Girle

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from ME gurle 'youth, maiden'; first attested Geoffrey Gurle 1275 RH (Sf)

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɡɜːɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Girle is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 137K(inferred from the name graph)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 273K
  • KEKenya≈1 in 360K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,200 people, est.

Sources
44 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 137K (inferred from the name graph)

Algeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from ME gurle 'youth, maiden'; first attested Geoffrey Gurle 1275 RH (Sf)

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of English Surnames

Where in the world(measured from records)

Girle counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Girle is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈1,200 est.≈1 in 1.2MGirle1
DZ Algeria≈310 est.≈1 in 137KGirle4
KE Kenya≈150 est.≈1 in 360KGirle1
AU Australia≈93 est.≈1 in 273KGirle44
MA Morocco≈79 est.≈1 in 450KGirle3
SY Syria≈27 est.≈1 in 709KGirle2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Girle is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Gïrlê, Gïrlę, Gîrlê, Gįrlė, Gïrlé

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Gîrlé

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Girle is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, Obsolete spelling of girl.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, Rēviju dejotāja, kas uzstājas grupā

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Girle,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 4 countries.

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Girle mean, and where does it come from?
from ME gurle 'youth, maiden'; first attested Geoffrey Gurle 1275 RH (Sf) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
How do you pronounce Girle?
A machine transcription gives /ɡɜːɫ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Girle have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.2 thousand people named Girle in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled girle.
How common is the name Girle?
Mondonomo estimates about 1,200 people in China have Girle as their first surname, about 1 in 1.2 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Girle”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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