Kayle
# Kayle

Kayle is a surname and unisex given name. As a Yiddish feminine given name, Kayle originated as a variant of Keyle, meaning "merry"; it is cognate with the modern German word geil. Kayle 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. 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.

People with the given name Kayle 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

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
