Harle

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A bird, the red-breasted merganser. archaic

Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from South German Härle. * Habitational surname from the villages of Kirkharle and Little Harle, possibly named from an Old English personal name Herela, a derivative of here (“army”). * Borrowed from French Harlé, a topographic surname from harle (“ditch”).

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