63%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage English Pronounced Pron. MEHR-əl [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links From an English surname that was derived either from the given name Muriel or from place names meaning "pleasant hill". Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantMerle PopularityDetails Last ranked #898 in 1968 United States Categories bass guitarists, currently out of the US top 1000, Dharma and Greg characters, Dragon Age characters, Frasier characters, light, mascots, nature, ocean, poets, surnames, The Golden Girls characters, water, Wild Arms characters