Purl

Where Purl comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Purl.

Purl through the years
  1. 1884
    First appearance
    #848 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1885
    Peak, #765
    7 babies named Purl, its best rank.
  3. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Purl in Wikidata.

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.