Name Merlin

Origin:

From Celtic words for sea and hill, fort

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Name info:

About the name Merlin in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	German, English
Topics:	Asteroid 2598 Merlin, discovered 1980
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Marlin, Merlina, Merlind, Mervin, Berfin, Celin, Ceylin, Delin, Derin, Elin Details

Group info:

About Merlin/Merlina, the group of names with the same origin as Merlin

Language of origin:	Celtic
Info about origin, female:	probably a recently coined name, as a female form of Merlin
Words:	muir = the sea Celtic
	dun = the hill, the fort (a permanent army post) Celtic
Topics:	Arthurian legend
Variants' top ranks:	464:Merlin France 2002
Old/original forms:	Myrddin Celtic
Name variants:	Merlina, Merlin Sortable list Details

Popularity:

Popularity lists that contain the name Merlin

Series	Graph	Rankings
France		2002 464
Switzerland		1997 495