Hierl History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Germany

The Hierl surname is thought to have evolved from the personal name Herle, which was a nickname of Hermann.

Early Origins of the Hierl family

The surname Hierl was first found in Bavria and Austria. One of the first records of this surname or a variant dates back to 1280 when a Sub Agro Dicte Herlin is recorded in Mengen near Saulgau. Other early records show a dictus Herli is listed in Muhlhausen near Cannstatt in 1282, and Herlin servus appears in records relating to Liegnitz in 1315.

Early History of the Hierl family

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Hierl Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Herler, Herle and others.

Early Notables of the Hierl family

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Hierl migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Hierl Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Miss Maria Hierl, (b. 1711), who arrived in Georgia in 1734 aboard the ship "Purysburg" 1

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)