Harle
name, noun
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A bird, the red-breasted merganser. archaic
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
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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