Kyle (surname)
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The surname is derived from a placename, likely from Gaelic caol "narrow, strait"[1] but there are other possible derivations.[2]
The name of the Kyle District itself is traditionally attributed to the legendary king Coel Hen (there are actually no narrows or straights in Ayrshire's Kyle District; cf. Coylton).
On the geographical origin of those bearing the surname Kyle, by 1881 it occurred most densely in the county of Berwickshire, followed by Dumfries.[3]
