Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese (Modern, Rare) Scripts める(Japanese Hiragana) メル(Japanese Katakana) 芽瑠, 芽留, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. /me̞.ɾɯ̟ᵝ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History It could be spelled with 芽 (me) meaning "bud, shoot, sprout" and 留 (ru) meaning "fasten, halt, stop" or 瑠 (ru) meaning "lapis lazuli, precious stone, gem". Other kanji combinations can be used.It can be used as the Japanese form of Mel.
Save Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Egyptian Scripts 𓌻𓂋𓅱(Hieroglyphs) Meaning & History From Egyptian mrw, of uncertain etymology. It could derived from the homonym mrw "desert", or from an inflected form of mrj "to love".