Name: Merle
Gender: Unisex (Male and Female)
Usage: Merle is a popular first name. It is more often used as a unisex (male and female) name.
People having the name Merle are in general originating from Estonia, France, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Merle across the world, see Meriel.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Merle is: Falcon, Blackbird.
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Numerology of the first name Merle: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Merle is ranked on the 3,434th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 100100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Merle has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Merle for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Merle is a given name used by both men and women. People named Merle include:
- Merle Allin (born 1953), punk rock musician
- Merle Boucher (born 1946), North Dakota politician
- Merle Curti (1897–1997), American historian and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Merle Haggard (born 1937), American country-western musician
- Merle Harmon (1926–2009), American sportscaster
- Merle Keagle (1923-1960), player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
- Merle Kilgore (1934–2005), American singer, songwriter and manager
- Merle Louise (born 1934), American Broadway actress
- Merle Oberon (1911–1979), Indo-English actress
- Merle Park (born 1937), Royal Ballet prima ballerina
- Merle Randall (1888-1950), American physical chemist
- Merle Travis (1917–1983), American country music singer
- Merle Tuve (1901-1982), American geophysicist
- Merle Watson (1945-1985), American folk musician
- Merle Woo (born 1941), American academic and activist
English: probably a contracted form of Meriel, but also associated with the small class of female names derived from birds, since it is identical in form with Old French merle blackbird (Latin merula). The name came to public notice in the 1930s with the actress Merle Oberon (1911–79); she was born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson. In Britain this is still normally a female name; in the United States it is more commonly borne by males.
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