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Merle name meaning

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in 2010
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Origin and Meaning of Merle

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German
73%
English
9%
Norwegian
9%
African American
9%

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  1. Common black European thrush
    Synonyms: blackbird, european blackbird, merl, ousel, ouzel, and turdus merula
Wiktionary

From the taxonomic name; from Latin turdus (“thrush”) and merula (“blackbird”), giving rise to the French merle, from Proto-Indo-European *ams- (“black, blackbird”), see also Breton moualch (“ouzel”), Welsh mwyalch (“blackbird, thrush”), English ouzel

  1. The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula.
  2. Any blackbird.

    merle was also found in the following language(s): French and Italian

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    Notable Persons Named Merle

    Notable Persons Named Merle

    Merle Haggard

    Merle Haggard is a country music, western (genre), outlaw country, and bakersfield sound musician. He plays Fender Telecaster. He was most active from 1963 to present. Merle was given the name Merle Ronald Haggard on April 6th, 1937 in Oildale, California, U.S. Merle is also known as Hag.

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    Merle Oberon

    Merle Oberon was an actress. Her career lasted from 1928 to 1973. Merle was given the name Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson on February 19th, 1911 in Mumbai. She left this life on November 23rd, 1979.

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    Troy Donahue

    Troy Donahue was an actor and singer. His most notable accomplishments were from 1957 to 2000. Troy was given the name Merle Johnson, Jr. on January 27th, 1936 in New York City, New York, U.S. He breathed his last breath on September 2nd, 2001.

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    Merle Dandridge

    Merle Dandridge is an actress. She has had major accomplishments since 1994. Merle was born on May 31st, 1975 in Okinawa Prefecture.

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    Merle Dixon

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    Merle Travis

    Merle Travis was a country music, western swing, blues, american folk music revival, gospel music, and americana (music) musician. He has had major accomplishments since 1936. Merle was given the name Merle Robert Travis on November 29th, 1917 in Rosewood, Kentucky US. He died on October 20th, 1983.

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    • Mimsy Farmer
      Actress
    • Merle Hay
      Military Person
    • Merle Greene Robertson
    • Merle Hoffman
    • Merle Kodo Boyd
    • Merle Hapes
      Football Player
    • Merle Soppela
    • Merle H. Phillips
      Northumberland County Commissioner

    Notable Persons With the Last Name Merle

    Notable Persons With the Last Name Merle

    Robert Merle

    Robert Merle was a novelist. Robert was born on August 28th, 1908 in Tébessa. He died on March 27th, 2004.

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    Hugues Merle

    Hugues Merle was a in the field of painting. Hugues was born in 1823 in Saint Martin, France. He breathed his last breath in 1881.

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    Frigide Barjot

    Frigide Barjot is an activist. Frigide was given the name Virginie Merle on September 25th, 1962 in Boulogne-Billancourt.

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    Matthew C. Le Merle

    Matthew C. Le Merle is an investor, advisor, and investorand advisor. He holds the title Managing Partner of Fifth Era and Keiretsu Capital. Matthew was born on January 18th, 1962.

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    Frank Merle

    Frank was born on November 22nd, 1962.

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    Carole Merle

    Carole was born on January 24th, 1964.

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    Common last names for Merle

    Common first names for Merle

    Ethnicity Distribution

    Ethnicity Merle U.S.
    █  White 80.34% 64.26%
    █  African American 3.07% 11.96%
    █  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 2.30% 4.85%
    █  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.00% 0.69%
    █  Two or More Ethnicities 0.00% 1.76%
    █  Hispanic or Latino 12.98% 16.26%

    Of Last Name Merle

    People with the last name Merle are most frequently White or Hispanic or Latino

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    Fun Facts about the name Merle

  1. What name lists does Merle rank for?
    #66Old-Fashioned Boy Names
    #124Unisex Names
  2. How Popular is the name Merle? Merle is the 1,099th most popular name of all time. As a last name Merle was the 20,408th most popular name in 2010.
  3. How many people with the first name Merle have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 45,197 babies born with the first name Merle in the United States. That's more than enough people named Merle to occupy the territory of Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 44,493 (as of July 1, 2012).
  4. What year were 5 or more babies first named Merle? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 23 new born babies.
  5. When was Merle first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Merle is Thursday, June 29th, 1871.
  6. What year had the most people named Merle born? The highest recorded use of the first name Merle was in 1925 with a total of 836 babies.
  7. Random Merle Factoid: According to the 1934 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Merle ranks 82nd in popularity as a baby boy's name in Maine. Imagine that, 17 babies in Maine have the same name in 1934.
  8. Weird things about the name Merle: The name spelled backwards is Elrem. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Meler. How do you pronounce that?
  9. How many people have the last name Merle? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 1,302 people with the last name Merle.
  10. How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Merle? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Merle as their last name since less than 1 person in 227k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
    11. Merle name meaning

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