Earl

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish

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Origin and Meaning

English name

Old English eorl = 'nobleman', 'warrior'

Related Names

Earl

♂

Cognates

• Norse: Jarl

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Earl
Genitive:	Earls

- Finnish
Nominative:	Earl
Genitive:	Earlin
Partitive:	Earlia

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Earl
Genitive:	Earls

- Swedish
Nominative:	Earl
Genitive:	Earls

Further Information

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1865-1899
  • 1910-1939
  • 1970-
• Finland:
  • 1940-1990
• Norway:
  • 1940-1950

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Sydsverige
  • Dalarna

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 21 people were named Earl (percentage of first or only given name: 43 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		15	76	2	3	13	73
Finland		n.a.	58	0	0	n.a.	58
Denmark		10	n.a.	0	n.a.	10	n.a.
Norway		13	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	13	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Earl.