Merle Forename
12,420th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 79,602 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia
Merle Forename Definition:
F. Modern, and more general in America than in England, it is French merle, a blackbird. Madame Merle is a character—a cosmopolitan American—in Henry James’s novel, The Portrait of a Lady, 1881 (Harvey). Cf. that other feathered songster, Mavis: q.
Read More About This ForenameMerle Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 59% | 43,488 | 1:8,336 | 966 |
| Philippines | 99% | 7,663 | 1:13,834 | 1,681 |
| Canada | 65% | 6,694 | 1:4,950 | 771 |
| South Africa | 100% | 5,516 | 1:9,886 | 1,694 |
| Estonia | 100% | 3,789 | 1:347 | 64 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,557 | 1:62,092 | 1,619 |
| England | 100% | 1,463 | 1:38,006 | 1,963 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,419 | 1:11,911 | 1,352 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 82% | 1,344 | 1:1,013 | 174 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,107 | 1:2,605 | 552 |
| Australia | - | 958 | 1:14,256 | 1,147 |
| Mexico | 99% | 856 | 1:145,029 | 3,066 |
| New Zealand | - | 380 | 1:11,937 | 1,172 |
| Peru | 85% | 301 | 1:105,619 | 3,713 |
| Colombia | 100% | 254 | 1:188,106 | 4,556 |
| Israel | 98% | 250 | 1:33,612 | 2,498 |
| Venezuela | 65% | 212 | 1:142,462 | 5,781 |
| Wales | 100% | 197 | 1:15,707 | 984 |
| Finland | 100% | 160 | 1:34,270 | 1,444 |
| Denmark | - | 143 | 1:39,507 | 1,671 |
| Scotland | 100% | 127 | 1:42,129 | 1,446 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 120 | 1:134,237 | 2,525 |
| Thailand | 100% | 113 | 1:620,051 | 27,201 |
| Brazil | 51% | 105 | 1:2,040,344 | 42,702 |
| Guyana | 100% | 105 | 1:7,269 | 1,197 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 84 | 1:183,617 | 11,294 |
| India | 89% | 80 | 1:15,185,975 | 394,804 |
| Barbados | - | 68 | 1:4,262 | 698 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 60 | 1:1,860 | 354 |
| Malaysia | 92% | 56 | 1:543,749 | 23,143 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 56 | 1:1,960 | 400 |
| DR Congo | 88% | 55 | 1:1,342,320 | 36,691 |
| Grenada | 100% | 55 | 1:1,966 | 416 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 55 | 1:3,233 | 585 |
| Honduras | 71% | 50 | 1:176,349 | 4,366 |
| Sweden | 100% | 48 | 1:205,373 | 7,085 |
| Dominica | - | 42 | 1:1,797 | 295 |
| Ecuador | - | 32 | 1:553,966 | 5,646 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 32 | 1:742,803 | 33,666 |
| Costa Rica | 92% | 31 | 1:153,805 | 4,045 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 31 | 1:336,493 | 11,264 |
| Bermuda | - | 30 | 1:2,161 | 469 |
| Switzerland | 54% | 23 | 1:357,109 | 6,546 |
| Chile | 94% | 22 | 1:800,328 | 7,987 |
| Norway | 96% | 22 | 1:233,288 | 5,551 |
| Panama | 60% | 22 | 1:177,571 | 7,149 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 18 | 1:5,522 | 1,017 |
| Qatar | 100% | 18 | 1:131,645 | 15,202 |
| France | 75% | 17 | 1:3,910,020 | 17,575 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 63% | 17 | 1:3,227 | 641 |
| Ireland | 83% | 16 | 1:290,220 | 4,558 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 16 | 1:1,953 | 463 |
| Singapore | 100% | 16 | 1:392,941 | 10,341 |
| Congo | 80% | 11 | 1:455,382 | 8,101 |
| Belgium | 100% | 10 | 1:1,149,004 | 13,254 |
| Bahamas | - | 9 | 1:44,374 | 1,233 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,811 | 1,077 |
| China | - | 9 | 1:151,783,976 | 66,907 |
| Nicaragua | 83% | 9 | 1:668,704 | 10,329 |
| Austria | 100% | 7 | 1:1,216,314 | 8,086 |
| El Salvador | - | 7 | 1:905,969 | 6,148 |
| Spain | 100% | 7 | 1:6,647,138 | 16,660 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 6 | 1:937,928 | 8,462 |
| Russia | 67% | 6 | 1:24,038,951 | 65,699 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Bolivia | - | 5 | 1:2,120,281 | 4,345 |
| Hong Kong | - | 5 | 1:1,550,545 | 7,446 |
| Indonesia | - | 5 | 1:51,592,734 | 871,495 |
| Italy | 86% | 5 | 1:12,212,418 | 34,417 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Montserrat | - | 4 | 1:1,219 | 202 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4 | 1:1,787,998 | 44,562 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Belize | 67% | 3 | 1:118,103 | 5,590 |
| Cuba | - | 3 | 1:3,835,517 | 8,849 |
| Greece | 100% | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Paraguay | 67% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Pakistan | - | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Angola | 100% | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1 | 1:177,564,360 | 489,087 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Merlé (53) & Mérle (14) are calculated separately.
Merle (22,860) may also be a surname.
Merle Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
F. Modern, and more general in America than in England, it is French merle, a blackbird. Madame Merle is a character—a cosmopolitan American—in Henry James’s novel, The Portrait of a Lady, 1881 (Harvey). Cf. that other feathered songster, Mavis: q. v.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Teutonic name, meaning: A blackbird.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
A Latin name, meaning: The blackbird.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Merle Forename Popularity
Merle Demographics
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Sample size: 9,406 (2014)
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