Name

Name LYE

Between 1980 and 2022 there were 3 births of Lye in the countries below, which represents an average of 0 birth of children bearing the first name Lye per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Lye
In Italiano

Nome Lye

Information about the first name Lye

The first name Lye is listed in our categories :

Names of French cities
Lye

The first name Lye has been assigned to:

33.33% to boys
66.67% to girls

The country where the first name Lye is the most common is:

Chili

This first name is on trend: Female

This first name has 3 letters including 2 vowels and 1 consonant

Anagrams of the first name Lye

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Lye : Ely, Elÿ, Ély, Ley, Yel

Lye in Japanese ^*

Romaji	ri
Katakana	リ
Hiragana	り
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Lye in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Lye

English

Etymology

From Middle English leye, lye, from Old English lēah, lēag (“lye”), from Proto-West Germanic *laugu, from Proto-Germanic *laugō, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Loge, Looie (“lye”), Dutch loog (“lye”), German Low German Loge, Loje, Loog (“lye”), German Lauge (“lye”).

Etymology

Variant of lie (“to rest horizontally”) now used in a specialised sense; compare sett.

Etymology (Noun)

lye (countable and uncountable, plural lyes)
An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes).
Potassium or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda).

Etymology (Verb)

lye (third-person singular simple present lyes, present participle lyeing or lying, simple past and past participle lyed)
To treat with lye.

Etymology (Noun)

lye (plural lyes)
Obsolete spelling of lie
(UK, rail transport) A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.

Etymology (Verb)

lye (third-person singular simple present lyes, present participle lying, simple past lay, past participle lain or layn)
Obsolete spelling of lie.

Anagrams

Ely, Ley, ley, yel

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /laɪ/
Rhymes: -aɪ
Homophones: lie, lai, Leigh (some placenames)

General

Proper noun

Lye
(with the) A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9284).
(rare) A diminutive of the female given name Lyanna.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse Lýgi n, possibly from Proto-Germanic *liugiją, related to *leugō.

Etymology

From Old Norse hlýja, from the adjective hlýr.

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology (Alternative forms)

lya (a infinitive)

Etymology (Verb)

lye (present tense lyer, past tense lydde, past participle lytt/lydd, passive infinitive lyast, present participle lyande, imperative ly)
to warm up, give off warmth

Etymology (Verb)