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Errol

/ˈɛɹəl/

Errol proper noun: a male given name transferred from the surname, popularized by American Actor Errol Flynn.

Proper noun

Errol

  1. A male given name transferred from the surname, popularized by American Actor Errol Flynn.
    • Bridey says if she had a son which please God she will some day she'll call him Ronald because she's mad about Ronald Colman that you see in the Coliseum Cinema. Or Errol, that's another lovely name, Errol Flynn.
    • Mam says, will you go way outa that, Bridey. I'd never be able to stick my head out the door and say, Errol, Errol, come in for your tea. Sure the poor child would be a laughingstock.1996, Frank McCourt, chapter VII, in Angela's Ashes, HarperCollins, →ISBN, pages 203–204
  2. A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2522).
  3. A town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States.

Origin of Errol

Transferred from a rare Scottish surname derived from a place name, of unknown meaning. Later interpreted as a variant of Earl in the U.S.

Words that rhyme with Errol

Questions about Errol

What does Errol mean?
Errol means a male given name transferred from the surname, popularized by American Actor Errol Flynn.
What part of speech is Errol?
Errol is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Errol?
Errol is pronounced /ˈɛɹəl/.

Words near Errol in the dictionary

  1. Erringtons
  2. Errinundra
  3. errish
  4. errno
  5. errnos
  6. Errol
  7. Erroll
  8. Errolls
  9. Erromangan
  10. Erromangans
  11. Erromango

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