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Merville

100% boys · last recorded 1952

Merville has been given to about 119 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1918, which makes it a Edwardian name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 15
Median age today99 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Merville per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1918 · 12
  • Born in 20250
  • All time119

How popular is Merville?

Its best year was 1918, when 12 babies were given the name, ranking 2485th. The typical living American called Merville is about 99 years old today.

Names that sound like Merville

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Orville0.74
  2. Merle0.72
  3. Emile0.66
  4. Merrill0.64
  5. Mervin0.62
  6. Granville0.59
  7. Carlyle0.54
  8. Melvin0.51

Middle names for Merville

Ranked by flow score
  1. Merville Paul0.85
  2. Merville John0.85
  3. Merville Blake0.84
  4. Merville Wade0.84
  5. Merville Ross0.84
  6. Merville Quinn0.84

Sibling names for Merville

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Luellasister · 0.60
  2. Cleoeither · 0.59
  3. Opalsister · 0.59
  4. Goldiesister · 0.57
  5. Soleither · 0.50
  6. Forestbrother · 0.50

Where Merville is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Merville White0.80
    2. Merville Nguyen0.80
    3. Merville Hill0.80
    4. Merville Hall0.80
    5. Merville Brown0.80
    6. Merville Young0.77

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Merville

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.