Girl name origins & meanings French : Blackbird Girl name variations Merle Myrle Meryl Merlina Myrlene Merola Merrill Merla Boy name origins & meanings American : Able Boy name variations Myrle Merle Myrie Myryee Family name origins & meanings Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Merl, a pet form of Hebrew Miryam (see Mirkin).