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Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • French : Blackbird
  • Welsh : The fort by the sea; falcon

Girl name variations

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Welsh : Sea; falcon; sea hill

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Merlin

Family name origins & meanings

  • English, French, and Spanish (Merlín) : from the Old French personal name Merlin, Latin Merlinus was derived from the Welsh personal name Myrddin. Merlinus was a Latinized form of Myrddin devised by Geoffrey of Monmouth and popularized in the Arthurian romances.
  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Merle, a pet form of Miryam (see Mirkin).

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