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Merritt

in Virginia

There are 1,126 people with the last name "Merritt" in Virginia.

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Ranking in Virginia

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Merritt 669
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  1. is 665th most common Herring
  2. is 666th most common Schwartz
  3. is 667th most common Small
  4. is 668th most common Barlow
  5. is 669th most common Merritt
  6. is 670th most common Cho
  7. is 671st most common Massey
  8. is 672nd most common Vargas
  9. is 673rd most common Haskins

Most Common First Names for Merritt

John, James, David, William, Michael, Robert, Charles, Mark, Thomas, Elizabeth

Meaning & History

English:

  • 1. habitational name from Merriott in Somerset, named in Old English as ‘boundary gate’ or ‘mare gate’, from (ge)mǣre ‘boundary’ or miere ‘mare’ + geat ‘gate’.
  • 2. variant (as a result of hypercorrection) of Marriott, or of Marryat, which is from a Middle English personal name, Meryet, Old English Mǣrgēat, composed of the element mǣr ‘boundary’ + the tribal name Gēat (see Joslin).

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