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I need to know the meaning of my name "Merlina."
I can't seem to find it anywhere. I've looked all over the web.
I've asked this one person and they told me that it means "Blackbird" and that the origin of it is "Latin." Although I am not completely sure about this. If anybody has any information at all regarding this, please let me know. Thanks, Merlina.
I can't seem to find it anywhere. I've looked all over the web.
I've asked this one person and they told me that it means "Blackbird" and that the origin of it is "Latin." Although I am not completely sure about this. If anybody has any information at all regarding this, please let me know. Thanks, Merlina.
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Female version of Merlin...?
MERLIN m
Usage: Welsh Mythology, English
Pronounced: MUR-lin
Form of the Welsh name Myrddin (meaning "sea fortress") used by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his 12th-century Arthurian tales. He likely chose the form Merlinus over Merdinus in order to prevent associations with French merde "excrement". In the earliest legends Myrddin is a prophetic madman who lives in the Caledonian Forest, but in later tales Merlin is a wizard, the sorcerer and counselor for King Arthur. in,
MERLIN m
Usage: Welsh Mythology, English
Pronounced: MUR-lin
Form of the Welsh name Myrddin (meaning "sea fortress") used by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his 12th-century Arthurian tales. He likely chose the form Merlinus over Merdinus in order to prevent associations with French merde "excrement". In the earliest legends Myrddin is a prophetic madman who lives in the Caledonian Forest, but in later tales Merlin is a wizard, the sorcerer and counselor for King Arthur. in,
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Merla or Meryla? Pronounced mer-la?
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I'm not quite sure. But people do use my name when they write fantasy-like stories, or ancient-like ones. So, yeah, it CAN be the female version of "Merlin." But what about people saying that it means "Blackbird?" I really don't understand....
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Since all are in agreement that "Merlina" is a relatively modern, feminine twist on the masculine name "Merlin," we'll turn our attention to that form.
This site's Welsh/literary derivation seems, to me, quite solid.
Regarding the fantasy stories' usage, well they are almost always as unreliable as the bespoke 'baby-names' websites out there. Sometimes more so. The best so-called 'founder' of the genre was Tolkien, and he was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at freaking Oxford. His followers in the fantasy genre have been less authentic or even naturalistic.
Now the 'blackbird' attribution, this is as simple as a trip to dictionary.com (which often has multiple derivations listed, due to its querying multiple major dictionaries).
Lumping up the multiple sources, a 'merlin' is defined as:
A small falcon of northern European & American regions. It has predominantly dark plumage and a black-striped tail.
The scientific names are 'falco columbarius' (pigeon hawk), 'falco lithofalco' (stone hawk?) and 'falco salon/aesalon' (salt/copper/hall/room halk? [purely guesswork]).
The lumped derivations are as follows:
Middle English 'merlin' > Old English 'merlion' > Anglo-Norman 'merilun' > French '[é]merillon' > Old French 'esmerillon' > Old French 'esmeril' > Old High German 'smirl' / German 'schmerl' > Latin 'merula' meaning 'blackbird.'
This derivation also seems to indicate the derivation of one Emeril Lagasse's given-name.
The name "Merlin," when so sourced, is akin to the name "Merle." This website states that "Merle" is a masked form of "Merrill," originally from Gaelic feminine "Muirgheal." I must disagree, as I have always understood English "Merle" to be masculine derived directly from the French, again from Latin 'merula' for 'blackbird.'
Now breaking from research: I always assumed any name equalling 'blackbird' (Merle, Lonán, etc) was equivical to the animal also called a 'thrush.' I cannot state whether this should be widely considered false, otherwise.
This site's Welsh/literary derivation seems, to me, quite solid.
Regarding the fantasy stories' usage, well they are almost always as unreliable as the bespoke 'baby-names' websites out there. Sometimes more so. The best so-called 'founder' of the genre was Tolkien, and he was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at freaking Oxford. His followers in the fantasy genre have been less authentic or even naturalistic.
Now the 'blackbird' attribution, this is as simple as a trip to dictionary.com (which often has multiple derivations listed, due to its querying multiple major dictionaries).
Lumping up the multiple sources, a 'merlin' is defined as:
A small falcon of northern European & American regions. It has predominantly dark plumage and a black-striped tail.
The scientific names are 'falco columbarius' (pigeon hawk), 'falco lithofalco' (stone hawk?) and 'falco salon/aesalon' (salt/copper/hall/room halk? [purely guesswork]).
The lumped derivations are as follows:
Middle English 'merlin' > Old English 'merlion' > Anglo-Norman 'merilun' > French '[é]merillon' > Old French 'esmerillon' > Old French 'esmeril' > Old High German 'smirl' / German 'schmerl' > Latin 'merula' meaning 'blackbird.'
This derivation also seems to indicate the derivation of one Emeril Lagasse's given-name.
The name "Merlin," when so sourced, is akin to the name "Merle." This website states that "Merle" is a masked form of "Merrill," originally from Gaelic feminine "Muirgheal." I must disagree, as I have always understood English "Merle" to be masculine derived directly from the French, again from Latin 'merula' for 'blackbird.'
Now breaking from research: I always assumed any name equalling 'blackbird' (Merle, Lonán, etc) was equivical to the animal also called a 'thrush.' I cannot state whether this should be widely considered false, otherwise.
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