Gerl Family History
Gerl Name Meaning
German: topographic name from the field name Girlet denoting a stand or copse of alders. South German: from a pet form of the personal name Gerhardt . Slovenian: nickname from an old vernacular spelling of dialect grlj ‘gnarl’ also ‘spruce branch used as a torchwood’. This is also a Germanized or Americanized form of the variants Grlj and Grl.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022