Merl - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Merl \m(e)-rl\ is a variant of Merle (Old French), and the meaning of Merl is "blackbird".

The baby name Merl sounds like Meryl, Merla, Merel and Meral. Other similar baby names are Mera, Mel and Perl.

Merl is an uncommon first name for women but a somewhat common last name for both men and women (#81092 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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