Merton

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning settlement by a lake; traditionally masculine but used as feminine.

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no recent records
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Merton by the numbers

Its American peak was 150 babies in 1920, making it a 1920s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Martontown by the lake; a form of Merton5 in the US (2017)
  • Mortonvillage on the moor
  • Meron3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Martinof mars; warlike1,276 in the US (2017)
  • Maxtongreatest stone; a form of Maxon374 in the US (2017)
  • Marlonlittle hammer; a form of Marlon290 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Merton

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