ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 2630 http://www.s-gabriel.org/2630 ************************************ 4 Jan 2003 From: Josh Mittleman Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You asked whether is an appropriate name for a man in any time or place before 1600. Here is what we have found. The modern given name derives from an Irish surname that was imported from Scotland in the 17th century. The surname, in turn, derives from the name of a place in Ayrshire, Scotland [1, 2]. Examples of the Scottish surname include [2]: Walter of Kyle 1424 (probably translated from Latin) Margaret Kile 1428 George Kyle 1538 John Kile 1538 Kyile 1556 Robert Kyle 1572, 1590 We found no evidence that was used as a given name before the 20th century [3]. One possibility, then, is to choose a Lowland Scottish given name and use a name like or . You can find some lists of Lowland given names in our Medieval Names Archive, in the section "Scoto-Norman, Scots-Language, and Lowland Names" of the Scottish index: http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/scottish.shtml#scots We have found no name in any medieval language similar enough to to be worth mentioning. We hope this letter has been useful. Please write us again if any part of it has been unclear or if you have other questions. I was assisted in researching and writing this letter by Mari neyn Brian, Maridonna Benvenuti, Galiana de Baiona, Talan Gwynek, and Aryanhwy merch Catmael. For the Academy, Arval Benicoeur 4 Jan 2003 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - References [1] MacLysaght, Edward, _The Surnames of Ireland_ (Dublin: Irish Academic Press Ltd., 1985, ISBN 0-7165-2366-3), s.n. Kyle. [2] Black, George F., _The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning and History_, (New York: The New York Public Library, 1986), s.n. Kyle. [3] Dunkling, Leslie and William Gosling, _The New American Dictionary of First Names_ (New York: Signet Books, 1983), s.n. Kyle. They date the use of the name in the US to the 1940s. [4] O/ Corra/in, Donnchadh and Fidelma Maguire, _Irish Names_ (Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1990), s.n. Cadlae.