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Gerling

Discussion of the name

Gerling is an -ing derivative of the Continental Germanic masculine name Ger(i)lo, itself probably a short form of a compound with gêr ‘spear’ as its first element.

The only entry in the PASE corpus is for Gerling 1, a catch-all category for occurrences in DB.

Bibliography

von Feilitzen 1937: Olof von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, Nomina Germanica 3 (Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1937)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Gerling

Spellings in Exon: Ierlincus

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Gerling

  Phillimore edition: Gerling

  Alecto edition: Gerling

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Holder 1066

Shire	Phil. ref.	Vill	DB Spelling	Holder 1066	Lord 1066	Tenant-in-Chief 1086	1086 Subtenant	Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value	Conf.	Show on Map
Shire Dorset	Phil. ref. 55,16	Vill Turners Puddle	DB Spelling Gerling	Holder 1066 Gerling 'of Puddle'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 unnamed wife of Hugh fitzGrip	1086 Subtenant Walter the thunderer	Fiscal Value 6.00	1066 Value 3.00	1086 Value 4.00	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Gerling 2 - Gerling ‘of Puddle’ (Dors.), fl. 1066