Boy · English (modern coinage)
Kyler
Say it: KY-lur
Meaning
A modern American coinage, perhaps a blend of Kyle and Tyler; a Dutch surname Kuyler is sometimes cited.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Used in the US from the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 35,362 babies given this name since 1922
- At its height in 2019, about 1 in 1,100 boys
- 1,532 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kylar
Famous bearers
- Kyler Murray, American football quarterback
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Where this comes from
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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