Kayle

Kayle is a surname, a Yiddish feminine given name, and a masculine given name. As a Yiddish name, Kayle (קילא KAY-leh) is known from the 13th century as a variant of Keyle, meaning "merry"; it is cognate with the modern German word geil.^[1][2]

Kayle (KAY-el) is also a variant of the masculine given name Kale, which may have originated as an Anglicisation of the Irish name Cathal, or as a masculine equivalent of Kaylee; other variants include Caile, Cayle, Cale, Kaile, and Kail.^[3]

The 2000 United States Census found 104 people with the surname Kayle, making it the 146,011th-most-common name in the country. About nine-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as non-Hispanic white, with small numbers identifying as Black or Asian, but none as Hispanic.^[4]

Notable people with the Yiddish name Kayle (קילא KAY-leh) include:

• Kayle, late Medieval super-commentator on Rashi

Notable people with the masculine name Kayle (KAY-el) include:

• Kayle Short (born 1973), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kayle Leogrande (born 1977), American road racing cyclist
• Kayle Connor (born 1990), Australian rugby league player
• Kayle van Zyl (born 1991), South African rugby union player
• Kayle Browning (born 1992), American sport shooter
• Kayle Kirby (born 1998), Australian rules footballer

Notable people with the surname Kayle include:

• Hugh Kayle (died 1604), English goldsmith
• Kortney Wilson (born 1979), American country music singer who used the stage name Kortney Kayle for two single releases

• McKayle, a surname
• Kailey, a surname and given name

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