Earl (given name)
Earl is a popular English given name meaning "warrior" or "nobleman" [1] (originally "earl" was cognate to the Germanic title of Jarl, meaning a warrior-king). The name was sometimes used among servants of actual nobiliary earls, and instances of its usage date back to 12th-century England.[2] Some of the holders of this name are:
- "Big" Earl, fictional alien in the video game ToeJam & Earl and its sequels
- Earl, fictional character in the animated TV series Rocko's Modern Life
- Earl Abell (1892–1956), American football player
- Earl E. Anderson (born 1919), American general
- Earl Anthony (1938–2001), professional bowler
- Earl Armstrong (1900–1986) Canadian politician
- Earl I. Anzai (born 1941), American politician
- Earl Averill (1902–1983), professional baseball player
- Earl Edwin Austin, American criminal
- Earl Babbie (born 1938), sociologist
- Earl Bakken (born 1924), inventor of the transistorized pacemaker
- Earl Balfour (born 1933) professional ice hockey player
- Earl Balmer (born 1935), former NASCAR Cup Series driver
- Earl Banks (1924–1993), American football coach
- Earl Barish (born 1943), Canadian businessman
- Earl Barrett (born 1967) former footballer
- Earl Barron (born 1981), professional basketball player
- Earl Bassett, fictional character in the film Tremors
- Earl Battey (1935–2003), professional baseball player
- Earl Beecham (born 1965), American football player
- Earl Holmes Bell (born 1955) pole vaulter
- Earl Bennett (born 1987) American football player
- Earl Best (born 1947), American community organizer known as the 'Street Doctor'
- Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933), American novelist and playwright
- Earl Billings (born 1945), Actor
- Earl Bird, fictional character in the comic strip Motley's Crew
- Earl Black (born 1942), Professor
- Earl Blaik (1897–1989), American football coach
- Earl Blumenauer (born 1948), American politician
- Earl Boen (born 1945), American actor
- Earl Bostic (1913–1965), American saxophonist
- Earl Boykins (born 1976), American basketball player
- Earl K. Brent (1914–1977), American songwriter and composer
- Earl Broady (1904–1992), American police officer, attorney, and judge
- Earl Browder (1891–1973), American communist
- Earl Brown (coach) (1915–2003), American football and basketball player and coach
- Earl Brown (basketball, born 1952), Puerto Rican basketball player
- Earl Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Earl Jolly Brown (1939–2006), American actor
- Earl Brydges (1905–1975), American politician
- Earl "Butch" Buchholz (born 1940), American tennis player
- Earl Butz (born 1909), American politician
- Earl Caddock (1888–1950), American professional wrestler
- Earl Caldwell (born c. 1939), American journalist
- Earl Welton Caldwell (1905–1981), American baseball player
- Earl Camembert, fictional character in the TV series SCTV
- Earl Cameron (1915–2005), Canadian broadcaster
- Earl Cameron (born 1917), British actor
- Earl Campbell (born 1900), Canadian ice hockey player
- Earl Christian Campbell (born 1955), American football player
- Earl Chudoff (1907–1993), American politician
- Earl "Dutch" Clark (1906–1978), American football player
- Earl Cochell (born 1922), American tennis player
- Earl Cochran (born 1981), American football player
- Earl Collins (1895–1958), Canadian politician
- Earl Conrad (1912–1986), American author
- Earl Cook (1908–1996), American baseball player
- Earl Cooper (1886–1965), American racecar driver
- Marion Earl Cooper (born 1957), American football player
- Earl Cranston (1840–1932), American bishop
- Earl Cureton (born 1957), American basketball player
- Earl Dawson (1925–1987), Canadian politician
- Earl Devore (1888–1928), American racecar driver
- Earl Dittman, American film critic and publisher
- Earl Dodge (born 1932), American politician
- Earl Doherty (born 1941), Canadian author
- Earl Dotson (born 1970), American football player
- Earl Douglas (radio), radio talk show producer
- Earl Durand (1913–1939), American mountain man
- Earl Duvall (1898–1969), American animator
- Earl Eby (1894–1970), American athlete
- Earl Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
- Earl Ehrhart (born 1959), American politician
- Earl Hancock Ellis (1880–1923), U.S. Marine Corps officer
- Earl Emerson (born 1948), American novelist
- Earl Everett (born 1984), American football player
- Earl Faison (born 1939), American football player
- Earl Ferrell (born 1958), American football player
- Earl Gillespie (1922–2003), American sportscaster
- Earl Grant (1933–1970), American pianist
- Earl G. Graves, Sr. (born 1935), American entrepreneur, publisher, businessman and philanthropist
- Earl G. Graves, Jr. (born 1962), American businessman and basketball player
- Earl Grinols (born 1951), American professor
- Earl Gros (born 1940), American football player
- Earl Hamner Jr. (born 1923), American writer and television producer
- Earl G. Harrison (1899–1955), American Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School; Commissioner of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1942–44
- Earl Hebner, former WWE referee
- Earl Heikka (1910-1941), American sculptor
- Earl Hickey, fictional character in the TV series My Name Is Earl
- Earl Hindman (1942–2003), American actor
- Earl F. Hilliard (born 1942), American politician
- Earl Hines (1903–1983), jazz pianist
- Earl Gladstone Hunt Jr (1918–2005), Methodist pastor
- Earl Dewitt Hutto (born 1926), American politician
- Earl Jones (born 1964), American track and field athlete
- Earl Keeley (born 1936), Canadian football player
- Earl Klugh (born 1954), American jazz guitarist
- Earl Floyd Kvamme (born 1938), American engineer
- Earl "Curly" Lambeau (1898–1965), founder of the Green Bay Packers
- Earl F. Landgrebe (1916–1986), American politician
- Earl C. Latourette (1889–1956), American judge
- Earl Levine (born 1968), American entrepreneur
- Earl Lovelace (born 1935), Trinidadian writer
- Earl McCarthy (born 1969), Irish freestyle swimmer
- Earl D. McIntyre, Canadian politician
- Earl C. Michener (1876–1957), American politician
- Earl R. Miller (1958), American diplomat
- Earl Monroe (born 1944), American basketball player
- Earl "Madman" Muntz (1914–1987), American merchandiser
- Earl Murray (1926–1994), American football player
- Earl Okine (born 1990), American football player
- Earl Pitts, fictional radio character
- Earl Edwin Pitts (born 1953), American spy
- Earl Sande (1898-1968), American Hall of Fame jockey and thoroughbred horse trainer
- Earl Scruggs (1924-2012), American banjo player
- Earl Simmons (born 1970), American rapper and actor better known as DMX
- Earl Slipher (1883–1964), astronomer
- Earl Smith (1910s outfielder) (1891–1943), American baseball player
- Earl Smith (1950s outfielder) (1928–2014), American baseball player
- Earl Smith (catcher) (1897–1963), American baseball player
- Earl Smith (coach) (1917–2012), American football, basketball, and baseball coach
- Earl "Chinna" Smith (born 1955), Jamaican guitarist
- Earl E. T. Smith (1903–1991), American politician
- Earl "J.R." Smith III (born 1985), American basketball player
- Earl Stevens (born 1967), American rapper better known as E-40
- Earl Stevens, Jr., E-40's son and producer better known as Droop-E
- Earl Sweatshirt (born 1994), American rapper and Odd Future member
- Earl Swensson (born c. 1931), American architect
- Earl Taft (born 1931), American mathematician
- Earl Thomas Conley (born 1941), American country singer
- Earl Van Dorn (1820–1863), former U.S Army officer
- Earl Dominic Vernius, fictional character in Prelude to Dune
- Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (1915–1974), American psychologist
- Earl Warren (1891–1974), former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
- Earl Watson (born 1979), professional basketball player
- Earl Williams (basketball player), "the Twirl" (born 1951), American-Israeli professional basketball player
- Earl Williams (1970s catcher) (1948–2013), former major league baseball player
- Earl Weaver (born 1930), former baseball manager of the Baltimore Orioles
- Earl Irvin West (1920-2011), American church historian
- Earl Wild (1915–2010), American pianist
- Earl Wilson (1934–2005), former MLB pitcher
- Earl Woods (1932–2006), father of Tiger Woods
- James Earl Jones (born 1931), American actor
- Wentworth Earl Miller (born 1972), American actor
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | English |
| Meaning | "warrior" or "nobleman" |
Other
- Earl (car), nickname of a car on MythBusters
- Fictional person on My name is Earl
gollark: I'm hoping that one day small e-ink labels will be practical so we can finally stop with the evils of printers.
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gollark: PluggingReallyLongFiberopticsIntoYourPhoneFi
gollark: 5G is overrated anyway hen you can just attach a very long fiberoptic cable to your phone.
gollark: With data caps and 5G I will be very excited to burn through all my data in five seconds.
See also
- Earle (given name)
- Earlene (given name)
- Errol (disambiguation)
References
- Merriam-Webster: earl
- Pickering, David (2005). The Penguin Pocket Dictionary of Babies' Names. London: Penguin UK. p. 114. ISBN 0141916397.
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