Merritt - Meaning of Merritt

What does Merritt mean?

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Merritt

[ 2 syll. mer-rit(t), me-rri-tt ] The baby girl name Merritt is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced as MEHR-ihT †. Merritt's origin is varied. See Merritt for more information.

Forms of Merritt include the names Merit, Meritt, Meryt, and Merytt.

Merritt is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In the last century Merritt has primarily been a boy name.

Baby names that sound like Merritt include Meritë, Meritt, Maarathe, Maarit, Maighread, Mairead, Mairéad, Manreet, Marathe, Marcia, Mardee, Mardey, Mardi, Mardie, Mardy, Mared, Maret, Marete, Marette, and Mariette.

† English pronunciation for Merritt: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)"