Erle

Where Erle comes from

A rare spelling variant of Earl.
— Wiktionary's entry for Erle
  • English
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1889
    Erle Stanley Gardner born
    American writer and lawyer
  3. 1891
    Peak, #766
    7 babies named Erle — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1892
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1896
    Erle C. Kenton born
    film director
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Erle Stanley Gardner · American writer and lawyer, 1889–1970
  • Erle C. Kenton · film director, 1896–1980
  • Erle Cox · Australian writer, 1873–1950
  • Erle P. Halliburton · American businessman, 1892–1957
  • Erle Harstad · Norwegian figure skater, born 1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.