5,889 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 50 | 1:1,988 | 431 |
| Gibraltar | - | 50 | 1:683 | 143 |
| Bahamas | - | 49 | 1:8,150 | 1,060 |
| Guam | - | 49 | 1:3,278 | 650 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 49 | 1:2,277 | 426 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 49 | 1:485,096 | 27,727 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 41 | 1:1,333 | 281 |
| Afghanistan | 69% | 40 | 1:815,588 | 11,016 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 38 | 1:822 | 162 |
| Botswana | - | 37 | 1:59,039 | 5,548 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 37 | 1:221,986 | 4,956 |
| Bermuda | - | 36 | 1:1,801 | 401 |
| Iraq | 100% | 34 | 1:1,029,937 | 8,327 |
| Italy | 88% | 34 | 1:1,795,944 | 12,956 |
| Belgium | 100% | 31 | 1:370,646 | 6,815 |
| Norway | 100% | 27 | 1:190,086 | 4,864 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 27 | 1:4,065 | 709 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 27 | 1:3,430,486 | 3,401 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 25 | 1:2,452 | 535 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 25 | 1:286,080 | 16,329 |
| Israel | 88% | 24 | 1:350,122 | 8,219 |
| Guyana | 100% | 23 | 1:33,185 | 3,507 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 23 | 1:11,215,812 | 344,499 |
| Ecuador | - | 22 | 1:805,769 | 6,913 |
| Nigeria | 83% | 22 | 1:8,071,107 | 102,934 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 22 | 1:1,578 | 368 |
| Czechia | 100% | 21 | 1:507,436 | 2,515 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 21 | 1:734,467 | 28,972 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 17 | 1:780 | 113 |
| Chile | 94% | 17 | 1:1,035,718 | 9,287 |
| Lebanon | 53% | 17 | 1:331,034 | 5,308 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 16 | 1:11,113 | 1,461 |
| Mexico | 100% | 15 | 1:8,276,295 | 27,186 |
| Panama | 100% | 15 | 1:260,437 | 9,109 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 15 | 1:3,657 | 689 |
| Costa Rica | 85% | 14 | 1:340,568 | 6,089 |
| Jersey | 100% | 13 | 1:7,691 | 755 |
| Denmark | - | 12 | 1:470,792 | 7,517 |
| Finland | 100% | 12 | 1:456,932 | 5,495 |
| Macau | - | 12 | 1:50,684 | 561 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 11 | 1:1,464,403 | 5,160 |
| Uganda | 100% | 11 | 1:3,723,356 | 37,848 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67% | 10 | 1:815,231 | 57,976 |
| Estonia | 50% | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Hungary | 100% | 9 | 1:1,087,975 | 2,994 |
| Iceland | - | 9 | 1:40,669 | 2,415 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 9 | 1:5,692 | 857 |
| Grenada | 100% | 8 | 1:13,516 | 1,533 |
| Argentina | 100% | 6 | 1:7,128,874 | 15,663 |
| Isle of Man | - | 6 | 1:14,170 | 269 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Peru | 100% | 5 | 1:6,358,291 | 42,272 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Jordan | 50% | 4 | 1:2,206,694 | 7,695 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Senegal | 100% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Turkey | 100% | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Nicaragua | - | 3 | 1:2,006,112 | 19,543 |
| Tanzania | - | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Venezuela | - | 3 | 1:10,067,298 | 111,314 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Cameroon | - | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Greece | 100% | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Liberia | - | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| DR Congo | - | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Kylé (2) are calculated separately.
Kyle (36,366) may also be a surname.
Kyle Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Gaelic name, meaning: A frith or channel.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Kyle Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 41,149 (2014)
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