The story
- French · borrowed fromHarlé
- German · borrowed fromHärle
- English todayHarle
Various origins: * Borrowed from South German Härle. * Habitational surname from the villages of Kirkharle and Little Harle, possibly named from an Old English personal name Herela, a derivative of here (“army”). * Borrowed from French Harlé, a topographic surname from harle (“ditch”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.