Show ContentsIdyle History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The ancestry of the name Idyle dates from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from when the family lived in the region of Idle at Calverley in Yorkshire. Idyle is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties.

Early Origins of the Idyle family

The surname Idyle was first found in Herefordshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Idyle family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Idyle research. Another 134 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1193, 1202, 1363, 1379, 1401, 1410, 1455 and 1681 are included under the topic Early Idyle History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Idyle Spelling Variations

Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Idyle have been found, including Idle, Idell, Idel, Idelle, Idil, Idill, Idille, Idylle, Idyll, Ydile and many more.

Early Notables of the Idyle family

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Migration of the Idyle family

Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Idyle, or a variant listed above: Christian Idle, who immigrated to Texas in 1846.



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