Carlisle - Meaning of Carlisle

What does Carlisle mean?

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Carlisle

[ 2 syll. car-li-sle, ca-rlis-le ] The baby boy name Carlisle is pronounced as KaaRLAYL †. 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 name Carl and the English name Carlyle are forms of Carlisle.

See also the related categories, english, breton, castle, and island.

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, Carl was the most widely used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Carlisle include Carlyle, Caarlo, Carel, Carley, Carlie, Carlo, Carloe, Carlow, Carlowe, Carly, Carol, Caroll, Carrol, Carroll, Caryl, Cathal, Cockril, Corlee, Corley, and Corli.

† Pronunciation for Carlisle: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AY as in "side (S.AY.D)"