Etymograph

English

Guirl

Guirl may come from French guirlande ‘garland’.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentguirlande‘garland’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1905Guirl

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentguirlande‘garland’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1905Guirl

Earliest quotation: 1905, Edgar Harvey Defebaugh, Barrel and Box and Packages: “Mr. Guirl is a native of Indiana, and his…”

The story

Possibly from an alteration of French guirlande (‘garland’), which suggests that the name may have originated as an occupational surname for someone who makes and sells garlands.

Every English word from French guirlande

Today it means

name A surname. Of American usage.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / French guirlande / Guirl

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