Kyles Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Spellings drift, and Kyles is where Kyle drifted for some families. Name scholars give the meaning as “narrow strait”.

• The same family of names includes Kyler and Kile.
• In the 2010 US Census, 4,911 Americans gave Kyles as their last name (rank 6,853).
• The extra ending in Kyles is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to Kyle's family.
• Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Kyles, so the heraldry linked to Kyle is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Kyles surname pack.