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Earl
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Meaning
From the English title earl, Old English eorl 'nobleman, warrior'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Common in the US from the 1880s to the 1940s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1910s
In the United States
- 291,041 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1918, about 1 in 160 boys
- 68 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Earle, Erle
Famous bearers
- Earl Scruggs, American banjo player
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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