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Earl (male)

Can be spelt:Earle (M) Erle (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

English, especially US, from Old English "warrior, nobleman, prince".

Taken from the aristocratic vocabulary word [see also Prince, King, Duke, Noble].
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