Erling

Where Erling comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Erling.

Erling through the years
  1. 1115
    Erling Skakke born
    Norwegian noble
  2. 1908
    First appearance
    #1,373 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1913
    Peak, #667
    45 babies named Erling, its best rank.
  4. 1926
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,720.
  5. 2000
    Erling Haaland born
    Norwegian footballer
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Erling Haaland · Norwegian footballer, born 2000
  • Erling Skakke · Norwegian noble, 1115–1179
  • Erling Mandelmann · Danish photographer, 1935–2018
  • Erling Kagge · Norwegian explorer, born 1963
  • Erling Jevne · Norwegian cross-country skier, born 1966

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.