Kiel (name)
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For the city in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, see Kiel, Wisconsin
Kiel, Wisconsin
Kiel is a city in Calumet and Manitowoc Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 3,450 at the 2000 census. The city is located mostly within Manitowoc County, though a portion extends west into adjacent Calumet County....

. For the city in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, see Kiel
Kiel
Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...



Kiel is a surname or given name. As first name it is an alternate spelling of Kyle
Kyle
Kyle may refer to:* KYLE, a Fox network affiliate* Kyle , a Scottish masculine given name * Kyle , a surname of Scottish origin* Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland* Kyle, Indiana, United States...

 (kahyl). Can be pronounced like kyle or keel.

Is also believed to be rooted in the Hawaiian for "lily of the valley"

Notable bearers of this name

As a first name:
  • Kiel Martin
    Kiel Martin
    Kiel Urban Mueller , professionally known as Kiel Martin, was an American actor best known for his role as lovable rogue Detective John "J.D." La Rue on the 1980s television drama Hill Street Blues.Martin was married twice, first to Claudia Martin , who was actor/crooner Dean...

    , American actor

  • Kiel McClung
    Kiel McClung
    Kiel McClung is an American soccer player, currently without a club.-Youth and College:McClung was a three-time letterwinner at Quartz Hill High School under coach Tony Bruce. McClung was named the Golden League’s Most Valuable Player as a Junior, Daily News Player of the Year, and also the CIF...

    , American soccer player

  • Kiel McLeod
    Kiel McLeod
    Kiel McLeod is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Victoria Salmon Kings of the ECHL. Throughout his professional playing career, McLeod has played for nine different teams in four different countries....

    , Canadian hockey player


As a surname:
  • Friedrich Kiel
    Friedrich Kiel
    Friedrich Kiel was a German composer and music teacher.Writing of the chamber music of Friedrich Kiel, the famous scholar and critic Wilhelm Altmann notes that it was Kiel’s extreme modesty which kept him and his exceptional works from receiving the consideration they deserved...

    , 19th-century German composer

  • Henry Kiel
    Henry Kiel
    Henry W. Kiel was the thirty-second Mayor of Saint Louis, serving from 1913 to 1925.Kiel grew up in St. Louis and attended St. Louis Public Schools and the Smith Academy. His family worked in the construction industry, and Kiel learned the bricklayer's trade from his father...

    , thirty-sixth Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri
    St. Louis, Missouri
    St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...


  • Peter Kiel
    Peter Kiel
    Peter Kiel is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League . He played for St Kilda as a utility. Kiel won the club's best and fairest award in his first year, but never quite recaptured the same form. Later in his career he was given tagging roles.-External...

    , Australian rules footballer

  • Richard Kiel
    Richard Kiel
    Richard Dawson Kiel is an American actor best known for his role as the steel-toothed Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker as well as the video game Everything or Nothing, and Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore...

    , (born 1939), American actor

  • Terrence Kiel
    Terrence Kiel
    Terrence Dewayne Kiel was an American safety in the National Football League. He played his entire career for the San Diego Chargers after being drafted by them in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas A&M.-Early years:Kiel was born in Lufkin, Texas...

    , former NFL player
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