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Carlyle.

An English and Scottish habitational surname, a variant of Carlisle.

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  1. An English and Scottish habitational surname, a variant of Carlisle.

  2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

  3. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada; named for a niece of Thomas Carlyle who lived in the area.

  4. A locale in the United States. A city, the county seat of Clinton County, Illinois; named for the founder Charles W. Slade's grandmother.

  5. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kansas.

  6. A locale in the United States. A ghost town in Montana.

  7. A locality in the Shire of Indigo, north eastern Victoria, Australia.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.