Earle

Where Earle comes from

The dictionaries list Earle as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    Earle Page born
    Australian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #341 among boys — 25 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1894
    Peak, #231
    55 babies named Earle — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1977
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,063.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A male given name, variant of Earl.
Namesakes
  • Earle Page · Australian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia, 1880–1961

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.