Merle
See also: merle
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Merle
- A surname from French of French origin.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 1968 May 3, Al Aronowitz, “New Country Twang Hits Town”, in Life Magazine, page 12:
- Merle Haggard is a name out of a morality play. And that's the kind of songs he sings.
Etymology 2 edit
English 19th-century bird name from merle (“blackbird”), possibly also a variant of Muriel, Merrill, etc.
Proper noun edit
Merle
- A female given name from English.
- 1887, Emily Frances Adeline Sergeant, Jacob's Wife, page 92:
- Her name was Merle, and to her name she always said she owed the fact that Gilbert Vanborough ever looked at her.
- 1976, From These Hills, From These Valleys: Pennsylvania Writers' Collection, University of Pittsburgh Press, →ISBN, page 186:
- "I wish I had a name like Merle Oberon or Miriam Hopkins," Mary Agnes said dreamily as she scanned the display of Coming Attractions.
Anagrams edit
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Modern coinage, possibly from English Merle, associated with similar sounding names like Merili (“Muriel”) or Merilin (“Marilyn”).
Proper noun edit
Merle
- a female given name
French edit
Etymology edit
Originally a nickname or an occupational name from merle (“blackbird”).
Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
Merle ?
- a surname
Anagrams edit
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German merle, from Old High German merla, from Proto-West Germanic *merlā (“blackbird”). Doublet of Amsel (“blackbird”).
Noun edit
Merle f (genitive Merle, plural Merlen)
- (now chiefly dialectal) blackbird
- Synonyms: Amsel, Schwarzdrossel
- 1844, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, “Die Nadel im Baume”, in Gedichte, Stuttgart, page 221:
- Eine schlanke schmächtige Erle,
Da saßen wir oft in wachendem Traum
Und horchten dem Schlage der Merle;
Die hatte ihr struppiges Nest gebaut
Grad in der schwankenden Krone[.]- A slim and slender alder,
There we often sat in waking dream
And listened to the blackbird’s cry;
She had built her scrubby nest
Right in the swaying top[.]
- A slim and slender alder,
Declension edit
Declension of Merle [feminine]
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from English Merle with a spelling pronunciation (likely reinforced by etymology 1 above).
Proper noun edit
Merle f (proper noun, genitive Merles or (with an article) Merle)
- a female given name of modern usage