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MERL
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French Latin American
Blackbird.
Girl/Female
Arthurian Legend
Merlin's wife.
Girl/Female
French
Blackbird.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : variant of Merlin.
Male
English
English unisex name, derived from the Old French word merle, MERLE means "blackbird." It first came to public notice in the 1930s with the actress Merle Oberon, and is mostly given to girls.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, and Spanish (MerlÃn)
English, French, and Spanish (MerlÃn) : from the Old French personal name Merlin, Latin Merlinus was derived from the Welsh personal name Myrddin. Merlinus was a Latinized form of Myrddin devised by Geoffrey of Monmouth and popularized in the Arthurian romances.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Merle, a pet form of Miryam (see Mirkin).
Girl/Female
Arthurian Legend
Merlin's sister.
Surname or Lastname
English (southern Lancashire)
English (southern Lancashire) : habitational name from a minor place in the parish of Rochdale, named from Old English mere ‘lake’, ‘pool’ + land ‘tract of land’, ‘estate’, ‘cultivated land’. There may also have been some confusion with Markland.Dutch : habitational name from Maarland in Eijsden, Dutch Limburg.possibly a variant of Dutch Merlan, from French merlan ‘whiting’, a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or seller of these fish.
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Latin
In Malory's Mort d'Arthur Vivien was the Lady of the Lake; also the enchantress of Merlin.
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Arthurian Legend Welsh American Celtic
Sea fortress. In Arthurian mythology the wizard Merlin was King Arthur's mentor.
Female
English
Feminine form of English unisex Merle, MERLA means "blackbird."
Female
English
Feminine pet form of English unisex Merle, MERLETTA means "blackbird."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Merlin.
Male
Spanish
Spanish form of Latin Merlinus, MERLÃN means "sea fort."
Male
English
English form of Latin Merlinus, the name of a famous wizard of Arthurian legend, MERLIN means "sea-fort." Merlin was introduced into Arthurian legend by Geoffrey of Monmouth. According to Geoffrey, Merlin was the son of a demon and a princess. He became known for his prophetic abilities at a very young age and was consulted by King Vortigern to explain why his castle kept collapsing. Merlin revealed that there was an underground lake in which two dragons slept, a white one and a red one, representing the Saxons and Britons, and this was the portent for things to come. He is also called Myrddin Emrys, meaning "Merlin the Immortal."Â
Girl/Female
Arthurian Legend
Merlin's sister.
Girl/Female
Latin
Blackbird.
Male
Arthurian
, Arthur's tutor; the prince of enchanters.
Male
English
Unisex form of English Merlin, MERLYN means "sea fort."
Girl/Female
French
Blackbird.
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Haggard.English : variant of Hager.
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British, English
From the Long Hill Slope
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British, English, Teutonic
Occupational Name; Gardener; Farmer
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French Swedish
Jasperstone.
Girl/Female
Indian
Earth, River Avani
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Australian, Danish, German, Greek, Swedish
Pearl
Female
Danish
, pure.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Goddess Saraswati, Melodious
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Victory for Beauty
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African, Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Goddess Saraswati
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n.
In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agelaeus phoeniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing.
n.
The European hake; -- called also herring hake and sea pike.
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One of the solid parts of a battlemented parapet; a battlement. See Illust. of Battlement.
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The European blackbird. See Blackbird.
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A North American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to the preceding; -- called also silver hake.
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The European whiting.
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Alt. of Merle
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One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is M. vulgaris; the American silver hake or whiting is M. bilinearis. Two American species (Phycis chuss and P. tenius) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also squirrel hake, and codling.
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Same as Merlon.
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An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement.
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A small European falcon (Falco lithofalco, or F. aesalon).