When Mele Finau was born in 1859, in Fatumu, Tongatapu, Tonga, her father, Tevita Ikale'o, was 1 and her mother, 'Asipeni, was 22. She had at least 1 son. She died on 8 December 1918, in her hometown, at the age of 59, and was buried in Fatumu, Tongatapu, Tonga.
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Probably a contracted form of Meriel , but also associated with the small class of girls' names derived from birds, since it is identical in form with Old French merle ‘blackbird’ (Latin merula). The name came to public notice in the 1930s with the actress Merle Oberon ( 1911–79 , born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson ).
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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