Errol

Where Errol comes from

Transferred from a rare Scottish surname derived from a place name, of unknown meaning. Later interpreted as a variant of Earl in the U.S.
— Wiktionary's entry for Errol
  • 2 syllables
Errol through the years
  1. 1896
    First appearance
    #982 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1909
    Errol Flynn born
    Australian actor
  3. 1935
    Around this time: Errol Flynn in Captain Blood
    Film, 1935 · Source
  4. 1941
    Peak, #354
    272 babies named Errol, the most in any year.
  5. 1945
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #548.
  6. 1948
    Errol Morris born
    American filmmaker and writer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, popularized by American Actor Errol Flynn.
Namesakes
  • Errol Flynn · Australian actor, 1909–1959
  • Errol Morris · American filmmaker and writer, born 1948
  • Errol Barrow · Barbadian politician, 1920–1987
  • Errol Spence · American boxer, born 1990
  • Errol Brown · British singer and songwriter, 1943–2015

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. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.