Message: "Lisle" - Behind the Name

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Lisle

by Tiggs

3/19/2013, 7:57 PM

If you'd be so kind, I am interested to know what your book says about Lisle. I realize here it's a male name, but it was also my great grandmother's middle name, which she was always called by, and I've not ever been able to learn where it came from, other than finding that it's a place name as well as a type of fabric, and the thread that fabric is made from.

Liv, Bonnie and Paulina are my favorites from this list.

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- Sofia +1

3/20/2013, 5:05 PM

The book says:
Place name: Lille, France, centre of the French textile industry. Lisle thread, a strong cotton used for gloves and stockings, was originally made there. This name may also be related to Lyle. Other form Lysle.

- Tiggs

3/21/2013, 3:43 PM

Thank you; appreciate the info. :)

- Anneza

3/20/2013, 3:27 AM

I can add that a South African woman golfer, who must be in her middle-to-late sixties by now, has the given name of Lisle. I've never heard of another one, but nor have I seen people react to it with startled disbelief.

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