Wylie is an English name meaning "well-watered meadow", and may also refer to:

People

Wylie (surname) Wylie is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Wylie, (born 1984), American actor, singer and performer * Alexander Wylie (disambiguation), multiple people * Alison Wylie, Canadian feminist philosopher of science at the Univer ...

Wylie (Australian explorer) Wylie (c. 1825 – ?) was an indigenous Australian originally from the King George Sound tribe around Albany in Western Australia. He accompanied Edward John Eyre to Adelaide by sea in May 1840, and would have left with Eyre on his expedition ...

, Aboriginal companion of Edward John Eyre during his crossing of the Nullarbor Plain in Australia * Wylie Breckenridge (1903–1991), rugby union player who represented Australia * Wylie Gibbs (born 1922), Australian politician * Wylie Cameron Grant (1879–1968), American tennis champion *

Wylie Human Wylie Human (born 26 February 1979) is a South African rugby union winger. He has played for several Super Rugby teams including the Stormers, the Sharks and the Lions. He has also played for Bath and Northampton Saints, and is currently ply ...

(born 1979), South African rugby union winger * Wylie Stateman, American supervising sound editor *

Wylie Sypher Feltus Wylie Sypher (December 12, 1905 – August 1987) was an American non-fiction writer and professor. Sypher was born in Mount Kisco, New York to Harry Wylie Sypher and Martha Berry. He graduated from Amherst College in 1927. He received a ...

(1905–1987), American non-fiction writer and professor *

Wylie Watson Wylie Watson (6 February 1889 – 3 May 1966) (born John Wylie Robertson) was a British actor. Among his best-known roles were those of "Mr Memory", an amazing man who commits "50 new facts to his memory every day" in Alfred Hitchcock's film ' ...

(1889–1966), British actor * Wylie G. Woodruff (1866–1930), American football player and coach

Fictional characters

Wile E. Coyote Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner are a duo of cartoon characters from the '' Looney Tunes'' and '' Merrie Melodies'' series of animated cartoons, first appearing in 1949 in the theatrical cartoon short '' Fast and Furry-ous''. In each episod ...

, a cartoon character whose name sounds similar to "Wily" * Wylie Burp, a character from the film ''An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'' * Wylie Endal, a character from ''

Keeper Of The Lost Cities ''Keeper of the Lost Cities '' is an upper-Middle grade fiction, middle-grade fantasy series by Shannon Messenger that has appeared on the The New York Times Best Seller list, ''New York Times'' bestseller list for a total of ten weeks. The first ...

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Shannon Messenger Shannon Messenger is an American author. She writes the middle-grade series ''Keeper of the Lost Cities'', which was a ''New York Times'' bestseller; ''Unlocked'', book 8.5 in the series, reached number 8 on USA Today's list in 2020. She also w ...

Places

United States

Lake Wylie, South Carolina Lake Wylie is a census-designated place (CDP) in York County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 8,841 at the 2010 census. Lake Wylie is located on a peninsula along the shore of Lake Wylie, a reservoir that was named for Dr. W. Gi ...

* Wylie Township, Minnesota *

Wylie, Texas Wylie is a city and northeastern suburb of Dallas, that was once solely located in Collin County, Texas, Collin County, but now extends into neighboring Dallas County, Texas, Dallas and Rockwall County, Texas, Rockwall counties in the U.S. state o ...

, a city located primarily within Collin County *

Wylie, Taylor County, Texas Wylie is a community in Taylor County, Texas, United States. The once predominantly rural area has developed into a thriving suburban bedroom community as the city of Abilene expanded in the latter half of the 20th century. A significant portion ...

, an unincorporated community largely in the city limits of Abilene *

Wylie Island Wylie Island is a bar island on the New River in Summers County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American ...

, a bar island on the New River in Summers County, West Virginia *

Lake Wylie Lake Wylie is a reservoir or man-made lake in the U.S. states of South Carolina and North Carolina. The lake has a surface area of 13,400 acres (54.2 km2) (20.9 mi2) (5420 ha) and features of shoreline. History The man-made lake was first form ...

, a reservoir, or man-made lake in the U.S. states of both South Carolina and North Carolina

Elsewhere

* Wylie Bay, a bay 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, lying between Cape Monaco and Norsel Point on the southwest coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula *

Wylie Ridge Wylie Ridge () is a ridge that extends westward from Meier Peak in the Admiralty Mountains. It parallels the north side of Massey Glacier for 6 nautical miles (11 km) and terminates at Man-o-War Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological ...

, a ridge that extends westward from Meier Peak in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica * Wylie, Ontario, a municipality in Eastern Ontario, Canada, on the Ottawa River in Renfrew County

Other

Wylie transliteration Wylie transliteration is a method for transliterating Tibetan script using only the letters available on a typical English-language typewriter. The system is named for the American scholar Turrell V. Wylie, who created the system and published i ...

for Tibetan script *

Wylie House Museum Wylie House is a historic structure built in 1835 and located in Bloomington, Indiana. It was home of Andrew Wylie, first president of Indiana University, until his death in 1851. In 1859, following the death of Andrew's widow Margaret, Theop ...

a historic house museum of Indiana University's first president Andrew Wylie, in Bloomington, IN *

Lazard Carnegie Wylie Lazard Carnegie Wylie is a boutique investment bank that advises on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, initial public offerings and related transactions. The firm was founded in 2000 by John Wylie and Mark Carnegie. In July 2007, Carnegie, ...

, a boutique investment bank that advises in mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, initial public offerings and related transactions *

Wylie Mansion The Wylie Mansion was an American mansion which once stood at 10 Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C. Believed to have been built in 1843, it stood on the northeast section of the circle for over 100 years until a fire destroyed a significant por ...

, an American mansion which once stood at 10 Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C *

Wylie School The Wylie School is a historic school building at Ekonk Hill Road and Wylie School Road in Voluntown, Connecticut.Built in 1856, this school was used by the town until 1939, and is its only surviving district school building. It is now used as a ...