Carlyle

Variation of Carlisle, English
"from the walled city"

Carlyle Origin and Meaning

The name Carlyle is a boy's name meaning "from the walled city".

Carlisle is more popular than Carlyle for both genders, and in both spellings more widely used for boys than for girls. It's a name we see on the rise in either spelling.

# 906 in the US

Carlyle Rank in US Top 1000

Famous People Named Carlyle

  • Carlyle Javar Holiday
    American NFL football player
  • Carlyle Deon Mitchell
    Trinidadian footballer
  • Carlyle Blackwell
    American silent film actor
  • Michael Carlyle Hall
    American actor
  • Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and philosopher
  • Robert Carlyle
    Scottish Actor

Carlyle in Pop Culture

  • Boone Carlyle
    character on TV's "Lost"
  • Luke Carlyle
    character in Spider,Man comics
  • Phillip Carlyle
    character in” The Greatest Showman,” portrayed by Zac Efron