Guirl

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɝl/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
• Homophone: girl

Proper noun

Guirl

1. A surname. Of American usage.
   • 1905, Edgar Harvey Defebaugh, Barrel and Box and Packages, volume 10, page 50:

     Mr. Guirl is a native of Indiana, and his partner, Mr. H. A. Daggett, who was born in Maine, joined him at Clay City about six years ago.

   • 1969, Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain:

     The rosette for the best succulent went to Mrs. H. Guirl for her Gibbaeum heathii, a splendid plant with some 20 heads.

Related terms

• McGuirl

Anagrams

• ULIRG, lurgi