as a First Name
Usual English form of the Welsh name Myrddin. The name is most famous as that of the legendary magician who guides the destiny of King Arthur. The English form has been distorted by mediation through Old French sources, which associated the second element with the diminutive suffix -lin.
| 1,774th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 10,870
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Iowa
- has the most people named Merlin per capita
- 1931
- marked the height of its popularity
1%
99%
82%
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55+
13%
30-54
30-54
2%
13-29
13-29
3%
0-12
0-12
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