Name Earl - meaning, origin, numerology

Earl is a popular English given name meaning "warrior" or "nobleman" (originally "earl" was cognate to the Germanic title of Jarl, meaning a warrior-king). It is almost exclusively used in North America and practically unknown as a given name in the UK due to possible confusion with the title Earl. Some of the holders of this name are:

• "Big" Earl, a fictional alien from the video game ToeJam & Earl and its sequels
• Earl, fictional character in Rocko's Modern Life
• Earl Abell (1892–1956), American football player
• Earl Amyotte, pro-life activist
• Earl E. Anderson (born 1919), American general
• Earl Anthony (1938–2001), professional bowler
• Earl Armstrong (died 1986) Canadian politician
• Earl I. Anzai, American politician
• Earl Averill (1902–1983), professional baseball player
• Earl Edwin Austin, American criminal
• Earl Babbie (born 1938), sociologist
• Earl Bakken (born 1924), inventor of the transistorized pacemaker
• Earl Balfour (born 1933) professional ice hockey player
• Earl Banks (died 1993), American football coach
• Earl Barish, Canadian businessman
• Earl Barrett (born 1967) former footballer
• Earl Barron (born 1981), professional basketball player
• Earl Bassett, fictional character in Tremors
• Earl Battey (1935–2003), professional baseball player
• Earl Holmes Bell (born 1955) pole vaulter
• Earl Bennett (born 1987) American football player
• Earl Best (born 1947), American community organizer known as the 'Street Doctor'
• Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933), American novelist and playwright
• Earl Billings (born 1945), Actor
• Earl Bird, a fictional character in the 1976–2000 comic strip, Motley's Crew
• Earl Black (born 1942), Professor
• Earl Blaik (1897–1989), American football coach
• Earl Blumenauer (born 1948), American politician
• Earl Boen (born 1945), American actor
• Earl Bostic (1913–1965), American saxophonist
• Earl Boykins (born 1976), professional basketball player
• Earl Broady (1904–1992), police officer
• Earl Browder (1891–1973), American communist
• Earl Brown (coach) (1915–2003), American football and basketball player and coach
• Earl Brown (basketball, born 1952), Puerto Rican former basketball player
• Earl Jolly Brown (1939–2006), American actor
• Earl Brydges, American politician
• Earl "Butch" Buchholz (born 1940) professional tennis player
• Earl Butz (born 1909), American politician
• Earl Caddock (1888–1950), professional wrestler
• Earl Caldwell, journalist
• Earl Welton Caldwell (1905–1981), professional baseball player
• Earl Camembert, fictional character on SCTV
• Earl Cameron (1915–2005), Canadian broadcaster
• Earl Cameron (born 1917) British actor
• Earl Campbell (born 1900), Professional ice hockey player
• Earl Christian Campbell (born 1955), former professional football player
• Earl Chudoff (1907–1993), American politician
• Earl "Dutch" Clark (1906–1978), professional American football player
• Earl Cochell (born 1922), American tennis player
• Earl Cochran (born 1981), Professional American football player
• Earl Collins (1895–1958), Canadian politician
• Earl Conrad, author
• Earl Cook (1908–1996), professional baseball player
• Earl Cooper (1886–1965), American racecar driver
• Marion Earl Cooper (born 1957), professional American football player
• Earl Cranston (1840–1932), American bishop
• Earl Cureton (born 1957), professional basketball player
• Earl Dawson (1925–1987), Canadian politician
• Earl Devore (1888–1928), American racecar driver
• Earl Dittman, a film critic
• Earl Dodge (born 1932), American politician
• Earl Doherty, 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 (died 1969), Animator
• Earl Eby (1894–1970), American athlete
• Earl Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Earl Ehrhart, 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 (born 1939), professional American football player
• Earl Ferrell (born 1958), professional American football player
• Earl Gillespie (died 2003), American sportscaster
• Earl Grant (1933–1970), American pianist
• Earl G. Graves, Sr. (born 1935), American entrepreneur, publisher, businessman and philanthropist
• Earl G. Graves, Jr. (born 1962), American businessman and basketball player
• Earl Grinols, professor
• Earl Gros (born 1940), professional American football player
• Earl Hamner (born 1923), a writer also known as "Earl Hammer, Junior".
• Earl G. Harrison (1899–1955), American attorney
• Earl Hebner, former WWE referee
• Earl Hickey, a fictional character from the TV series My Name Is Earl
• Earl Hindman, American actor
• Earl F. Hilliard (born 1942), American politician
• Earl Hines (1903–1983), jazz pianist
• Earl Gladstone Hunt Jr (1918–2005), Methodist pastor
• Earl Dewitt Hutto (born 1926), American politician
• Earl Jones (born 1964), American track and field athlete
• Earl Keeley (born 1936), Canadian football player
• Earl Klugh (born 1954), 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 (died 1956), American judge
• Earl Levine (born 1968), American entrepreneur
• Earl McCarthy (born 1969), Irish freestyle swimmer
• Earl D. McIntyre, Canadian politician
• Earl C. Michener (1876–1957), American politician
• Earl Monroe, Hall of fame basketball player
• Earl "Madman" Muntz (1914–1987), merchandiser
• Earl Pitts, fictional radio character
• Earl Edwin Pitts, American spy
• Earl Sande (1898-1968), American Hall of Fame jockey and thoroughbred horse trainer
• Earl Scruggs (1924-2012), American banjo player
• Earl Simmons, rapper better known as DMX
• Earl Slipher (1883–1964), astronomer
• Earl Calvin Smith, professional baseball player
• Earl "Chinna" Smith, Jamaican guitarist
• Earl T. Smith (1903–1991), American politician
• Earl Smith III (born 1985), professional basketball player
• Earl Stevens, rapper better known as E-40
• Earl Stevens, Jr., E-40's son and producer better known as Droop-E
• Earl Thomas Conley (born 1941), 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, former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
• Earl Watson (born 1979), professional basketball player
• Earl Williams (basketball player), "the Twirl", (born 1951) professional basketball player
• Earl Williams (1970s catcher), former major league baseball player
• Earl Weaver (born 1930), former baseball manager of the Baltimore Orioles
• Earl Irvin West (1920-2011), American church historian
• Earl Wild (1915–2010), American pianist
• 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

Other

• Earl (car), nickname of a car on MythBusters

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English (mainly U.S.): from the English aristocratic title, originally a nickname parallel to Duke, King, etc. The title was first used in England in the 12th century, as an equivalent to the French comte count; it is from Old English eorl warrior, nobleman, prince. In some cases the given name may have been taken from the surname Earl, which was given originally to someone who worked in the household of an earl.
Variants: Earle, Erle.

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