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Earl (given name)

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Gender
  
Male

Word/name
  
English

Meaning
  
"warrior" or "nobleman"

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). The name was sometimes used among servants of actual nobiliary earls, and instances of its usage date back to 12th-century England. 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 animated TV series Rocko's Modern Life
  • Earl Abell (1892–1956), American football player
  • Earl E. Anderson (born 1919), American general
  • Earl Anthony (1938–2001), professional bowler
  • Earl Armstrong (1900–1986) 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 (1924–1993), 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 the film Tremors
  • Earl Battey (1935–2003), professional baseball player
  • Earl Beecham (born 1965), American football 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, fictional character in the 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), American basketball player
  • 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), Puerto Rican basketball player
  • Earl Johnson, 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 (born 1909), American politician
  • Earl Caddock (1888–1950), American professional wrestler
  • Earl Caldwell, 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 (born 1917), British actor
  • Earl Campbell (born 1900), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Earl Christian Campbell (born 1955), American football player
  • Earl Chudoff (1907–1993), American politician
  • Earl "Dutch" Clark (1906–1978), American football player
  • Earl Cochell (born 1922), American tennis player
  • Earl Cochran (born 1981), American football player
  • 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 politician
  • Earl Devore (1888–1928), American racecar driver
  • Earl Dittman, American film critic and publisher
  • Earl Dodge (born 1932), 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 (born 1939), American football player
  • Earl Ferrell (born 1958), American football player
  • Earl Gillespie (1922–2003), 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 (born 1951), American professor
  • Earl Gros (born 1940), American football player
  • Earl Hamner Jr. (born 1923), American writer and television producer
  • Earl G. Harrison (1899–1955), American attorney
  • Earl Hebner, former WWE referee
  • Earl Hickey, fictional character in the TV series My Name Is Earl
  • Earl Hindman (1942–2003), 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), 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 McCarthy (born 1969), Irish freestyle swimmer
  • Earl D. McIntyre, Canadian politician
  • Earl C. Michener (1876–1957), American politician
  • Earl Monroe (born 1944), American basketball player
  • Earl "Madman" Muntz (1914–1987), American merchandiser
  • Earl Murray (1926–1994), 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 (born 1970), American rapper and actor better known as DMX
  • 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 T. Smith (1903–1991), American politician
  • Earl "J.R." Smith III (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 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) American-Israeli 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
  • References

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