Earl (given name) explained
| Earl |
| Gender: | Male |
| Meaning: | "warrior" or "nobleman" |
| Origin: | English |
Earl is an English given name, predominantly popular in North America, meaning "warrior" or "nobleman" [1] and derived from the rank of nobility of the same name. Instances of its use as a given name date back to 12th-century England.[2] Some of the holders of this name are:
- "Big" Earl, fictional alien in the video game ToeJam & Earl and its sequels
- Earl, fictional character in the Five Nights at Freddy's story Pressure
- Earl, fictional character in the animated TV series Rocko's Modern Life
- Earl, fictional character in the animated preschool TV series Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
- Earl Abell (1892–1956), American football player
- Earl E. Anderson (1919–2015), American general
- Earl Anthony (1938–2001), American professional bowler
- Earl Armstrong (1900–1986), Canadian politician
- Earl I. Anzai (1941–2023), American politician
- Earl Averill (1902–1983), professional baseball player
- Earl Edwin Austin, American criminal
- Earl Babbie (born 1938), American sociologist
- Earl Bakken (1924–2018), American inventor of the transistorized pacemaker
- Earl Balfour (1933–2018), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Earl Balmer (1935–2019), American NASCAR Cup Series driver
- Earl Bamber (born 1990), Kiwi two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Earl Banks (1924–1993), American football coach
- Earl Barish (born 1943), Canadian businessman
- Earl Barrett (born 1967), English former footballer
- Earl Barron (born 1981), American professional basketball player
- Earl Bassett, fictional character in the film Tremors
- Earl Battey (1935–2003), American professional baseball player
- Earl Beecham (born 1965), American football player
- Earl Bell (born 1955), American retired pole vaulter
- Earl Bennett (born 1987), American football player
- Earl Best (1947–2021), American community organizer known as the 'Street Doctor'
- Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933), American novelist and playwright
- Earl Billings (born 1945), American actor
- Earl Bird, fictional character in the comic strip Motley's Crew
- Earl Black (political scientist) (born 1942), American academic
- Earl Blaik (1897–1989), American football coach
- Earl Blumenauer (born 1948), American politician
- Earl Boen (1941–2023), American actor
- Earl Bostic (1913–1965), American saxophonist
- Earl Boykins (born 1976), American basketball player
- Earl K. Brent (1914–1977), American songwriter and composer
- Earl Broady (1904–1992), American police officer, attorney, and judge
- Earl Browder (1891–1973), American communist
- Earl Brown (coach) (1915–2003), American football and basketball player and coach
- Earl Brown (basketball, born 1952) (born 1952), Puerto Rican basketball player
- Earl Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Earl Jolly Brown (1939–2006), American actor
- Earl Brydges (1905–1975), American politician
- Earl "Butch" Buchholz (born 1940), American tennis player
- Earl Butz (1909–2008), American politician
- Earl Caddock (1888–1950), American professional wrestler
- Earl Caldwell (born c. 1939), American journalist
- Earl Welton Caldwell (1905–1981), American baseball player
- Earl Camembert, fictional character in the TV series SCTV
- Earl Cameron (1915–2005), Canadian broadcaster
- Earl Cameron (1917–2020), British actor
- Earl Campbell (1900–1953), Canadian ice hockey player
- Earl Campbell (born 1955), American football player
- Earl Chudoff (1907–1993), American politician
- Earl "Dutch" Clark (1906–1978), American football player
- Earl Cochell (1922–?), American tennis player
- Earl Cochran (born 1981), American football player
- Earl Cole (born 1971), American entrepreneur and television personality
- Earl Collins (1895–1958), Canadian politician
- Earl Conrad (1912–1986), American author
- Earl Cook (1908–1996), American baseball player
- Earl Cooper (1886–1965), American racecar driver
- Marion Earl Cooper (born 1957), American football player
- Earl Cranston (1840–1932), American bishop
- Earl Cureton (born 1957), American basketball player
- Earl Dawson (1925–1987), Canadian ice hockey executive and politician
- Earl Devore (1888–1928), American racecar driver
- Earl Dittman (born c. 1960), American film critic and publisher
- Earl Dodge (1932–2007), American politician
- Earl Doherty (born 1941), Canadian author
- Earl Dotson (born 1970), American football player
- Earl Douglas (radio), radio talk show producer
- Earl Durand (1913–1939), American mountain man
- Earl Duvall (1898–1969), American animator
- Earl Eby (1894–1970), American athlete
- Earl Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
- Earl Ehrhart (born 1959), American politician
- Earl Hancock Ellis (1880–1923), U.S. Marine Corps officer
- Earl Emerson (born 1948), American novelist
- Earl Everett (born 1984), American football player
- Earl Faison (1939–2016), American football player
- Earl Kenneth Fernandes (born 1972), first Indian American Latin Rite Catholic bishop
- Earl Ferrell (born 1958), American football player
- Earl Gillespie (1922–2003), American sportscaster
- Earl Grant (1933–1970), American pianist
- Earl G. Graves, Sr. (1935–2020), American entrepreneur, publisher, businessman and philanthropist
- Earl G. Graves, Jr. (born 1962), American businessman and basketball player
- Earl Grinols (born 1951), American professor
- Earl Gros (1940–2013), American football player
- Earl Hamner Jr. (1923–2016), American writer and television producer
- Earl G. Harrison (1899–1955), American Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School; Commissioner of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1942–44
- Earl Hebner (born 1949), former WWE referee
- Earl Heikka (1910–1941), American sculptor
- Earl Hickey, fictional character in the TV series My Name Is Earl
- Earl Hindman (1942–2003), American actor
- Earl Hilliard (born 1942), American politician
- Earl Hines (1903–1983), American jazz pianist
- Earl Gladstone Hunt Jr. (1918–2005), American Methodist pastor
- Earl Dewitt Hutto (1926–2020), American politician
- Earl Jones (born 1964), American track and field athlete
- Earl Keeley (born 1936), Canadian football player
- Earl Klugh (born 1953), American jazz guitarist
- Earl Floyd Kvamme (born 1938), American engineer
- Earl "Curly" Lambeau (1898–1965), founder of the Green Bay Packers
- Earl F. Landgrebe (1916–1986), American politician
- Earl C. Latourette (1889–1956), American judge
- Earl Levine (born 1968), American entrepreneur
- Earl Lovelace (born 1935), Trinidadian writer
- Earl McCarthy (born 1969), Irish freestyle swimmer
- Earl D. McIntyre, Canadian politician
- Earl C. Michener (1876–1957), American politician
- Earl R. Miller (born 1958), American diplomat
- Earl Monroe (born 1944), American basketball player
- Earl "Madman" Muntz (1914–1987), American merchandiser
- Earl Murray (1926–1994), American football player
- Earl Okine (born 1990), American football player
- Earl Pitts, fictional radio character
- Earl Edwin Pitts (born 1953), American spy
- Earl Sande (1898–1968), American Hall of Fame jockey and thoroughbred horse trainer
- Earl Scruggs (1924–2012), American banjo player
- Earl Simmons or DMX (1970–2021), American rapper and actor
- Earl Slipher (1883–1964), astronomer
- Earl Smith (1910s outfielder) (1891–1943), American baseball player
- Earl Smith (1950s outfielder) (1928–2014), American baseball player
- Earl Smith (catcher) (1897–1963), American baseball player
- Earl Smith (coach) (1917–2012), American football, basketball, and baseball coach
- Earl "Chinna" Smith (born 1955), Jamaican guitarist
- Earl E. T. Smith (1903–1991), American politician
- Earl "J. R." Smith (born 1985), American basketball player
- Earl Stevens (born 1967), American rapper better known as E-40
- Earl Stevens, Jr., E-40's son and producer better known as Droop-E
- Earl Sweatshirt (born 1994), American rapper and Odd Future member
- Earl Swensson (1930–2022), American architect
- Earl Taft (1931–2021), American mathematician
- Earl Thomas Conley (1941–2019), American country singer
- Earl Van Dorn (1820–1863), former U.S. Army officer
- Earl Dominic Vernius, fictional character in Prelude to Dune
- Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (1915–1974), American psychologist
- Earl Warren (1891–1974), former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
- Earl Watson (born 1979), professional basketball player
- Earl Weaver (1930–2013), baseball manager of the Baltimore Orioles
- Earl Irvin West (1920–2011), American church historian
- Earl Wild (1915–2010), American pianist
- Earl Williams (basketball player), "the Twirl" (born 1951), American-Israeli professional basketball player
- Earl Williams (1970s catcher) (1948–2013), former major league baseball player
- Earl Wilson (1934–2005), former MLB pitcher
- Earl Woods (1932–2006), father of Tiger Woods
- James Earl Jones (born 1931), American actor
- Wentworth Earl Miller (born 1972), American actor
- Roy Earl Parrish (1888–1918), American politician
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Notes and References
- http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earl Merriam-Webster: earl
- Book: Pickering, David . David Pickering (writer) . 2005 . The Penguin Pocket Dictionary of Babies' Names . London . Penguin UK . 114 . 0141916397 .
