Merrit

A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning boundary gate; form of merritt.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Merrit by the numbers

Merrit was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 1930, making it a 1930s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Merrit. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Merrikfamous power; a form of Merrick15 in the US (2017)
  • Merit27 in the US (2017)
  • Merrillfamous by the lake or pleasant boundary13 in the US (2017)
  • Meraribitter; of the tribe of Merari in the Torah11 in the US (2017)
  • Meritt6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Merrit

Names that are said the same way as Merrit, 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 Merrit

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