Given name
Myrl
“resembling a blackbird”
Myrl is a variant of Merle. One French interpretation is “resembling a blackbird.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Myrl is a variant of Merle. One French interpretation is “resembling a blackbird.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Myrl 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 1887. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Myrl through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,092
- 1,261 boys · 1,831 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 128 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 41% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1972. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 44 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 660 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 Myrl
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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