Name

Name MERLE

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 46,590 births of Merle in the countries below, which represents an average of 328 births of children bearing the first name Merle per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 530 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Merle
In Italiano

Nome Merle

Variations : Merla , Muriel , Myrl , Myrle

Information about the first name Merle

The first name Merle has been assigned to:

57.42% to boys
42.58% to girls

The country where the first name Merle is the most common is:

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Both (Unisex)

This first name has 5 letters including 2 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Merle

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Merle : Elmer, Elmér, Erlem, Meler, Melre, Merel, Remel

Merle in Japanese ^*

Romaji	maaru
Katakana	マール
Hiragana	まーる
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Merle in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Merle

English

Etymology

From French Merle.

Etymology

From Middle English merle, from Old French merle (French merle), from Latin merula (“blackbird”) (whence the directly borrowed Middle English merule, and compare the taxonomic name Turdus merula), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mes- (“black, blackbird”). Compare Breton moualch (“ouzel”), Welsh mwyalch (“blackbird, thrush”). Distantly related to the synonymous ouzel.

Etymology (Noun)

merle (plural merles)
The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula.
Any blackbird.

Etymology (Proper noun)

Merle
A surname from French of French origin.
A male given name transferred from the surname.

Etymology (Noun)

merle (countable and uncountable, plural merles)
A type of mottled coloration on dogs.
A dog having this coloration.

Etymology (Proper noun)

Merle
A female given name from English.

Anagrams

Elmer, Lemer

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA(key): /mɜːl/
(US) IPA(key): /mɝl/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l

Middle English

Noun

merle
Alternative form of marle

French

Etymology

Originally a nickname or an occupational name from merle (“blackbird”).

Etymology

Inherited from Latin merula, the word for the male blackbird being mostly female until the 16th century. Probable influence of the Late Latin masculine form merulus (compare Italian merlo, Spanish mirlo).

Anagrams

mêler

Noun

merle m (plural merles, feminine merlesse or merlette)
blackbird
Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /mɛʁl/

Noun (Derived terms)

faute de grives on mange des merles
grossier merle
merle blanc
merle d’Amérique

Noun (Synonyms)

(blackbird): (Louisiana) tchoque

General

Etymology

English 19th-century bird name from merle (“blackbird”), possibly also a variant of Muriel, Merrill, etc.

Proper noun

Merle ?
a surname

Italian

Noun

merle f
plural of merla

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈmɛr.le/
Rhymes: -ɛrle
Hyphenation: mèr‧le

German

Etymology

From Middle High German merle, from Old High German merla (11th c.), from Latin merula. Compare Luxembourgish Märel, Dutch merel.

Etymology

Borrowed from English Merle with a spelling pronunciation (likely reinforced by etymology 1 above).

Etymology (Noun)

Merle f (genitive Merle, plural Merlen)
(now chiefly dialectal) blackbird
Synonyms: Amsel, Schwarzdrossel

Etymology (Proper noun)

Merle f (proper noun, genitive Merles or (with an article) Merle)
a female given name of modern usage

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈmɛrlə/, [ˈmɛʁ.lə], [ˈmɛɐ̯.lə]

Popularity of the name Merle

Number of MERLE births per year

Popularity of the name Merle

Total births of Merle by country

		Births with the first name Merle
Country		Boys Girls
	United State of America 1880 - 2022	26,534 11,978
	Germany 2000 - 2022	5 2,448
	Denmark 1985 - 2022	0 2,410
	New Zealand 1900 - 2022	0 794
	Estonia 1931 - 2022	0 705
	Ontario 1913 - 2019	176 510
	Netherlands 2015 - 2022	0 565
	Switzerland 1909 - 2021	0 141
	Belgium 1995 - 2022	0 86
	Austria 1984 - 2021	0 76
	British Columbia 1919 - 2022	11 43
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2021	0 53
	Alberta 1980 - 2022	24 0
	Australia 1930 - 2022	0 20
	Quebec 1980 - 2022	1 3
	Sweden 1998 - 2022	0 4
	Chili 2010 - 2021	0 2
	Italy 1999 - 2021	0 1