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The merle Surname

merle Name Meaning and History

  1. German and French: nickname, possibly for a good or habitual singer or whistler, from Middle High German, Old French merle ‘blackbird’ (Latin merula). See Merlo.
  2. German: from a pet form of a short form of a personal name formed with German mar, mer ‘famous’ as the first element.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The merle name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the merle family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of merle Families in the US in 1920
Number of merle families
 25-48
 9-24		 1-8
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 19 - Messages: 54
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Nicolaus Merle schorky 4
The MERLO / MERLE family John Raciti 0
Harry J Merle Catahenita 0
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Henry Merle - Indiana Susan Armstrong 0
Merle DNA Testing David Merrell 0
De Merle/De Loge RobertMerrill44 0
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Merle surname genie5785 26
Merle from Germany UlrikeBernhardt 3
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