Lyttle

Lyttle

English

Etymology

Variant of Little, from little (“small, (ironic) big, not much, younger”), from a regional prounciation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaitəl/

Proper noun

Lyttle (plural Lyttles)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Lyttle is the 14902nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1986 individuals. Lyttle is most common among White (64.2%) and Black/African American (29.76%) individuals.

References

  • Hanks, Patrick & al. The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland (2016), p. 1651.
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