 | MERLE female & male EnglishVariant of MERRILL or MURIEL. The spelling has been influenced by the word merle meaning "blackbird" (via French, from Latin merula). |
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| | | MURIEL female English, French, IrishMedieval English form of a Celtic name which was probably related to the Irish name MUIRGEL. The Normans brought it to England from Brittany. In the modern era it was popularized by a character from Dinah Craik's novel 'John Halifax, Gentleman' (1856). |
| | | | MUIRGEL female IrishMeans "bright sea", derived from Gaelic muir "sea" and geal "bright". |
| | MURIEL female English, French, IrishMedieval English form of a Celtic name which was probably related to the Irish name MUIRGEL. The Normans brought it to England from Brittany. In the modern era it was popularized by a character from Dinah Craik's novel 'John Halifax, Gentleman' (1856). |
| | | MUIRGEL female IrishMeans "bright sea", derived from Gaelic muir "sea" and geal "bright". |