Errol

Scottish, spelling variation of Earl

Errol Origin and Meaning

The name Errol is a boy's name of Scottish origin.

Errol was a swashbuckling name in the Errol Flynn era, which still has a trace of jazz cool.m thanks to jazz pianist Erroll Garner.

Errol Rank in US Top 1000

# 859 in the US

Errol Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1553 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Errol

• 1553 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Errol

• Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn Australian,American actor
• Errol Barnett British,American TV journalist
• Errol Denis Mann American NFL football player
• Errol Mark Morris American film director
• Errol Spence American boxer
• Errol Zimmerman Curaçaoan martial artist
• (Lester) Errol Brown British,Jamaican singer of funk band Hot Chocolate
• Errol Eustace Harris South African philosopher
• (Errol) Clyde Klotz American art director, ex,husband of actress Gillian Anderson

The name Errol in Pop Culture

• Eriol Hiiragizawa character in Carcaptor Sakura
• Errol Weasley family owl in Harry Potter
• Errol a town in the state of New Hampshire
• Errol Childress serial killer in the HBO series True Detective
• Errol hero in the game Arena of Valor
• Errol L. Forkle character in Keeper of the Lost Cities