Merritt

in the US

There are 37,635 people with the last name "Merritt" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Merritt 671
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  1. is 667th most common Barr
  2. is 668th most common Hurst
  3. is 669th most common Kemp
  4. is 670th most common Kent
  5. is 671st most common Merritt
  6. is 672nd most common Mccullough
  7. is 673rd most common Mckee
  8. is 674th most common Kline
  9. is 675th most common Fuentes

Most Common First Names for Merritt

James, Robert, John, William, Michael, David, Mary, Charles, Richard, Thomas



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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