Given name & surname
Merline
“resembling a blackbird”
Merline is a variant of Merle. One French interpretation is “resembling a blackbird.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Merline is a variant of Merle. One French interpretation is “resembling a blackbird.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Merline is a variant of Merle. An origin associated with Merle is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Merline through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,079
- 0 boys · 1,079 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 37 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,053 as a first name in 2020; 146 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Merline’s family of names
Merline has a related form in Merle.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Merline
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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