Carlisle

• (surname): Carlill

From Middle English Carlele, from Old English Carleol, Carleul, from Cumbric [Term?] (compare Caer Ligualid in the Historia Brittonum, Middle Welsh Caer Liwelydd, Welsh Caerliwelydd, all suffixed with -ydd), composed of Proto-Brythonic *kaɨr (“fort”) + Proto-Brythonic [Term?] (> Latin Luguvalium), from Proto-Celtic *Luguwalos (personal name, literally “strength of Lugus”), from *Lugus +‎ *walos (“strength”).

The absence of a suffix comparable to Welsh -ydd in the underlying Cumbric form is unexplained; see w:Cumbric/Absence of -ydd.

• IPA^(key): /kɑːɹˈlaɪl/

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• Homophone: Carlyle
• Rhymes: -aɪl

Carlisle

1. A city and local government district in and the county town of Cumbria, and formerly of Cumberland, in northwestern England.
2. A home rule city, the county seat of Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States.
3. A city in Franklin Township, Warren County and German Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, named after railroad man George B. Carlisle.
4. A borough, the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
5. A habitational surname from Old English.

• Carlisle County
• Carlyle
• Port Carlisle

• Jackson, K. H. (1953) Language and History in Early Britain, page 39

• Calliers, Carellis, Carliles, Leclairs, air cells, cliseral