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Carlisle - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Carlisle

[ 2 syll. car-li-sle, ca-rlis-le ] The boy name Carlisle is pronounced as KAARLAYL KEY. Carlisle is primarily used in English and its language of origin is Breton. Carlisle's meaning is from the castle tower; from the island fort. The English and German name Carl and the English name Carlyle are variations of the name.

Carlisle is seldom used as a baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names. Among the group of boy names directly related to Carlisle, the English and German Carl was the most widely used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Carlisle include the English Carlyle, the English Carel, the Italian and Spanish Carlo, the Romanian Carol, the Romanian Carrol, the Romanian Carroll, the English Caryl, the Irish Cathal, the English Curley, the Finnish Kaarlo, the Czech, Dutch, and Slavic Karel, the English Karle, the Czech and Polish Karol, the name Kerel, the name Kiral, the Slavic Kiril, the Russian Kirill, the Russian Kiryl, the German Kyrill, and the English and German Carl.

KEY: Pronunciation for Carlisle: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"


 
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