Merle (given name)
Merle is a given name used by both men and women. The name is a variant of Merrill or Muriel, influenced by the French word merle meaning blackbird (from the Latin merula).[1]
People
Female
- Merle Keagle (1923–1960), player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
- Merle Louise (born 1934), American Broadway actress
- Merle Oberon (1911–1979), Indo-English actress
- Merle Park (born 1937), Royal Ballet prima ballerina
- Merle Woo (born 1941), American academic and activist
Male
- Merle Allin (born 1953), punk rock musician
- Merle Boucher (born 1946), North Dakota politician
- Merle Curti (1897–1997), American historian and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Merle Haggard (1937–2016), American country-western musician
- Merle Harmon (1926–2009), American sportscaster
- Merle Kilgore (1934–2005), American singer, songwriter and manager
- Merle Randall (1888–1950), American physical chemist
- Merle Travis (1917–1983), American country music singer
- Merle Tuve (1901–1982), American geophysicist
- Merle Watson (1945–1985), American folk musician
Fictional
- Merle Dixon, a character in AMC's TV series The Walking Dead
- Merle, a character in The Vision of Escaflowne, a 1996 anime series
References
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