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Help[Facts] Re: What's the origin behind the James Earl combo?
in reply to a message by LMS
I second this theory. Earl was a popular name in the 1920s and 1930s, and being a one syllable name I imagine it would have made a popular middle name.
A brief search of Wikipedia using first names that were also popular at the time shows several instances of man named "Robert Earl", "John Earl", "William Earl", "Richard Earl" and "George Earl". This seems to suggest that Earl was once a fairly common middle name. So it's no surprise that "James Earl" is a common combination.
A brief search of Wikipedia using first names that were also popular at the time shows several instances of man named "Robert Earl", "John Earl", "William Earl", "Richard Earl" and "George Earl". This seems to suggest that Earl was once a fairly common middle name. So it's no surprise that "James Earl" is a common combination.
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