Merle
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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
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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
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