Mele Vaioleti was born about 1885, in Vava'u, Tonga as the daughter of Sione To'a Pola'apau and Manu Lesi. She died on 8 March 1922, at the age of 38.
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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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