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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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