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All around the world, Carlyle (Carlyle , Карлайл , كارلي) is quite a rare principally male, but very seldom female forename. The forename Carlyle is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Barbados, where it is quite a common masculine name, Trinidad and Tobago, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Jamaica. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in the United States, South Africa, and Brazil. Likewise, Carlyle is the last name as well as the forename.
Carlyle is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Carlisle Cullen , the character from Twilight.