Meritt
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Meritt by the numbers
Meritt was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Meritt
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Meritt. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Meritt
Names that are said the same way as Meritt, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Merrittboundary gate; a form of Merrick278 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Meritt
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