Listen to the German pronunciation of Merle. The speaker is a native speaker of Standard German from Schleswig-Holstein / Northern Germany:
Typically born after 1990
1) French form of Merula (from Latin merula = 'blackbird')
2) South German / Yiddish pet form of Maria
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