When are 706 people named Kyle in the same place not enough? When a world record is at stake. Another attempt Saturday by the city of Kyle, Texas, to break the world record for the largest gathering of people with one name has again fallen short.

How many people named Kyle can fit in one place? For one Texas city, not enough.

Another attempt by the city of Kyle, Texas, to break the world record for the largest gathering of people with one name fell short Saturday despite 706 Kyles of all ages turning up at a park in the suburbs of Austin.

The crown is currently held by a town in Bosnia that got 2,325 people named Ivan together in 2017, according to Guinness World Records.

  • Flying Squid
    37•6 months ago

    The crown is currently held by a town in Bosnia that got 2,325 people named Ivan together in 2017, according to Guinness World Records.

    Yeah, but like every other guy in Eastern Europe is named Ivan, so that’s a lot easier.

    • @Zehzin
      22•6 months ago

      Does it not count if there are people with different names mixed in? Surely there are more than 2325 Muhammads at a large congregation in a Muslim majority country. It’s the world’s most common name

      • ThoGot
        9•6 months ago

        Also what about different spellings?
        Muhammad, Mohammed, etc.

        • @[email protected]
          10•6 months ago

          I think those are only different spellings because of transliteration and are spelled the same in Arabic script.

        • DrunemetonEnglish
          5•6 months ago

          Asking the important questions! I work with 3 and they’re all spelled differently…

      • @[email protected]English
        2•6 months ago

        Guinness World Records are only recorded because someone pays them to come record it; happenstance records wouldn’t be accounted for.

  • VodkaSolution
    28•6 months ago

    They tried to put together more Karens but everyone of them had the absolute perfect place to host the meeting

    • SatansMaggotyCumFart
      8•6 months ago

      Oh I thought there could only be two Karens, a master and an apprentice to train under her until she takes over.

  • @AbouBenAdhemEnglish
    19•6 months ago

    The largest ticketed concerts have had several hundred thousand attendees. I bet if they reviewed the names on the tickets, they’d find they set world records for gatherings of people with the same name without even realizing it.

  • Bahnd Rollard
    17•6 months ago

    Ok, but which one got to be the best Kyle? We had a Josh fight a long while ago and they ironed that one out in a day or so.

      • ZerlynaEnglish
        5•6 months ago

        Not this time Squid.

        • Flying Squid
          2•6 months ago

          Only one of those two is able to ride a sand worm. I stand by my statement.

    • @[email protected]English
      6•6 months ago

      I was trying to remember the name, I immediately thought of that when I saw this. I love how it turned into a fundraiser for a nearby children’s hospital and a canned food drive.

      Winner of the Best Josh was a 4 year old kid from the hospital too:

  • @samus12345English
    15•6 months ago

    Still the world record for a gathering of people named Kyle, though.

  • @[email protected]
    5•6 months ago

    I’d wager there are over 3,000 Kyles living in the both the New York City and Los Angeles County areas. It’s the getting them all in one place at one time that’s the problem.

    • @_wizard
      5•6 months ago

      Kyle is just down the road from Austin, TX. They probably should have sought people named “Austin”, because I encountered way more of those in Texas then I did Kyle.

  • Gamers_Mate
    1•6 months ago

    To be fair I would consider them separate world records due to being separate names?