Merle (given name)
Merle is a given name used by both men and women, from the English word merle or the French surname Merle, which both meaning blackbird. Related names are Merrill or Muriel.
People
Female
- Merle Barwis, American-Canadian supercentenarian
- Merle van Benthem, Dutch cyclist
- Merle Chambers, American business executive
- Merle Collins, Grenadian poet and writer
- Merle Dandridge, American actress and singer
- Merle Egan Anderson, American military servicewoman
- Merle Feld, American author, playwright, poet and activist
- Merle S. Goldberg, American journalist and abortion rights activist
- Merle Goldman, American historian
- Merle Greene Robertson, American artist, art historian and archaeologist
- Merle Greenwood, Australian-born New Zealand architect
- Merle Henderson, Scottish medical doctor and researcher
- Merle Hodge, Trinidadian novelist
- Merle Hoffman, American journalist and activist
- Merle Jääger, Estonian actress and poet
- Merle Karusoo, Estonian stage director and writer
- Merle Keagle, American baseball player
- Merle G. Kearns, American politician
- Merle Kivimets, Estonian track and field athlete
- Merle Krigul, Estonian philologist and politician
- Merle Liivand, Estonian swimmer and environmental activist
- Merle Louise, American Broadway actress
- Merle Oberon, Indo-English actress
- Merle Palmiste, Estonian actress
- Merle Park, British prima ballerina
- Merle Parts, Estonian judge
- Merle Richardson, Australian lawn bowls player
- Merle Soppela, Finnish alpine ski racer
- Merle Talvik, Estonian actress
- Merle Temkin, American artist
- Merle Tottenham, English film actress
- Merle Viirmaa, Estonian biathlete
- Merle Woo, American academic and activist
Male
- Merle Allin, American punk rock musician
- Merle Anthony, American baseball umpire
- Merle Battiste, American chemist
- Merle Bettenhausen, American race car driver
- Merle Boucher, American politician
- Merle Boyer, American jewelry designer
- Merle Curti, American historian and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Merle Dickerson, Canadian politician
- Merle Evans, American cornet player and circus bandleader
- Merle Fainsod, American political scientist
- Merle Flowers, American politician
- Merle Gulick, American football player
- Merle Haggard, American country-western musician
- Merle Hansen, American farm activist
- Merle Harmon, American sportscaster
- Merle Hay, American Army soldier, first American soldier killed in World War I
- Merle J. Isaac, American composer
- Merle Kilgore, American singer, songwriter and manager
- Merle Lawrence, American physiologist
- Merle Randall, American physical chemist
- Merle Robbins, businessman, inventor of the card game UNO
- Merle Sande, American physician
- Merle Schlosser, American football player and coach
- Merle Settlemire, American baseball player
- Merle Shain, Canadian author and journalist
- Merle Taylor, American bluegrass musician
- Merle Travis, American country music singer
- Merle Tuve, American geophysicist
- Merle Watson, American folk musician
- Merle Leland Youngs, American businessman
Fictional characters
- Merle Dixon, in AMC's TV series The Walking Dead
- Merle, a character in The Vision of Escaflowne, a 1996 anime series
- Merle Hitower Highchurch, in the Maximum Fun podcast The Adventure Zone
- Merle Johnson, in The Godfather Part II
- Merle Tucker, father of Cameron Tucker in Modern Family
- Merle, a character in Paper Mario
- Merle Callahan, in Mayor of Kingstown