First name origin & meaning: Old English: Nobleman First name variations: Earle, Earland, Early, Erie, Errol, Erroll, Airle, Earld, Earlie, Eorl, Erl Last name origin & meaning: English: originally, like most of the English names derived from
the ranks of nobility, either a nickname or an occupational name for a
servant employed in a noble household. The vocabulary word is a native
one, from Old English eorl ‘nobleman’, and in the Middle Ages
was often used as an equivalent of Norman Count. This name appears in the following lists:
Country Stars,
Presidents' Kids
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