Merl

Where Merl comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Merl.

Merl through the years
  1. 1886
    First appearance
    #758 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1904
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 1907
    Peak, #591
    18 babies named Merl, its best rank.
  4. 1909
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,155.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Merl in Wikidata.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.