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eagle Name Meaning and History

  1. English (mainly East Anglia): nickname for a lordly, impressive, or sharp-eyed man, from Middle English egle ‘eagle’ (from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila).
  2. English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Laigle in Orne, France, the name of which ostensibly means ‘the eagle’, although it is possible that the recorded forms result from the operation of early folk etymology on some unknown original. Matilda de Aquila is recorded in 1129 as the widow of Robert Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland.
  3. Jewish: translation into English of Adler.

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Distribution of eagle Families in the US in 1920
Number of eagle families
 45-87
 16-44		 1-15
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Allie C. Eagle , age, 60, born , in Ivydale, W.Va., daughter of, Russell G. and Orva M. Greathouse Boggs. KENNELLYMARKA 0
Info on Oscar Eagle Risingfawn68 3
Eagle family Lonoke County AR lch72120 0
Edward, Enoch, George Eagle Family Evelyne Elaine Eagle McLaughlin 16
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Hazelle L & H Duwayne Eagle at Christine Cemetery, Richland Cty, ND sleuthesthedead 0
Iclin Eagle and relatives of Cynthia Swann 44
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