The Lytle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,970 people carried this name — #2,781 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 12,701 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Lytle surname

Variant of Little, from Middle English and modern lytle, variant of little (“small, (ironic) big, not much, younger”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lytle» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a nickname: ‘the little’.

An early record he cites: William le Letle, Oxfordshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Little, Littell, Lytle and Litel.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 488 · public domain.

In print

Lytle in American newspapers,
1906–1918.

Newspaper page from The Glasgow Courier carrying the name Lytle
The Glasgow Courier 1918-12-20
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Lytle
New-york Tribune 1906-09-16
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Lytle
New-york Tribune 1906-09-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 64,770 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Lytle in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

114 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lytle. The most, 24, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 39
New South Wales 33
Queensland 17
South Australia 11
Tasmania 9
Western Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lytle.

Who carried it

People named Lytle,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Haines Lytle
    William Haines Lytle 1826–1863 · writer
  • Mary Lytle d. 1966
  • George Lytle 1759–
  • Jennet Mebane Lytle 1792–1847
  • Elizabeth Lytle 1794–1831
  • Robert Todd Lytle 1804–1839 · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Lytle,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States927 records

927 records of the Lytle name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 472
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 191
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 90
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 71
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 53
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 26
  • Sacramento County historic burials 10
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 5
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ralph D. Lytle

    Born 1920 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1942 at New Cumberland; carpenter from Allegheny County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at West Virginia National Cemetery, West Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Michael Linn Lytle

    Born 1948; from Oskaloosa, Iowa. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary A. Lytle

    Arrived at New York in 1867 aboard the Columbia from Glasgow, aged 26; matron. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 927 records for Lytle in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada67 records

67 records of the Lytle name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 33
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 11
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 8
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 7
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 5
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ernest Alexander Lytle

    Buried in 1994 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 84.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mary Frances Lytle

    Died 1963 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record William Gordon Lytle

    Died in service in 1915.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 67 records for Lytle in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia21 records

21 records of the Lytle name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 19
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jas Lytle

    Arrived in Victoria in 1856 aboard the Morning Light, aged 19; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Robert Lytle

    Left Launceston in 1853 aboard the Yarra Yarra, bound for Melbourne.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William M. Lytle

    Of New South Wales; died 1912.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 21 records for Lytle in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

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