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I believe maid is short for maiden in this context. Not house keeper.
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Just merman considering the etymology of maid when the phrase was created just meant a young woman most of the time >

so what do they call them when they're older? >

Meroldmaids. >

Merspinsters >

Mermilf? >

Mermilf. >

Wait until porn gets a hold of this, plus MerGilf/MerDilf the possibilities are dozens >

by your logic wouldn't merbutler make more since
i thought servant was gender neutral >

Butler =/= maid though
But also, mermaid is not using “maid” in the sense of the profession, but as short for “maiden”, meaning woman. So the masculine version of mermaid is merman. Unsurprisingly >

Perhaps “gentleman” is more analogous to “maiden” hence making the masculine version “mergent” >

isn't the "maid" part from maiden?
Merlad would be more apt >

Mermaid comes from the words Mere which means sea, and maid shortened from maiden, meaning unmarried or a virgin, which are synonyms since virgin USED to mean unmarried woman.
So unmarried man would be bachelor + mer suffic would be merbach. >

The men must all be really good at piano. >

Merdude, Merguy, Merboy, Meryoungster, Merlord, Merduke, Merdick >

Merbro