When Mele Veapipi Foliaki was born about 1850, in Faleloa, Ha'apai, Tonga, her father, Veapipi Foliaki, was 63 and her mother, Vea, was 60. She married Semisi Akoteu about 1845, in Tonga. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1929, in Taunga, Vava'u, Tonga, at the age of 80, and was buried in Taunga, Vava'u, 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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