Boy
Merrill
Merrill is a boy's name, a distinctive, less common pick, that was at its most popular in the 1920s and is rarely chosen now.
Old FrenchOld French "mereau"
EtymologyMeaning "famous" or "sea-bright"
Births by decade
1900s
333
1910s
1,974
1920s
2,959
1930s
2,445
1940s
2,267
1950s
1,864
1960s
1,027
1970s
595
1980s
485
1990s
338
2000s
188
2010s
150
Peaked in the 1920s · 14,625 total U.S. births since 1900