Merle.
A surname from French of French origin.
Meaning & usage
A surname from French of French origin.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French Merle.
A female given name from English.
Where this word comes from
English 19th-century bird name from merle (“blackbird”), possibly also a variant of Muriel, Merrill, etc.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.