Hirl History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

Etymology of Hirl

What does the name Hirl mean?

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

Early Origins of the Hirl family

The surname Hirl 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 Hirl family

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Hirl Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Hirl family

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Hirl migration to the United States +

Hirl Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Stephen Hirl, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1858 1

Sources +

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)