Southern Italian: affectionate nickname from mele
‘honey’, a dialect form of miele.Italian: possibly a
habitational name from Mele in Genoa province.French
(southeastern): topographic name for someone who lived by a medlar,
Old French mesle.Norwegian (Mæle):
variant of Mæhle (see Mehle).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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