Given name & surname
Erroll
“a wanderer”
Erroll is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a wanderer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a wanderer.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Erroll through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 822
- 822 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 32 in 1959. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 649 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Erroll’s family of names
In English usage, Erroll has a related form in Errol. Erroll has a related form in Errol. Erroll has a related form in Eroll.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Erroll
- Erroll GarnerAmerican jazz pianist and composer (1921–1977)
- Erroll FraserBritish Virgin Islands speed skater (1950-2002)
- Erroll BennettTahitian footballer1950–2025
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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