Hartle
A surname usually linked to places called Harthill, meaning “hart hill” or “deer hill.”
The #9,307 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 88,263 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Hartle is generally treated as a locational surname, referring to someone who came from a place called Harthill. The place-name itself is usually explained from Old English heorot or hart, meaning “stag” or “deer,” plus hyll, “hill.” In other words, the name likely began as “the person from the deer hill.”
History
Nineteenth-century surname dictionaries connect Hartle with Harthill in Yorkshire and with a Harthill-related township in Derbyshire. The name is much less common than the better-known surname Hartley, but it fits the same broad pattern of English local surnames formed from place-names. Modern bearers are found in several parts of England and in the United States, where the name remains relatively uncommon.
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Fun fact
Because Hartle is tied to Harthill, it shares a place-name structure with many English surnames built from a creature name plus a landscape feature.
From the historical record
“London, 5; MDB. (co. Gloac), 11. Hartle.— Local, *of Harthill,' (i) a parish in the W. Rid. Yorks, eight miles from Worksop; (a) a township in the parish of Bake- well, CO. Derby.”
— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (alternate scan)