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First name origins & meanings:

  1. French: From the island
  2. Old English: Carl's island
  3. Old French: Island

First name variations: Lile, Carlisle, Carl, Lisle, Carley, Carlile, Carlyle, Lisle, Lyell, Lysle

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Scottish and English (of Norman origin): topographic name for someone who lived on an island, Old French, Middle English isle (Latin insula).
  2. Scottish, English (of Norman origin) and French: habitational name for someone from the French city of Lille, or from various localities called Lisle, in Dordogne, Loir-et-Cher, Meuse, and Tarn, all of which derive their names from Old French isle (see 1).
  3. Scottish: variant of Lyall.

This name appears in the following lists: Alliterative Names